Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
Hunt rose to fame in 1992, portraying Jamie Buchman in the sitcom Mad About You which earned her three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress and four Primetime Emmy Awards for Lead Actress.
In 1997, Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as Carol Connelly in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets, while her portrayal of Cheryl Cohen-Greene in The Sessions (2012), gained her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include Twister (1996), Cast Away (2000), What Women Want (2000), Pay It Forward (2000), Bobby (2006), Soul Surfer (2011), and The Miracle Season (2018).
Hunt made her directorial film debut with Then She Found Me (2007), and has directed the film Ride (2014), and episodes of television series, including House of Lies, This Is Us, Feud: Bette and Joan, American Housewife, and the premiere episode of the Mad About You revival.
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Movies (77)
Contra las cuerdas
2026 · Claire
No Friends
2025 · Jamie Buchman
How It Ends
2021 · Lucinda
El recepcionista nocturno
2020 · Ethel Bromley
Te veo
2019 · Jackie Harper
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018 · Self
United We Fan
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Candy Jar
2018 · Kathy
¡A Ganar!
2018 · Kathy Bresnahan
I Love You, Daddy
2017 · Aura Topher
Ride
2014 · Jackie, Screenplay, Director, Producer
Descifrando a Annie Parker
2014 · Mary-Claire King
Wide-Awake
2012 · The Yoga Master
Seis Sesiones de Sexo
2012 · Cheryl
Jock the Hero Dog
2011 · Jess (voice)
Desafío sobre olas
2011 · Cheri Hamilton
Every Day
2010 · Jeannie
Reencuentro
2007 · April Epner, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007 · Self
Bobby
2006 · Samantha Stevens
Aliens Gone Wild
2005 · Lena (archive footage)
A Good Woman
2004 · Mrs. Stella Erlynne
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Self
La maldición del Escorpión de Jade
2001 · Betty Ann Fitzgerald
Náufrago
2000 · Kelly Frears
Lo que Ellas Quieren
2000 · Darcy McGuire
Cadena de Favores
2000 · Arlene McKinney
Dr. T & the Women
2000 · Bree Davis
Twelfth Night
1998 · Viola & Cesario
Chicken Little
1998 · (voice)
As Good as It Gets
1997 · Carol Connelly
Twister
1996 · Jo
Kiss of Death
1995 · Bev Kilmartin
Sexual Healing
1993 · Rene
In the Company of Darkness
1993 · Gina Pulasky
Trancers III
1992 · Lena
Mr. Saturday Night
1992 · Annie Wells
Bob Roberts
1992 · Rose Pondell
Only You
1992 · Clare Enfield
The Waterdance
1992 · Anna
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991 · Pamela Smart
Trancers II
1991 · Lena Deth
Into the Badlands
1991 · Blossom
Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"
1991 · Self
The Easter Story
1990 · Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
Incident at Dark River
1989 · Jesse McCandless
Next of Kin
1989 · Jessie Gates
Miles from Home
1988 · Jennifer
Shooter
1988 · Tracey
Stealing Home
1988 · Hope Wyatt
Pulse Pounders
1988 · Leena (Trancers sequence)
Trancers: City of Lost Angels
1988 · Lena
Project X
1987 · Teri
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 · Beth Bodell
The Frog Prince
1986 · Princess Henrietta
The Nativity
1986 · Mary (voice)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985 · Lynne Stone
Trancers
1984 · Leena
Sweet Revenge
1984 · Debbie Markham
Choices of the Heart
1983 · Cathy
Quarterback Princess
1983 · Tami Maida
Bill: On His Own
1983 · Jenny Wells
Desperate Lives
1982 · Sandy Cameron
Child Bride of Short Creek
1981 · Naomi
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981 · Kathy Miller
I Think I'm Having A Baby
1981 · Phoebe
Angel Dusted
1981 · Lizzie Eaton
Transplant
1979 · Janice Hurley
Rollercoaster
1977 · Tracy Calder
The Spell
1977 · Kristina Matchett
Having Babies
1976 · Sharon McNamara
Death Scream
1975 · Teila Rodriguez
All Together Now
1975 · Susan Lindsay
Pioneer Woman
1973 · Sarah Sargeant
Tower Stories
A Patriot
· Scarlett
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
· Self
TV shows (61)
Meet Marry Murder
2022 · Narrator (voice)
Punto Ciego
2021 · Rainey
Hacks
2021 · Winnie Landell
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020 · Self - Contestant
Mad About You
2019 · Jamie Buchman
World on Fire
2019 · Nancy Campbell
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Splitting Up Together
2018 · Director
Shots Fired
2017 · Governor Patricia Eamons
FEUD
2017 · Director
American Housewife
2016 · Director
This Is Us
2016 · Director
La vida en piezas
2015 · Director
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Revenge
2011 · Director
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Californication
2007 · Director
The Reichen Show
2005 · Self - Guest
Empire Falls
2005 · Janine Roby
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Working Shakespeare
2003
The View
1997 · Self
Friends
1994 · Jamie Buchman
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Ellen
1994 · Ellen Screen Test #2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Mad About You
1992 · Jamie Buchman, Director, Executive Producer
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Helen Hunt
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
My Life and Times
1991 · Rebecca Miller
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990 · Bridget Kane
Los Simpson
1989 · Renee (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
China Beach
1988 · Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
Galtar and the Golden Lance
1985 · Rava (voice)
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Lizzy MacGill
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Donette
Christmas in Washington
1982 · Self
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Clancy Williams
It Takes Two
1982 · Lisa Quinn
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self
American Playhouse
1982 · Sarah, Mary Austin
Darkroom
1981 · Nancy Lawrence
Gimme a Break!
1981 · Valerie
Knots Landing
1979 · Brenda
The Facts of Life
1979 · Emily
CBS Afternoon Playhouse
1978 · Phoebe
The Fitzpatricks
1977 · Kerry Gerardi
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Ark II
1976 · Diana
The Bionic Woman
1976 · Princess Aura
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Swiss Family Robinson
1975 · Helga Wagner
Amy Prentiss
1974 · Jill Prentiss
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Laurie Slaughter
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Winner