Helen Hunt

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Hunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Simpsons

Friends

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (76)

• In Cold Light2026 · as Claire
• How It Ends2021 · as Lucinda
• The Night Clerk2020 · as Ethel Bromley
• I See You2019 · as Jackie Harper
• CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion2018 · as Self
• United We Fan2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Candy Jar2018 · as Kathy
• The Miracle Season2018 · as Kathy Bresnahan
• I Love You, Daddy2017 · as Aura Topher
• Ride2014 · as Jackie
• Decoding Annie Parker2014 · as Mary-Claire King
• Wide-Awake2012 · as The Yoga Master
• The Sessions2012 · as Cheryl
• Jock the Hero Dog2011 · as Jess (voice)
• Soul Surfer2011 · as Cheri Hamilton
• Every Day2010 · as Jeannie
• Then She Found Me2007 · as April Epner
• Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation2007 · as Self
• Bobby2006 · as Samantha Stevens
• Aliens Gone Wild2005 · as Lena (archive footage)
• A Good Woman2004 · as Mrs. Stella Erlynne
• NBC 75th Anniversary Special2002 · as Self
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion2001 · as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
• Cast Away2000 · as Kelly Frears
• What Women Want2000 · as Darcy McGuire
• Pay It Forward2000 · as Arlene McKinney
• Dr. T & the Women2000 · as Bree Davis
• Twelfth Night1998 · as Viola & Cesario
• Chicken Little1998 · as (voice)
• As Good as It Gets1997 · as Carol Connelly
• Twister1996 · as Jo
• Kiss of Death1995 · as Bev Kilmartin
• Sexual Healing1993 · as Rene
• In the Company of Darkness1993 · as Gina Pulasky
• Trancers III1992 · as Lena
• Mr. Saturday Night1992 · as Annie Wells
• Bob Roberts1992 · as Rose Pondell
• Only You1992 · as Clare Enfield
• The Waterdance1992 · as Anna
• Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story1991 · as Pamela Smart
• Trancers II1991 · as Lena Deth
• Into the Badlands1991 · as Blossom
• Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"1991 · as Self
• The Easter Story1990 · as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
• Incident at Dark River1989 · as Jesse McCandless
• Next of Kin1989 · as Jessie Gates
• Miles from Home1988 · as Jennifer
• Shooter1988 · as Tracey
• Stealing Home1988 · as Hope Wyatt
• Pulse Pounders1988 · as Leena (Trancers sequence)
• Trancers: City of Lost Angels1988 · as Lena
• Project X1987 · as Teri
• Peggy Sue Got Married1986 · as Beth Bodell
• The Frog Prince1986 · as Princess Henrietta
• The Nativity1986 · as Mary (voice)
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun1985 · as Lynne Stone
• Trancers1984 · as Leena
• Sweet Revenge1984 · as Debbie Markham
• Choices of the Heart1983 · as Cathy
• Quarterback Princess1983 · as Tami Maida
• Bill: On His Own1983 · as Jenny Wells
• Desperate Lives1982 · as Sandy Cameron
• Child Bride of Short Creek1981 · as Naomi
• The Miracle of Kathy Miller1981 · as Kathy Miller
• I Think I'm Having A Baby1981 · as Phoebe
• Angel Dusted1981 · as Lizzie Eaton
• Transplant1979 · as Janice Hurley
• Rollercoaster1977 · as Tracy Calder
• The Spell1977 · as Kristina Matchett
• Having Babies1976 · as Sharon McNamara
• Death Scream1975 · as Teila Rodriguez
• All Together Now1975 · as Susan Lindsay
• Pioneer Woman1973 · as Sarah Sargeant
• Tower Stories—
• A Patriot— · as Scarlett
• RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare— · as Self

All TV Shows (53)

• Meet Marry Murder2022 · as Narrator (voice)
• Blindspotting2021 · as Rainey
• Hacks2021 · as Winnie Landell
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire2020 · as Self - Contestant
• Mad About You2019 · as Jamie Buchman
• World on Fire2019 · as Nancy Campbell
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Shots Fired2017 · as Governor Patricia Eamons
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Who Do You Think You Are?2010 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self - Guest
• Empire Falls2005 · as Janine Roby
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Working Shakespeare2003
• The View1997 · as Self
• Friends1994 · as Jamie Buchman
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Ellen1994 · as Ellen Screen Test #2
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Mad About You1992 · as Jamie Buchman
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Helen Hunt
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• My Life and Times1991 · as Rebecca Miller
• The Trials of Rosie O'Neill1990 · as Bridget Kane
• The Simpsons1989 · as Renee (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• China Beach1988 · as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
• Galtar and the Golden Lance1985 · as Rava (voice)
• Highway to Heaven1984 · as Lizzy MacGill
• The Hitchhiker1983 · as Donette
• Christmas in Washington1982 · as Self
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Clancy Williams
• It Takes Two1982 · as Lisa Quinn
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self
• Darkroom1981 · as Nancy Lawrence
• Gimme a Break!1981 · as Valerie
• Knots Landing1979 · as Brenda
• The Facts of Life1979 · as Emily
• CBS Afternoon Playhouse1978 · as Phoebe
• The Fitzpatricks1977 · as Kerry Gerardi
• Battle of the Network Stars1976
• Ark II1976 · as Diana
• The Bionic Woman1976 · as Princess Aura
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Swiss Family Robinson1975 · as Helga Wagner
• Amy Prentiss1974 · as Jill Prentiss
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show1970 · as Laurie Slaughter
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Winner