Helen Hunt
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1963-06-15 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Acting
A Patriot
as Scarlett
(2025)
In Cold Light
as Claire
(2021)
How It Ends
as Lucinda
(2020)
The Night Clerk
as Ethel Bromley
(2019)
I See You
as Jackie Harper
(2018)
The Miracle Season
as Kathy Bresnahan
(2018)
Candy Jar
as Kathy
(2018)
(2018)
United We Fan
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
I Love You, Daddy
as Aura Topher
(2014)
Ride
as Jackie
(2014)
Decoding Annie Parker
as Mary-Claire King
(2014)
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
as Pamela Smart (archive footage)
(2012)
The Sessions
as Cheryl
(2012)
Wide-Awake
as The Yoga Master
(2011)
Soul Surfer
as Cheri Hamilton
(2011)
Jock the Hero Dog
as Jess (voice)
(2010)
Every Day
as Jeannie
(2007)
Then She Found Me
as April Epner
(2006)
Bobby
as Samantha Stevens
(2005)
Aliens Gone Wild
as Lena (archive footage)
(2004)
A Good Woman
as Stella Erlynne
(2002)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
(2001)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
(2000)
Cast Away
as Kelly Frears
(2000)
What Women Want
as Darcy McGuire
(2000)
Pay It Forward
as Arlene McKinney
(2000)
Dr. T & the Women
as Bree Davis
(1998)
Twelfth Night
as Viola & Cesario
(1998)
Chicken Little
as (voice)
(1997)
As Good as It Gets
as Carol Connelly
(1996)
Twister
as Jo
(1995)
Kiss of Death
as Bev Kilmartin
(1993)
In the Company of Darkness
as Gina Pulasky
(1993)
Sexual Healing
as Rene
(1992)
Bob Roberts
as Rose Pondell
(1992)
Trancers 3: Deth Lives
as Lena
(1992)
Mr. Saturday Night
as Annie Wells
(1992)
The Waterdance
as Anna
(1992)
Only You
as Clare Enfield
(1991)
Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
as Lena Deth
(1991)
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
as Pamela Smart
(1991)
Into the Badlands
as Blossom
(1991)
(1990)
The Easter Story
as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
(1989)
Next of Kin
as Jessie Gates
(1989)
Incident at Dark River
as Jesse McCandless
(1988)
Stealing Home
as Hope Wyatt
(1988)
Miles from Home
as Jennifer
(1988)
Shooter
as Tracey
(1988)
Pulse Pounders
as Leena (Trancers sequence)
(1988)
(1987)
Project X
as Teri Macdonald
(1987)
The Nativity
as Mary (voice)
(1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Beth Bodell
(1986)
The Frog Prince
as Henrietta
(1985)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
as Lynne Stone
(1984)
Trancers
as Leena
(1984)
Sweet Revenge
as Debbie Markham
(1983)
Choices of the Heart
as Cathy
(1983)
Quarterback Princess
as Tami Maida
(1983)
Bill: On His Own
as Jenny Wells
(1982)
Desperate Lives
as Sandy Cameron
(1981)
Child Bride of Short Creek
as Naomi
(1981)
Angel Dusted
as Lizzie Eaton
(1981)
I Think I'm Having A Baby
as Phoebe
(1981)
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
as Kathy Miller
(1979)
Transplant
as Janice Hurley
(1977)
Rollercoaster
as Tracy Calder
(1977)
The Spell
as Kristina Matchett
(1976)
Having Babies
as Sharon McNamara
(1975)
Death Scream
as Teila Rodriguez
(1975)
All Together Now
as Susan Lindsay
(1973)
Pioneer Woman
as Sarah Sargeant
Crew
(2014)
Ride
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(2007)
Then She Found Me
Producer, Director, Screenplay