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Personal Info

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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Known For

Acting

2025

In Cold Light as Claire

2022

Meet Marry Murder as Narrator (voice)

2021

How It Ends as Lucinda
Blindspotting as Rainey
Hacks as Winnie Landell

2020

The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley

2019

I See You as Jackie Harper
World on Fire as Nancy Campbell
Mad About You as Jamie Buchman

2018

United We Fan as Self (archive footage)
The Miracle Season as Kathy Bresnahan
Candy Jar as Kathy

2017

I Love You, Daddy as Aura Topher
Shots Fired as Governor Patricia Eamons

2015

2014

Decoding Annie Parker as Mary-Claire King
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart as Pamela Smart (archive footage)
Ride as Jackie

2012

The Sessions as Cheryl
Wide-Awake as The Yoga Master

2011

Soul Surfer as Cheri Hamilton
Jock the Hero Dog as Jess (voice)

2010

2009

2007

Then She Found Me as April Epner

2006

Bobby as Samantha Stevens

2005

Aliens Gone Wild as Lena (archive footage)
Empire Falls as Janine Roby
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest

2004

A Good Woman as Stella Erlynne

2003

2002

2001

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Betty Ann Fitzgerald

2000

Pay It Forward as Arlene McKinney
What Women Want as Darcy McGuire
Dr. T & the Women as Bree Davis
Cast Away as Kelly Frears

1998

Chicken Little as (voice)
Twelfth Night as Viola & Cesario

1997

As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly
The View as Self

1996

Twister as Jo

1995

Kiss of Death as Bev Kilmartin

1994

Ellen as Ellen Screen Test #2
Friends as Jamie Buchman

1993

1992

Bob Roberts as Rose Pondell
Only You as Clare Enfield
Mr. Saturday Night as Annie Wells
Mad About You as Jamie Buchman

1991

1990

The Easter Story as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)

1989

Next of Kin as Jessie Gates
Incident at Dark River as Jesse McCandless
The Simpsons as Renee (voice)

1988

Miles from Home as Jennifer
Shooter as Tracey
Pulse Pounders as Leena (Trancers sequence)
Stealing Home as Hope Wyatt
China Beach as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1987

Project X as Teri Macdonald
The Nativity as Mary (voice)

1986

Peggy Sue Got Married as Beth Bodell
The Frog Prince as Henrietta

1985

1984

Trancers as Leena
Sweet Revenge as Debbie Markham
Highway to Heaven as Lizzy MacGill

1983

Bill: On His Own as Jenny Wells
Quarterback Princess as Tami Maida
The Hitchhiker as Donette

1982

Desperate Lives as Sandy Cameron
St. Elsewhere as Clancy Williams
It Takes Two as Lisa Quinn

1981

Angel Dusted as Lizzie Eaton
Gimme a Break! as Valerie
Darkroom as Nancy Lawrence

1979

Transplant as Janice Hurley
Knots Landing as Brenda

1978

1977

Rollercoaster as Tracy Calder
The Spell as Kristina Matchett
The Fitzpatricks as Kerry Gerardi

1976

Having Babies as Sharon McNamara
The Bionic Woman as Princess Aura
Ark II as Diana

1975

All Together Now as Susan Lindsay
Death Scream as Teila Rodriguez
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1974

Amy Prentiss as Jill Prentiss

1973

Pioneer Woman as Sarah Sargeant

1970

The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Laurie Slaughter

1962

1953

The Oscars as Self

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Directing

2018

2017

FEUD as Director

2016

This Is Us as Director
American Housewife as Director

2015

Life in Pieces as Director

2014

Ride as Director

2007

Then She Found Me as Director
Californication as Director

1992

Mad About You as Director

Writing

2014

Ride as Screenplay

2007

Then She Found Me as Screenplay

Production

2014

Ride as Producer

2007

Then She Found Me as Producer

1992

Mad About You as Executive Producer