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