Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 15, 1963
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
137 titles
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
Filmography
In Cold Light
Claire
Meet Marry Murder
Narrator (voice)
How It Ends
Lucinda
Blindspotting
Rainey
Hacks
Winnie Landell
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
The Night Clerk
Ethel Bromley
Mad About You
Jamie Buchman
World on Fire
Nancy Campbell
I See You
Jackie Harper
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
United We Fan
Self (archive footage)
Candy Jar
Kathy
The Miracle Season
Kathy Bresnahan
Splitting Up Together
Director
I Love You, Daddy
Aura Topher
Shots Fired
Governor Patricia Eamons
FEUD
Director
American Housewife
Director
This Is Us
Director
Life in Pieces
Director
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Ride
Jackie
Decoding Annie Parker
Mary-Claire King
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Wide-Awake
The Yoga Master
The Sessions
Cheryl
Revenge
Director
Jock the Hero Dog
Jess (voice)
Soul Surfer
Cheri Hamilton
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Every Day
Jeannie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Then She Found Me
April Epner
Californication
Director
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
Bobby
Samantha Stevens
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
Empire Falls
Janine Roby
Aliens Gone Wild
Lena (archive footage)
A Good Woman
Mrs. Stella Erlynne
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Working Shakespeare
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Betty Ann Fitzgerald
Cast Away
Kelly Frears
What Women Want
Darcy McGuire
Pay It Forward
Arlene McKinney