Helen Hunt
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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
Credits
Cast Away (2000)
as Kelly Frears
Twister (1996)
as Jo
What Women Want (2000)
as Darcy McGuire
As Good as It Gets (1997)
as Carol Connelly
Pay It Forward (2000)
as Arlene McKinney
I See You (2019)
as Jackie Harper
The Night Clerk (2020)
as Ethel Bromley
In Cold Light (2026)
as Claire
The Sessions (2012)
as Cheryl
Soul Surfer (2011)
as Cheri Hamilton
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
as Beth Bodell
Kiss of Death (1995)
as Bev Kilmartin
Next of Kin (1989)
as Jessie Gates
Trancers III (1992)
as Lena
Trancers II (1991)
as Lena Deth
Trancers (1984)
as Leena
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
as Lynne Stone
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
Stealing Home (1988)
as Hope Wyatt
The Miracle Season (2018)
as Kathy Bresnahan
How It Ends (2021)
as Lucinda
Project X (1987)
as Teri
A Good Woman (2004)
as Mrs. Stella Erlynne
Dr. T & the Women (2000)
as Bree Davis
Then She Found Me (2007)
as April Epner
Bobby (2006)
as Samantha Stevens
Miles from Home (1988)
as Jennifer
Wide-Awake (2012)
as The Yoga Master
Candy Jar (2018)
as Kathy
Rollercoaster (1977)
as Tracy Calder
Bob Roberts (1992)
as Rose Pondell
Decoding Annie Parker (2014)
as Mary-Claire King
Ride (2014)
as Jackie
Every Day (2010)
as Jeannie
Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
as Jess (voice)
The Waterdance (1992)
as Anna
I Love You, Daddy (2017)
as Aura Topher
United We Fan (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
as Annie Wells
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (—)
as Self
Shooter (1988)
as Tracey
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self
Into the Badlands (1991)
as Blossom
Twelfth Night (1998)
as Viola & Cesario
A Patriot (—)
as Scarlett
Child Bride of Short Creek (1981)
as Naomi
The Easter Story (1990)
as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
Sweet Revenge (1984)
as Debbie Markham
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)
as Self
Chicken Little (1998)
as (voice)
Choices of the Heart (1983)
as Cathy
Having Babies (1976)
as Sharon McNamara
Pioneer Woman (1973)
as Sarah Sargeant
Only You (1992)
as Clare Enfield
Quarterback Princess (1983)
as Tami Maida
Death Scream (1975)
as Teila Rodriguez
I Think I'm Having A Baby (1981)
as Phoebe
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion (2018)
as Self
Angel Dusted (1981)
as Lizzie Eaton
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991)
as Pamela Smart
Tower Stories (—)
Actor
Desperate Lives (1982)
as Sandy Cameron
Pulse Pounders (1988)
as Leena (Trancers sequence)
Incident at Dark River (1989)
as Jesse McCandless
The Miracle of Kathy Miller (1981)
as Kathy Miller
The Frog Prince (1986)
as Princess Henrietta
The Nativity (1986)
as Mary (voice)
In the Company of Darkness (1993)
as Gina Pulasky
Bill: On His Own (1983)
as Jenny Wells
Trancers: City of Lost Angels (1988)
as Lena
The Spell (1977)
as Kristina Matchett
Transplant (1979)
as Janice Hurley
All Together Now (1975)
as Susan Lindsay
Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" (1991)
as Self
Sexual Healing (1993)
as Rene
Aliens Gone Wild (2005)
as Lena (archive footage)