Helen Hunt
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.
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Credits
- 2021 · How It Ends as Lucinda
- 2021 · Hacks as Winnie Landell
- 2020 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self
- 2020 · The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley
- 2019 · Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- 2019 · World on Fire as Nancy Campbell
- 2019 · I See You as Jackie Harper
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · Ride as Jackie
- 2014 · Decoding Annie Parker as Mary-Claire King
- 2012 · Wide-Awake as The Yoga Master
- 2012 · The Sessions as Cheryl
- 2011 · Soul Surfer as Cheri Hamilton
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Bobby as Samantha Stevens
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Empire Falls as Janine Roby
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2000 · Cast Away as Kelly Frears
- 2000 · What Women Want as Darcy McGuire
- 2000 · Pay It Forward as Arlene McKinney
- 1997 · As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Twister as Jo
- 1994 · Friends as Jamie Buchman
- 1994 · Ellen as Ellen Screen Test #2
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- 1992 · Mr. Saturday Night as Annie Wells
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Helen Hunt
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1992 · The Waterdance as Anna
- 1991 · Into the Badlands as Blossom
- 1990 · The Easter Story as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Renee (voice)
- 1989 · Next of Kin as Jessie Gates
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · Stealing Home as Hope Wyatt
- 1988 · China Beach as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson
- 1986 · Peggy Sue Got Married as Beth Bodell
- 1986 · The Nativity as Mary (voice)
- 1984 · Trancers as Leena
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as Lizzy MacGill
- 1983 · Quarterback Princess as Tami Maida
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Donette
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Clancy Williams
- 1982 · Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- 1981 · Darkroom as Nancy Lawrence
- 1981 · Gimme a Break! as Valerie
- 1981 · The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Kathy Miller
- 1979 · Knots Landing as Brenda
- 1979 · The Facts of Life as Emily
- 1976 · Battle of the Network Stars as
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as Princess Aura
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Death Scream as Teila Rodriguez
- 1970 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Laurie Slaughter
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Tower Stories as
- 2025 · In Cold Light as Claire
- 2022 · Meet Marry Murder as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Blindspotting as Rainey
- 2018 · United We Fan as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Candy Jar as Kathy
- 2018 · The Miracle Season as Kathy Bresnahan
- 2017 · I Love You, Daddy as Aura Topher
- 2017 · Shots Fired as Governor Patricia Eamons
- 2014 · Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart as Pamela Smart (archive footage)
- 2011 · Jock the Hero Dog as Jess (voice)
- 2010 · Every Day as Jeannie
- 2007 · Then She Found Me as April Epner
- 2005 · Aliens Gone Wild as Lena (archive footage)
- 2003 · Working Shakespeare as
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
- 2000 · Dr. T & the Women as Bree Davis
- 1998 · Twelfth Night as Viola & Cesario
- 1998 · Chicken Little as (voice)
- 1991 · Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story as Pamela Smart
- 1987 · Project X as Teri Macdonald
- Future · A Patriot as Scarlett
- 2004 · A Good Woman as Stella Erlynne
- 1995 · Kiss of Death as Bev Kilmartin
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · Sexual Healing as Rene
- 1993 · In the Company of Darkness as Gina Pulasky
- 1992 · Trancers 3: Deth Lives as Lena
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Rose Pondell
- 1992 · Only You as Clare Enfield
- 1991 · Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth as Lena Deth
- 1991 · My Life and Times as Rebecca Miller
- 1991 · Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" as Self
- 1990 · The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Bridget Kane
- 1989 · Incident at Dark River as Jesse McCandless
- 1988 · Miles from Home as Jennifer
- 1988 · Shooter as Tracey
- 1988 · Pulse Pounders as Leena (Trancers sequence)
- 1988 · Trancers: City of Lost Angels as Lena
- 1986 · The Frog Prince as Princess Henrietta
- 1985 · Galtar and the Golden Lance as Rava (voice)
- 1985 · Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Lynne Stone
- 1984 · Sweet Revenge as Debbie Markham
- 1983 · Choices of the Heart as Cathy
- 1983 · Bill: On His Own as Jenny Wells
- 1982 · Christmas in Washington as Self
- 1982 · It Takes Two as Lisa Quinn
- 1982 · Desperate Lives as Sandy Cameron
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Naomi
- 1981 · I Think I'm Having A Baby as Phoebe
- 1981 · Angel Dusted as Lizzie Eaton
- 1979 · Transplant as Janice Hurley
- 1978 · CBS Afternoon Playhouse as Phoebe
- 1977 · The Fitzpatricks as Kerry Gerardi
- 1977 · Rollercoaster as Tracy Calder
- 1977 · The Spell as Kristina Matchett
- 1976 · Having Babies as Sharon McNamara
- 1976 · Ark II as Diana
- 1975 · The Swiss Family Robinson as Helga Wagner
- 1975 · All Together Now as Susan Lindsay
- 1974 · Amy Prentiss as Jill Prentiss
- 1973 · Pioneer Woman as Sarah Sargeant