Helen Hunt

ActorDirectorProducerWriter Jun 15 (age 62) Los Angeles, California, USA 1970–2026 (56 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Cast Away

Kelly Frears

Film

As Good as It Gets

Carol Connelly

Film

This Is Us

Director

Film

Pay It Forward

Arlene McKinney

Film

Californication

Director

Film

Twister

Film

What Women Want

Darcy McGuire

Film

I See You

Jackie Harper

Filmography

Acting (129)

Movies (76)

In Cold Light

2026

as Claire

6.1

Untold: The Murder of Air McNair

2024

as Kelly Frears, 'Cast Away' (movie footage)

How It Ends

as Lucinda

The Night Clerk

as Ethel Bromley

I See You

as Jackie Harper

The Miracle Season

as Kathy Bresnahan

Candy Jar

as Kathy

United We Fan

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

as Self

I Love You, Daddy

as Aura Topher

Ride

as Jackie

Decoding Annie Parker

as Mary-Claire King

Wide-Awake

as The Yoga Master

The Sessions

as Cheryl

Soul Surfer

as Cheri Hamilton

Jock the Hero Dog

as Jess (voice)

Every Day

as Jeannie

Then She Found Me

as April Epner

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

as Self

Bobby

2006

as Samantha Stevens

6.4

Aliens Gone Wild

2005

as Lena (archive footage)

5.0

A Good Woman

2004

as Stella Erlynne

6.3

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002

as Self

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001

as Betty Ann Fitzgerald

Cast Away

as Kelly Frears

What Women Want

as Darcy McGuire

Pay It Forward

as Arlene McKinney

Dr. T & the Women

as Bree Davis

Twelfth Night

as Viola & Cesario

Chicken Little

as (voice)

As Good as It Gets

as Carol Connelly

Twister

as Jo

Kiss of Death

as Bev Kilmartin

In the Company of Darkness

1993

as Gina Pulasky

6.4

Sexual Healing

1993

as Rene

Bob Roberts

as Rose Pondell

Only You

as Clare Enfield

Trancers III

as Lena

The Waterdance

as Anna

Mr. Saturday Night

as Annie Wells

Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"

1991

as Self

Into the Badlands

as Blossom

Trancers II

as Lena Deth

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

1991

as Pamela Smart

4.9

The Easter Story

1990

as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)

7.5

Next of Kin

1989

as Jessie Gates

5.9

Incident at Dark River

1989

as Jesse McCandless

Miles from Home

as Jennifer

Shooter

as Tracey

Stealing Home

as Hope Wyatt

Trancers: City of Lost Angels

1988

as Lena

6.0

Pulse Pounders

1988

as Leena (Trancers sequence)

4.7

Project X

1987

as Teri Macdonald

6.3

Peggy Sue Got Married

as Beth Bodell

The Nativity

as Mary (voice)

The Frog Prince

as Princess Henrietta

6.4

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

as Lynne Stone

Trancers

as Leena

Sweet Revenge

as Debbie Markham

Bill: On His Own

as Jenny Wells

Choices of the Heart

as Cathy

Quarterback Princess

as Tami Maida

Desperate Lives

as Sandy Cameron

I Think I'm Having A Baby

1981

as Phoebe

4.0

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

1981

as Kathy Miller

8.3

Angel Dusted

1981

as Lizzie Eaton

Child Bride of Short Creek

1981

as Naomi

6.9

Transplant

1979

as Janice Hurley

Rollercoaster

as Tracy Calder

The Spell

as Kristina Matchett

Having Babies

as Sharon McNamara

Death Scream

as Teila Rodriguez

All Together Now

as Susan Lindsay

Pioneer Woman

1973

as Sarah Sargeant

4.8

Tower Stories

A Patriot

as Scarlett

Television (53)

Meet Marry Murder

as Narrator (voice)

Hacks

as Winnie Landell

Blindspotting

as Rainey

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2020

as Self - Contestant

9.8

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

World on Fire

as Nancy Campbell

Mad About You

as Jamie Buchman

Shots Fired

as Governor Patricia Eamons

5.8

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self

5.2

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

as Self

6.6

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

Empire Falls

as Janine Roby

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Working Shakespeare

The View

as Self

Friends

as Jamie Buchman

Ellen

as Ellen Screen Test #2

6.1

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self

Mad About You

as Jamie Buchman

The Larry Sanders Show

as Helen Hunt

My Life and Times

as Rebecca Miller

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

as Bridget Kane

The Simpsons

as Renee (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self - Guest

5.4

China Beach

1988

as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson

7.4

Galtar and the Golden Lance

as Rava (voice)

Highway to Heaven

as Lizzy MacGill

The Hitchhiker

as Donette

St. Elsewhere

as Clancy Williams

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self

It Takes Two

as Lisa Quinn

Christmas in Washington

as Self

Gimme a Break!

as Valerie

Darkroom

as Nancy Lawrence

Knots Landing

as Brenda

The Facts of Life

as Emily

CBS Afternoon Playhouse

1978

as Phoebe

The Fitzpatricks

as Kerry Gerardi

The Bionic Woman

as Princess Aura

Battle of the Network Stars

Ark II

as Diana

Ark II

as Diana

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Swiss Family Robinson

as Helga Wagner

Amy Prentiss

as Jill Prentiss

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

as Laurie Slaughter

7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (15)

Movies (6)

Ride

Director

Ride

Producer

Ride

Screenplay

Then She Found Me

Director

Then She Found Me

Producer

Then She Found Me

Screenplay

Television (9)

Splitting Up Together

Director

FEUD

Director

This Is Us

Director

American Housewife

Director

Life in Pieces

Director

Revenge

Director

Californication

Director

Mad About You

Director

Mad About You

Executive Producer