Helen Hunt
Actor
- Born
- June 15, 1963 (age 63) · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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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
Cast Away
December 22, 2000
What Women Want
December 15, 2000
As Good as It Gets
December 19, 1997
Twister
May 10, 1996
Pay It Forward
October 20, 2000
I See You
September 11, 2019
Soul Surfer
April 8, 2011
The Night Clerk
February 19, 2020
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
August 24, 2001
Peggy Sue Got Married
October 10, 1986
The Sessions
May 2, 2012
Candy Jar
April 27, 2018
Acting76
- 2026In Cold Light as Claire
- 2021How It Ends as Lucinda
- 2020The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley
- 2019I See You as Jackie Harper
- 2018CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
- 2018United We Fan as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Candy Jar as Kathy
- 2018The Miracle Season as Kathy Bresnahan
- 2017I Love You, Daddy as Aura Topher
- 2014Ride