Helen Hunt

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

126

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-06-15 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Hacks

    Hacks

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • Late Night with David Letterman

    Late Night with David Letterman

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • The Bionic Woman

    The Bionic Woman

  • Cast Away

    Cast Away

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • What Women Want

    What Women Want

  • The Larry Sanders Show

    The Larry Sanders Show

  • Twister

    Twister

  • China Beach

    China Beach

  • The Hitchhiker

    The Hitchhiker

  • Soul Surfer

    Soul Surfer

  • Transplant

    Transplant

  • As Good as It Gets

    As Good as It Gets

  • I See You

    I See You

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Trancers

    Trancers

  • Gimme a Break!

    Gimme a Break!

  • Pioneer Woman

    Pioneer Woman

  • Pay It Forward

    Pay It Forward

  • Project X

    Project X

  • Bobby

    Bobby

  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

  • Ride

    Ride

  • Battle of the Network Stars

    Battle of the Network Stars

  • Rollercoaster

    Rollercoaster

  • Every Day

    Every Day

  • The Waterdance

    The Waterdance

  • Quarterback Princess

    Quarterback Princess

  • Only You

    Only You

  • Desperate Lives

    Desperate Lives

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • Empire Falls

    Empire Falls

  • World on Fire

    World on Fire

  • Sweet Revenge

    Sweet Revenge

  • Having Babies

    Having Babies

  • The Night Clerk

    The Night Clerk

  • The Sessions

    The Sessions

  • Bob Roberts

    Bob Roberts

  • Candy Jar

    Candy Jar

  • The Nativity

    The Nativity

  • Peggy Sue Got Married

    Peggy Sue Got Married

  • CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

    CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

  • All Together Now

    All Together Now

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • The Swiss Family Robinson

    The Swiss Family Robinson

  • Shots Fired

    Shots Fired

  • In Cold Light

    In Cold Light

  • The Spell

    The Spell

  • Next of Kin

    Next of Kin

  • A Good Woman

    A Good Woman

  • The Frog Prince

    The Frog Prince

  • Shooter

    Shooter

  • The Fitzpatricks

    The Fitzpatricks

  • Wide-Awake

    Wide-Awake

  • Dr. T & the Women

    Dr. T & the Women

  • Angel Dusted

    Angel Dusted

  • Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death

  • Blindspotting

    Blindspotting

  • Darkroom

    Darkroom

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

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

  • Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth

    Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth

  • I Love You, Daddy

    I Love You, Daddy

  • Then She Found Me

    Then She Found Me

  • A Patriot

    A Patriot

  • Miles from Home

    Miles from Home

  • Girls Just Want to Have Fun

    Girls Just Want to Have Fun

  • United We Fan

    United We Fan

  • Incident at Dark River

    Incident at Dark River

  • The Miracle Season

    The Miracle Season

  • It Takes Two

    It Takes Two

  • The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

    The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

  • Trancers: City of Lost Angels

    Trancers: City of Lost Angels

  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

    The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

  • Ark II

    Ark II

  • Child Bride of Short Creek

    Child Bride of Short Creek

  • The Easter Story

    The Easter Story

  • The Miracle of Kathy Miller

    The Miracle of Kathy Miller

  • Mr. Saturday Night

    Mr. Saturday Night

  • Choices of the Heart

    Choices of the Heart

  • I Think I'm Having A Baby

    I Think I'm Having A Baby

  • Death Scream

    Death Scream

  • In the Company of Darkness

    In the Company of Darkness

  • Sexual Healing

    Sexual Healing

  • Into the Badlands

    Into the Badlands

  • Jock the Hero Dog

    Jock the Hero Dog

  • Pulse Pounders

    Pulse Pounders

  • How It Ends

    How It Ends

  • Galtar and the Golden Lance

    Galtar and the Golden Lance

  • Working Shakespeare

    Working Shakespeare

  • Christmas in Washington

    Christmas in Washington

  • Trancers 3: Deth Lives

    Trancers 3: Deth Lives

  • CBS Afternoon Playhouse

    CBS Afternoon Playhouse

  • Stealing Home

    Stealing Home

  • Amy Prentiss

    Amy Prentiss

  • Bill: On His Own

    Bill: On His Own

  • Decoding Annie Parker

    Decoding Annie Parker

  • My Life and Times

    My Life and Times

  • Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"

    Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"

  • Meet Marry Murder

    Meet Marry Murder

  • Aliens Gone Wild

    Aliens Gone Wild

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    NBC 75th Anniversary Special

  • Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

    Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

  • Tower Stories

    Tower Stories

  • Chicken Little

    Chicken Little