Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

60 · Born: Jun 15, 1963

Personal Details

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Born Jun 15, 1963 Los Angeles, California, USA
Parents
  • Jane Elizabeth Novis
  • Gordon Hunt
  • B.J. Ward
Relatives
  • Peter H. Hunt (Aunt or Uncle)
  • Barbette Tweed (Aunt or Uncle)
  • Dorothy Novis (Grandparent)

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.

Career

2021
Blindspotting
Blindspotting as Rainey
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Amend: The Fight for America
2020
The Night Clerk
The Night Clerk as Ethel Bromley
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2019
I See You
I See You as Jackie Harper
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World on Fire
World on Fire as Nancy Campbell
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Mad About You
Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
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2018
The Miracle Season
The Miracle Season as Kathy Bresnahan
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Candy Jar
Candy Jar as Kathy
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2017
I Love You, Daddy
I Love You, Daddy as Aura Topher
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Shots Fired
Shots Fired as Governor Patricia Eamons
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2014
Ride
Ride as Jackie
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Decoding Annie Parker
Decoding Annie Parker as Mary-Claire King
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Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart as Pamela Smart (archive footage)
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2013
Trancers: City of Lost Angels
Trancers: City of Lost Angels as Lena
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2012
The Sessions
The Sessions as Cheryl
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2011
Soul Surfer
Soul Surfer as Cheri Hamilton
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Jock the Hero Dog
Jock the Hero Dog as Jess (voice)
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2010
Every Day
Every Day as Jeannie
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2007
Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me as April Epner
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2006
Bobby
Bobby as Samantha Stevens
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2005
Aliens Gone Wild
Aliens Gone Wild as Lena (archive footage)
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Empire Falls
Empire Falls as Janine Roby
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2004
A Good Woman
A Good Woman as Stella Erlynne
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2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
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2000
Dr. T & the Women
Dr. T & the Women as Bree
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What Women Want
What Women Want as Darcy McGuire
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Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward as Arlene McKinney
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Cast Away
Cast Away as Kelly Frears
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1998
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Viola & Cesario
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Chicken Little
Chicken Little as (voice)
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1997
As Good as It Gets
As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly
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The Simpsons
The Simpsons
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1996
Twister
Twister as Dr. Jo Harding
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1995
Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death as Bev Kilmartin
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1993
In the Company of Darkness
In the Company of Darkness as Gina Pulasky
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1992
The Waterdance
The Waterdance as Anna
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Only You
Only You as Clare Enfield
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Trancers III
Trancers III as Lena
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Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night as Annie Wells
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Mad About You
Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
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1991
Into the Badlands
Into the Badlands as Blossom
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Trancers II
Trancers II as Lena Deth
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Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story
1989
Next of Kin
Next of Kin as Jessie Gates
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Incident at Dark River
Incident at Dark River as Jesse McCandless
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1988
Miles from Home
Miles from Home as Jennifer
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Pulse Pounders
Pulse Pounders as Leena (Trancers sequence)
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Shooter
Shooter as Tracey
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1987
Project X
Project X as Teri Macdonald
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1986
The Frog Prince
The Frog Prince as Henrietta
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1985
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Lynne Stone
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Galtar and the Golden Lance
Galtar and the Golden Lance as Rava (voice)
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1984
Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge as Debbie Markham
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Trancers
Trancers as Leena
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1983
Choices of the Heart
Choices of the Heart as Cathy
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Quarterback Princess
Quarterback Princess as Tami Maida
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Bill: On His Own
Bill: On His Own as Jenny Wells
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1982
Desperate Lives
Desperate Lives as Sandy Cameron
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1981
Angel Dusted
Angel Dusted as Lizzie Eaton
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Child Bride of Short Creek
Child Bride of Short Creek as Naomi
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CBS Afternoon Playhouse
CBS Afternoon Playhouse as Phoebe
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The Miracle of Kathy Miller
The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Kathy Miller
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Gimme a Break!
Gimme a Break!
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1979
Transplant
Transplant as Janice Hurley
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1977
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster as Tracy Calder
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The Spell
The Spell as Kristina Matchett
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The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman
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1976
Ark II
Ark II as Diana
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1975
Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson as Helga Wagner
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1974
Amy Prentiss
Amy Prentiss as Jill Prentiss
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1973
Pioneer Woman
Pioneer Woman as Sarah Sargeant
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2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2014
2014
Ride
Ride as Director, Screenplay
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2007
Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me as Director, Screenplay
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