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Home/People/Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt profile photo
Born
Jun 15, 1963
Age 62
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

76
Movies
52
TV Shows
10
Directed
Also Known As
헬렌 헌트
هلن هانت
Helen Elizabeth Hunt
IMDb Profile

Helen Hunt

Acting

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.
In Cold Light poster

In Cold Light

as Claire
2026
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair poster

Untold: The Murder of Air McNair

as Kelly Frears, 'Cast Away' (movie footage)
2024
How It Ends poster

How It Ends

as Lucinda
2021
The Night Clerk poster

The Night Clerk

as Ethel Bromley
2020
I See You poster

I See You

as Jackie Harper
2019
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion poster

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

as Self
2018
United We Fan poster

United We Fan

as Self (archive footage)
2018
Candy Jar poster

Candy Jar

as Kathy
2018
The Miracle Season poster

The Miracle Season

as Kathy Bresnahan
2018
I Love You, Daddy poster

I Love You, Daddy

as Aura Topher
2017
Ride poster

Ride

as Jackie
2014
Decoding Annie Parker poster

Decoding Annie Parker

as Mary-Claire King
2014
Wide-Awake poster

Wide-Awake

as The Yoga Master
2012
The Sessions poster

The Sessions

as Cheryl
2012
Jock the Hero Dog poster

Jock the Hero Dog

as Jess (voice)
2011
Soul Surfer poster

Soul Surfer

as Cheri Hamilton
2011
Every Day poster

Every Day

as Jeannie
2010
Then She Found Me poster

Then She Found Me

as April Epner
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation poster

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

as Self
2007
Bobby poster

Bobby

as Samantha Stevens
2006