Acting credits
121
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Helen Hunt
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 73Series: 55Crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 9994
IMDb ID: nm0000166
Known for: Acting
Born: June 15, 1963
Age: 62
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q170574
Also known as
헬렌 헌트 • هلن هانت • Helen Elizabeth Hunt
Other jobs
Director (9)Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Helen Hunt.
5.4
In Cold Light
as Claire
2026 Movie
4.8
How It Ends
as Lucinda
2021 Movie
6.2
The Night Clerk
as Ethel Bromley
2020 Movie
7.0
I See You
as Jackie Harper
2019 Movie
5.2
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
2018 Movie
6.0
United We Fan
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
6.1
Candy Jar
as Kathy
2018 Movie
7.2
The Miracle Season
as Kathy Bresnahan
2018 Movie
5.7
I Love You, Daddy
as Aura Topher
2017 Movie
5.7
Ride
as Jackie
2014 Movie
6.0
Decoding Annie Parker
as Mary-Claire King
2014 Movie
5.8
Wide-Awake
as The Yoga Master
2012 Movie
6.9
The Sessions
as Cheryl
2012 Movie
4.4
Jock the Hero Dog
as Jess (voice)
2011 Movie
7.0
Soul Surfer
as Cheri Hamilton
2011 Movie
5.1
Every Day
as Jeannie
2010 Movie
5.6
Then She Found Me
as April Epner
2007 Movie
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007 Movie
6.4
Bobby
as Samantha Stevens
2006 Movie
5.0
Aliens Gone Wild
as Lena (archive footage)
2005 Movie
6.3
A Good Woman
as Stella Erlynne
2004 Movie
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002 Movie
6.6
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
2001 Movie
7.7
Cast Away
as Kelly Frears
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Helen Hunt.
7.0
Meet Marry Murder
as Narrator (voice) • 10 eps
2022 Series
6.9
Blindspotting
as Rainey • 16 eps
2021 Series
7.4
Hacks
as Winnie Landell • 8 eps
2021 Series
9.8
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.0
Mad About You
as Jamie Buchman • 12 eps
2019 Series
7.5
World on Fire
as Nancy Campbell • 13 eps
2019 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.0
Splitting Up Together
Director • 1 eps
2018 Series
5.8
Shots Fired
as Governor Patricia Eamons • 10 eps
2017 Series
7.6
FEUD
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.7
American Housewife
Director • 4 eps
2016 Series
8.2
This Is Us
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.1
Life in Pieces
Director • 2 eps
2015 Series
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.6
Revenge
Director • 2 eps
2011 Series
6.6
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2009 Series
7.6
Californication
Director • 1 eps
2007 Series
4.8
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.5
Empire Falls
as Janine Roby • 2 eps
2005 Series
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
Working Shakespeare
5 eps
2003 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 3 eps
1997 Series
8.4
Friends
as Jamie Buchman • 1 eps
1994 Series