Helen Hunt
Actor
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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As Director
Filmography
Cast Away
as Kelly Frears 2000
What Women Want
as Darcy McGuire 2000
As Good as It Gets
as Carol Connelly 1997
Twister
as Jo 1996
Pay It Forward
as Arlene McKinney 2000
I See You
as Jackie Harper 2019
Soul Surfer
as Cheri Hamilton 2011
The Night Clerk
as Ethel Bromley 2020
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Betty Ann Fitzgerald 2001
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Beth Bodell 1986
The Sessions
as Cheryl 2012
Candy Jar
as Kathy 2018
Bobby
as Samantha Stevens 2006
Kiss of Death
as Bev Kilmartin 1995
Dr. T & the Women
as Bree Davis 2000
The Miracle Season
as Kathy Bresnahan 2018
Project X
as Teri Macdonald 1987