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Helen Hunt

Acting

Born June 15, 1963 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as 헬렌 헌트 · هلن هانت · Helen Elizabeth 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · 1999
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 1998
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · 1998
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 1997
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · 1997
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  • Emmy Award · 1996
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · 1996
  • Golden Globe Awards · 1994
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 2013 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 1998 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2020as Self - Contestant

Friends

1994as Jamie Buchman

This Is Us

2016Director

Mad About You

as Jamie Buchman

The Simpsons

1989as Renee (voice)

American Housewife

2016Director

Cast Away

2000as Kelly Frears

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Helen Hunt

Feud

2017Director

Revenge

2011Director

Californication

2007Director

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970as Laurie Slaughter

World on Fire

2019as Nancy Campbell

China Beach

1988as Amanda "Sissy" Simpson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Hacks

2021as Winnie Landell

Pay It Forward

2000as Arlene McKinney

As Good as It Gets

1997as Carol Connelly

Highway to Heaven

1984as Lizzy MacGill

The Miracle Season

2018as Kathy Bresnahan

Life in Pieces

2015Director

The Facts of Life

1979as Emily

I See You

2019as Jackie Harper

Soul Surfer

2011as Cheri Hamilton

The Bionic Woman

1976as Princess Aura

Galtar and the Golden Lance

as Rava (voice)

Meet Marry Murder

as Narrator (voice)

The Sessions

2012as Cheryl

Knots Landing

1979as Brenda

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Blindspotting

as Rainey

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010as Self

Mad About You

1992as Jamie Buchman

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001as Betty Ann Fitzgerald

Twister

1996as Jo

Empire Falls

2005as Janine Roby

What Women Want

2000as Darcy McGuire

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Bobby

2006as Samantha Stevens

The Frog Prince

1986as Princess Henrietta

A Good Woman

2004as Mrs. Stella Erlynne

Stealing Home

1988as Hope Wyatt

The Night Clerk

2020as Ethel Bromley

Candy Jar

2018as Kathy

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Ellen

1994as Ellen Screen Test #2

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986as Beth Bodell

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

1985as Lynne Stone

United We Fan

2018as Self (archive footage)

Decoding Annie Parker

2013as Mary-Claire King