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 ...
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Complete Filmography

In Cold Light
2025
as Claire
Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee for her life and tra...

How It Ends
2021
as Lucinda
Liza scores an invite to one last wild party before the world ends. But making it there won't be easy, as her car has been stolen, and the clock is ti...

The Night Clerk
2020
as Ethel Bromley
Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the p...

I See You
2019
as Jackie Harper
When a 10-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, ...

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
as Self
An investigation into the way media portrayals impact the actual inclusion of people with disabilities in society.

United We Fan
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Fans, stars, creators, and more come together to explore the dynamic history and evolution of save-our-show television fan campaigns from the letter-w...

Candy Jar
2018
as Kathy
Dueling high school debate champs who are at odds on just about everything forge ahead with ambitious plans to get into the colleges of their dreams.

The Miracle Season
2018
as Kathy Bresnahan
After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance o...

I Love You, Daddy
2017
as Aura Topher
When a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to hand...

Ride
2014
as Jackie
Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of college to become a surfer. She meets a surf instruct...

Ride
2014
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of college to become a surfer. She meets a surf instruct...

Decoding Annie Parker
2014
as Mary-Claire King
The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
2014
as Pamela Smart (archive footage)
In an extraordinary and tragic American story, a small town murder becomes one of the highest profile cases of all time. From its historic role as the...

Wide-Awake
2012
as The Yoga Master
Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.

The Sessions
2012
as Cheryl
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment ...

Jock the Hero Dog
2011
as Jess (voice)
Animated-family adventure based on a true story that tells the heart-warming, coming-of-age story of a man and his best-friend, a lovable and fearless...

Soul Surfer
2011
as Cheri Hamilton
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, thro...

Every Day
2010
as Jeannie
Ned is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. His work as a writer on an outrageous, semi-pornographic TV show is less than satisfying. His fifteen year ...

Then She Found Me
2007
as April Epner
A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother, an e...

Then She Found Me
2007
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother, an e...

Bobby
2006
as Samantha Stevens
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assas...

Aliens Gone Wild
2005
as Lena (archive footage)
The ships have landed and the extraterrestrials are on the rampage in this collection of the most terrifying sci-fi clips in Full Moon history. There'...

A Good Woman
2004
as Stella Erlynne
Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Er...

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
as Betty Ann Fitzgerald
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task ...

Cast Away
2000
as Kelly Frears
Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malays...

What Women Want
2000
as Darcy McGuire
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking...

Pay It Forward
2000
as Arlene McKinney
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the worl...

Dr. T & the Women
2000
as Bree Davis
A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other ...

Twelfth Night
1998
as Viola & Cesario
Ah, summer! School is out, work slows down and passions heat up in the warm summer air. Theatrically speaking, it's the perfect time for a sexy comedy...

Chicken Little
1998
as (voice)
A classic story of Chicken Little and her bird-brained friends who think the sky is falling.

As Good as It Gets
1997
as Carol Connelly
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. Aft...

Twister
1996
as Jo
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaki...

Kiss of Death
1995
as Bev Kilmartin
Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened....

Sexual Healing
1993
as Rene
A recently dumped single guy and a bored housewife meet through a phone dating service and begin a hot "verbal" affair over the phone.

In the Company of Darkness
1993
as Gina Pulasky
An undercover policewoman (Helen Hunt) alarms her colleague lover (Jeff Fahey) as she role-plays to lure out a serial killer (Steven Weber) to secure ...

Trancers 3: Deth Lives
1992
as Lena
A time traveling cop, Jack Deth, from the future is taken back to the past to be given the task of destroying the Trancer program before it has a chan...

Mr. Saturday Night
1992
as Annie Wells
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes ...

Bob Roberts
1992
as Rose Pondell
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing...

The Waterdance
1992
as Anna
Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist bik...

Only You
1992
as Clare Enfield
Dumped by his fiancée, Clifford Godfrey goes on vacation anyway where he ends up torn between a sober party girl and his travel agent.

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991
as Pamela Smart
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitem...

Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
1991
as Lena Deth
Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they're told without question or pause. Now ...

Into the Badlands
1991
as Blossom
A bounty hunter searches the west for a wanted outlaw named Red Roundtree.

Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II"
1991
as Self
An exclusive behind the scenes look with the cast and crew of the action-packed film, including interviews, hilarious outtakes, and more!

The Easter Story
1990
as Jerusalem Woman #1 (voice)
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is a television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that tells of three young adventurers—Derek, Margo, an...

Incident at Dark River
1989
as Jesse McCandless
When Tim McFall's young daughter dies as the result of toxic waste dumped in the local river, he tries to shut down the company and everybody turns ag...

Next of Kin
1989
as Jessie Gates
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer...

Miles from Home
1988
as Jennifer
Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosi...

Shooter
1988
as Tracey
"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets i...

Stealing Home
1988
as Hope Wyatt
Billy Wyatt (Harmon), a former high school and minor-league baseball baseball player receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his form...

Pulse Pounders
1988
as Leena (Trancers sequence)
In this 'sequel' anthology, the film offers a TRANCERS sequel written by original creators Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, a new Lovecraft adaptation THE...

Trancers: City of Lost Angels
1988
as Lena
Jack Deth, the super cop from the future, has put away three centuries worth of time traveling criminals. But Deth's most dangerous collar, the ultra...

Project X
1987
as Teri Macdonald
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps ...

The Nativity
1987
as Mary (voice)
The Nativity is seen through the eyes of three young visitors from the 20th century who are transported back through time to the Holy City

Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
as Beth Bodell
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

The Frog Prince
1986
as Princess Henrietta
Children's musical based on Grimm's fairy tale of The Frog-King. A young girl learns how to be a good friend and princess with the help of a "tall fro...

Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985
as Lynne Stone
Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announc...

Trancers
1984
as Leena
Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archene...

Sweet Revenge
1984
as Debbie Markham
While a major in the U.S. Army, Joe Cheever has a fling with his commanding officer's daughter that results in a pregnancy. Cheever convinces the girl...
Choices of the Heart
1983
as Cathy
Jeannie Donovan, a party-girl searching for that something missing in her life, finds it in El Salvador, hooking up with three nuns and a heartful of ...

Quarterback Princess
1983
as Tami Maida
The Maida family has moved to Oregon, and daughter Tami wants to play quarterback for the high school football team. There's just one problem. She's a...

Bill: On His Own
1983
as Jenny Wells
Bill Sackter struggles to cope after his best friend and guardian, Barry Morrow and his wife Beverly move away. Bill moves into a group home run by Ma...

Desperate Lives
1982
as Sandy Cameron
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.

Child Bride of Short Creek
1981
as Naomi
A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion agains...

The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
as Kathy Miller
With the support of her parents, an Arizona adolescent overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.

I Think I'm Having A Baby
1981
as Phoebe
Laurie is 15 and she thinks she's pregnant. Her boyfriend doesn't care. Her mother doesn't know. Why did it happen? And whom can she turn to?

Angel Dusted
1981
as Lizzie Eaton
Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's re...

Transplant
1979
as Janice Hurley
Fact-based story about a hard-driving young executive who rebels against his failing heart and undergoes a risky transplant.

Rollercoaster
1977
as Tracy Calder
A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. Aft...

The Spell
1977
as Kristina Matchett
A distraught mother must cope with her embittered daughter who has the ability to cause "accidents" to happen.

Having Babies
1976
as Sharon McNamara
The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.

Death Scream
1975
as Teila Rodriguez
Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to h...

All Together Now
1975
as Susan Lindsay
Four orphaned children have 30 days to prove that they can remain together as a family without adult supervision. Based on a true story.

Pioneer Woman
1973
as Sarah Sargeant
A homesteading family in 1867 Wyoming faces a crisis when the husband is killed and the wife must decide whether to remain or take her son and daughte...

Tower Stories
N/A
A writer, realising his last big adventure will very likely be death, takes a sabbatical and leaves his home in New York City’s Little Italy to travel...
A Patriot
N/A
as Scarlett