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Helen Hunt
Los Angeles, California, USA
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,…
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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.
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2026
In Cold Light
Movie Claire
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2022
Meet Marry Murder
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2021
How It Ends
Movie Lucinda
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2021
Blindspotting
TV show Rainey
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2021
Hacks
TV show Winnie Landell
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2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
TV show Self - Contestant
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2020
The Night Clerk
Movie Ethel Bromley
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2019
Mad About You
TV show Jamie Buchman
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2019
World on Fire
TV show Nancy Campbell
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2019
I See You
Movie Jackie Harper
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Movie Self
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2018
United We Fan
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Candy Jar
Movie Kathy
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2018
The Miracle Season
Movie Kathy Bresnahan
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2018
Splitting Up Together
TV show Director
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2017
I Love You, Daddy
Movie Aura Topher
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2017
Shots Fired
TV show Governor Patricia Eamons
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2017
FEUD
TV show Director
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2016
American Housewife
TV show Director
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2016
This Is Us
TV show Director
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2015
Life in Pieces
TV show Director
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self
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2014
Ride
Movie Jackie
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2014
Decoding Annie Parker
Movie Mary-Claire King
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
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2012
Wide-Awake
Movie The Yoga Master
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2012
The Sessions
Movie Cheryl
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2011
Revenge
TV show Director
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2011
Jock the Hero Dog
Movie Jess (voice)
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2011
Soul Surfer
Movie Cheri Hamilton
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2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV show Self
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2010
Every Day
Movie Jeannie
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2007
Then She Found Me
Movie April Epner
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2007
Californication
TV show Director
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2006
Bobby
Movie Samantha Stevens
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2005
The Reichen Show
TV show Self - Guest
