
Helen Hunt
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1963-06-15
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known for

Twister
1996Jo
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986Beth Bodell
Bob Roberts
1992Rose Pondell
Pay It Forward
2000Arlene McKinney
Rollercoaster
1977Tracy Calder
What Women Want
2000Darcy McGuire
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001Betty Ann Fitzgerald
Bobby
2006Samantha Stevens
As Good as It Gets
1997Carol Connelly
Dr. T & the Women
2000Bree Davis
Trancers
1984Leena
Kiss of Death
1995Bev Kilmartin
Cast Away
2000Kelly Frears
Then She Found Me
2007April Epner
Next of Kin
1989Jessie Gates
Trancers II
1991Lena Deth
Bill: On His Own
1983Jenny Wells
Aliens Gone Wild
2005Lena (archive footage)
A Good Woman
2004Mrs. Stella Erlynne