The daughter of director and acting coach Gordon Hunt, Helen Hunt was born June 15, 1963, in Los Angeles, Calif. Acting in dozens of television series and movies since age 10, Hunt landed her first notable adult role as Clancy Williams on the 1980s TV series "St. Elsewhere."After a run of supporting parts in films, Hunt received high praise for her role in The Waterdance (1992). She became a household name through the 1990s thanks to her role as Jamie Buchman in the long-running sitcom "Mad About You," which earned her three Emmy awards.
After the big-screen blockbuster Twister (1996), Hunt nabbed her first Best Actress Oscar for As Good As It Gets (1997), making her the only actress to win a Golden Globe, an Oscar and an Emmy in the same calendar year. In 2000, she scored two major hits with Cast Away and What Women Want.
Pay It ForwardIn this gentle drama from director Mimi Leder, young Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) responds to a school assignment with a plan to help three people who will, in turn, help three more, and so on, in an ever-widening circle. But Trevor touches more people than he expected, including his abused... Read More
Then She Found MeAlready reeling from the death of her adoptive mother and a messy divorce, a put-upon schoolteacher finds her life becoming even more tumultuous when she begins dating the father of one of her students and her gabby birth mother shows up. Read More
As Good as It GetsWhen acerbic, reclusive and obsessive-compulsive author Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) lets stressed-out single mom and waitress Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt) and gay neighbor Simon Bishop (Greg Kinnear) and his dog into his life, profound changes await them all in this touching dramedy. Nominated for... Read More
Cast AwayAfter FedEx systems engineer Chuck Noland's (Tom Hanks) plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean, he finds himself fighting to survive on a deserted island with nothing but a painted volleyball -- a silent partner he names Wilson -- for company. An acting tour de force for Hanks (who received a Golden... Read More
A Good WomanWhat does a good woman have if not a good reputation? While seductress Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt) takes up with rich aristocrat Robert Windermere (Mark Umbers), his young, fragile bride, Meg (Scarlett Johansson), is pursued by the caddish Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore) -- setting all... Read More
The Surrogate (2012) | NR | |
Soul Surfer (2011) | PG | |
Every Day (2010) | R | |
Living with Ed: Season 2 (2008) | NR | |
Then She Found Me (2007) | R | |
Bobby (2006) | NR | |
Empire Falls (2005) | TV-PG | |
A Good Woman (2004) | PG | |
Red Riding Hood (2004) | NR | |
One Night at McCool's (2001) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
R | ||
Pay It Forward (2000) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
What Women Want (2000) | PG-13 | |
As Good as It Gets (1997) | PG-13 | |
Twister (1996) | PG-13 | |
Kiss of Death (1995) | R | |
Trancers 3: Deth Lives (1993) | R | |
Only You (1992) | PG-13 | |
The Mad About You Collection (1992) | NR | |
Mad About You (1992) | TV-PG | |
Bob Roberts (1992) | R | |
The Waterdance (1992) | R | |
Mr. Saturday Night (1992) | R | |
R | ||
PG-13 | ||
Next of Kin (1989) | R | |
R | ||
Project X (1987) | PG | |
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) | PG-13 | |
The Frog Prince (1986) | NR | |
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) | PG | |
Trancers (1985) | R | |
NR | ||
Child Bride of Short Creek (1981) | NR | |
Bill / Bill on His Own (1981) | NR | |
The Spell (1977) | NR | |
Rollercoaster (1977) | PG | |
Pioneer Woman (1973) | TV-G | |
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