Helen Hunt filmography

Helen Hunt filmography

The following is the filmography and stage work of Academy Award winning actress and director Helen Hunt.

Filmography

Film

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1977</td><td>Rollercoaster</td><td>Tracy Calder</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Spell</td><td>Kristina Matchett</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Trancers</td><td>Leena</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>Waiting to Act</td><td>Tracy</td><td>Short film</td></tr><tr><td>Girls Just Want to Have Fun</td><td>Lynne Stone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>The Frog Prince</td><td>Princess Henrietta</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Peggy Sue Got Married</td><td>Beth Bodell</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>Project X</td><td>Teri MacDonald</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Nativity</td><td>Mary</td><td>Voice role</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>Stealing Home</td><td>Hope Wyatt</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Miles from Home</td><td>Jennifer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Next of Kin</td><td>Jessie Gates</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Trancers II</td><td>Lena Deth</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>The Waterdance</td><td>Anna</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Only You</td><td>Clare Enfield</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bob Roberts</td><td>Rose Pondell</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Saturday Night</td><td>Annie Wells</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Trancers III</td><td>Lena Deth</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>Sexual Healing</td><td>Rene</td><td>Short film</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>Kiss of Death</td><td>Bev Kilmartin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Twister</td><td>Dr. Jo Harding</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>As Good as It Gets</td><td>Carol Connelly</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>Dr. T & the Women</td><td>Bree Davis</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pay It Forward</td><td>Arlene McKinney</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cast Away</td><td>Kelly Frears</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>What Women Want</td><td>Darcy McGuire</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>One Night at McCool's</td><td>Truck driver</td><td>Scenes deleted</td></tr><tr><td>The Curse of the Jade Scorpion</td><td>Betty Ann Fitzgerald</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>A Good Woman</td><td>Mrs. Erlynne</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Bobby</td><td>Samantha Stevens</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>Then She Found Me</td><td>April Epner</td><td>Also co-screenwriter, producer and director</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>Every Day</td><td>Jeannie Freed</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Soul Surfer</td><td>Cheri Hamilton</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jock the Hero Dog</td><td>Jess</td><td>Voice role</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>The Sessions</td><td>Cheryl Cohen-Greene</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Decoding Annie Parker</td><td>Dr. Mary-Claire King</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Ride</td><td>Jackie Durning</td><td>Also writer, director, and producer</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>I Love You, Daddy</td><td>Aura Topher</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>The Miracle Season</td><td>Kathy Bresnahan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Candy Jar</td><td>Kathy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>I See You</td><td>Jackie Harper</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>The Night Clerk</td><td>Ethel Bromley</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>How It Ends</td><td>Lucinda</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>In Cold Light</td><td>Claire</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>Tower Stories</td><td></td><td>Post-production</td></tr></tbody></table>

Television

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1973</td><td>Pioneer Woman</td><td>Sarah Sargeant</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>1974–1975</td><td>Amy Prentiss</td><td>Jill Prentiss</td><td>Main role; 3 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>Death Scream</td><td>Teila Rodriguez</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>1975–1976</td><td>The Swiss Family Robinson</td><td>Helga Wagner</td><td>Main role; 20 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>All Together Now</td><td>Susan Lindsay</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>Ark II</td><td>Diana</td><td>Episode: "Omega"</td></tr><tr><td>Having Babies</td><td>Sharon McNamara</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>The Spell</td><td>Kristina Matchett</td></tr><tr><td>The Fitzpatricks</td><td>Kerry Gerardi</td><td>Main role; 9 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>The Mary Tyler Moore Show</td><td>Laurie Slaughter</td><td>Episode: "Murray Ghosts for Ted"</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>The Bionic Woman</td><td>Princess Aura</td><td>Episode: "Sanctuary Earth"</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>Transplant</td><td>Janice Hurley</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>The Facts of Life</td><td>Emily</td><td>Episode: "Dope"</td></tr><tr><td>1980, 1981</td><td>Knots Landing</td><td>Betsy, Brenda</td><td>Episodes: "Hitchhike" (Part 2), "Step One"</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>CBS Afternoon Playhouse</td><td>Phoebe</td><td>Episode: "I Think I'm Having a Baby"</td></tr><tr><td>Child Bride of Short Creek</td><td>Naomi</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>Darkroom</td><td>Nancy Lawrence</td><td>Episode: "The Bogeyman Will Get You"</td></tr><tr><td>Angel Dusted</td><td>Lizzie Eaton</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>The Miracle of Kathy Miller</td><td>Kathy Miller</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>Desperate Lives</td><td>Sandy Cameron</td></tr><tr><td>Gimme a Break!</td><td>Valerie</td><td>Episode: "An Unmarried Couple"</td></tr><tr><td>1982–1983</td><td>It Takes Two</td><td>Lisa Quinn</td><td>Main role; 22 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>Bill: On His Own</td><td>Jenny Wells</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>Quarterback Princess</td><td>Tami Maida</td></tr><tr><td>Choices of the Heart</td><td>Cathy</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Sweet Revenge</td><td>Debbie Markham</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>Highway to Heaven</td><td>Lizzy MacGill</td><td>Episode: "Thoroughbreds" (Parts 1 & 2)</td></tr><tr><td>1984–1986</td><td>St. Elsewhere</td><td>Clancy Williams</td><td>Recurring role; 8 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>Shooter</td><td>Tracey</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Incident at Dark River</td><td>Jesse McCandless</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>China Beach</td><td>Amanda 'Sissy' Simpson</td><td>Episode: "The Thanks of a Grateful Nation"</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>My Life and Times</td><td>Rebecca Miller</td><td>Main role; 6 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story</td><td>Pamela Smart</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>Into the Badlands</td><td>Blossom</td></tr><tr><td>1992–1999; 2019</td><td>Mad About You</td><td>Jamie Stemple Buchman</td><td>Main role; 162 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>In the Company of Darkness</td><td>Gina Pulasky</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>1994, 1997</td><td>Saturday Night Live</td><td>Herself (host)</td><td>2 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>Friends</td><td>Jamie Buchman</td><td>Episode: "The One with Two Parts: Part 1";</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>The Simpsons</td><td>Renee (voice)</td><td>Episode: "Dumbbell Indemnity"</td></tr><tr><td>Twelfth Night</td><td>Viola</td><td>Movie</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>Empire Falls</td><td>Janine Roby</td><td>Miniseries</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Shots Fired</td><td>Governor Patricia Eamons</td><td>Main role</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>World on Fire</td><td>Nancy Campbell</td><td>Main role; 7 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2021–2023</td><td>Blindspotting</td><td>Rainey</td><td>Recurring role; 12 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2024–2025</td><td>Hacks</td><td>Winnie Landell</td><td>Recurring role</td></tr></tbody></table>

Director

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1998, 1999, 2019</td><td>Mad About You</td><td>Episodes: "Cheating on Sheila", "Mother's Day", "Farmer Buchman", "The Final Frontier" (Parts 1 & 2), "The Kid Leaves"</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>Then She Found Me</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>Californication</td><td>Episode: "At the Movies"</td></tr><tr><td>2013, 2015</td><td>Revenge</td><td>Episodes: "Retribution", "Loss"</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Ride</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Life in Pieces</td><td>Episode: "Window Vanity Dress Grace"</td></tr><tr><td>House of Lies</td><td>Episode: "Violent Agreement"</td></tr><tr><td>This Is Us</td><td>Episode: "Last Christmas"</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Feud: Bette and Joan</td><td>Episode: "Abandoned!"</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>American Housewife</td><td>Episodes: "Selling Out", "The Inheritance"</td></tr><tr><td>Splitting Up Together</td><td>Episode: "Soups Jealous"</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>The Politician</td><td>Episode: “Gone Girl”</td></tr></tbody></table>

Stage

Helen Hunt filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Our Town	Emily Webb	Lincoln Center Theater
1990	The Taming of the Shrew	Bianca Minola	New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
1998	Twelfth Night	Viola	Lincoln Center Theater
2003	Life x 3	Sonia	Circle in the Square Theatre
2010	Our Town	Stage Manager	Barrow Street Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice	Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
2012	Our Town	Stage Manager	Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center
2019	Working	Angie White	Encores! at City Center
2022	Eureka Day	Suzanne	The Old Vic
2025	Betrayal	Emma	Goodman Theatre