# Helen Hunt filmography

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

## Filmography
### Film

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

### Television

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

### Director

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

## Stage

Stage work :
| 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 |
| 2010 | 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 |