Oscar and Emmy award-winner Helen Hunt has enjoyed a prolific career in Hollywood. Like many women, however, she has dealt with her fair share of sexism and ageism. At the podium, Hunt candidly shares her own story of navigating the waters of Hollywood, her decision to chart her own path, and what women can do to make the industry, and that art it produces, less insular.

Helen Hunt has enjoyed a distinguished career not only as an award-winning actress but more recently as an accomplished writer, director, and producer. As an actress, her extensive and diverse body of work includes roles in film, theater, and television.

She won a “Best Actress” Oscar for her...