Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt
Hunt in 1994
Born	Helen Elizabeth Hunt (1963-06-15) June 15, 1963 Culver City, California, United States
Spouse	Hank Azaria (1999-2000)
Parent	Gordon Hunt (father)

Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress. She has won the Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Awards. She is best known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You.

Awards

Hunt has been given many awards in her career. In 1998 she became one of only two actresses (the other is Helen Mirren) to win a Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year. She is the only actress to win four consecutive Emmys and to win four Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.

Academy Award

• 1998 Best Actress in As Good as It Gets

Emmy Award

• 1996 Outstanding Lead Actress in Mad About You
• 1997 Outstanding Lead Actress in Mad About You
• 1998 Outstanding Lead Actress in Mad About You
• 1999 Outstanding Lead Actress in Mad About You

Golden Globe Award

• 1994 Best Performance by an Actress in Mad About You
• 1995 Best Performance by an Actress in Mad About You
• 1997 Best Performance by an Actress in Mad About You
• 1998 Best Performance by an Actress in As Good as It Gets

Screen Actors Guild Award

• 1995 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Mad About You
• 1998 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in As Good as It Gets

Television series

• Amy Prentiss (1974)
• The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
• It Takes Two (1982)
• The Fitzpatricks
• My Life and Times (1991)
• Mad About You (1992)
• Empire Falls (2005)

Filmography

Movie roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Pioneer Woman	Sarah
1977	Rollercoaster	Tracy Calder
1978	The Bionic Woman-Sanctuary Earth	Princess Aura
1984	Trancers	Lena
1985	Waiting to Act	Tracy
1985	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Lynne Stone
1986	Peggy Sue Got Married	Beth Bodell
1987	Project X	Teri MacDonald
1987	The Nativity	Mary	Voice role, direct-to-video
1988	The Frog Prince	Princess Henrietta
1988	Stealing Home	Hope Wyatt (adult and pregnant)
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	Direct-to-video
1993	Sexual Healing	Rene	Short movie
1995	Kiss of Death	Bev Kilmartin
1996	Twister	Dr. Jo Harding
1997	As Good as It Gets	Carol Connelly	Won Academy Award for Best Actress
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
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	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
TBA	The Night Clerk		Filming

Other websites

• Helen Hunt on IMDb