Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt | |
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 Hunt in 1994 | |
| Born | Helen Elizabeth Hunt June 15, 1963 |
| 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
[change | change source]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
- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]| 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[2] |
| 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 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Helen Hunt: Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ↑ "Helen Hunt Biography". Biography.com. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Helen Hunt on IMDb