Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born
15 June 1963) is an
American actress.
She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of an acting coach.
She co-starred with Paul Reiser in the television sitcom Mad About You. She won Emmy Awards for her performance in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
She has also had a successful film career and has been in Hollywood movies such as Cast Away and As Good As It Gets (with Jack Nicholson), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1998.
She is the first actress to win both an Emmy and an Oscar in the same year.
Filmography
- Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001)
- Timepiece (2001)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Pay It Forward (2000)
- What Women Want (2000)
- Dr. T & the Women (2000)
- Twelfth Night (Made for TV) (1998)
- Twister: Ride it Out (1998)
- As Good As It Gets (1997)
- Twister (1996)
- Kiss of Death (1994)
- In the Company of Darkness (Made for TV) (1993)
- Sexual Healing (1993)
- Trancers III (1992)
- Bob Roberts (1992)
- Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
- Only You (1992)
- Waterdance, The (1992)
- Into the Badlands (Made for TV) (1991)
- Trancers II (1991)
- Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (Made for TV) (1991)
- Next of Kin (1989)
- Incident at Dark River (Made for TV) (1989)
- Frog Prince, The (1988)
- Stealing Home (1988)
- Miles from Home (1988)
- Shooter (Made for TV) (1988)
- Project X (1987)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- Nativity, The (1986)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
- Waiting to Act (1985)
- Trancers (1985)
- Sweet Revenge (Made for TV) (1984)
- Choices of the Heart (Made for TV) (1983)
- Quarterback Princess (Made for TV) (1983)
- Bill: On His Own (Made for TV) (1983)
- Desperate Lives (Made for TV) (1982)
- Miracle of Kathy Miller, The (Made for TV) (1981)
- Angel Dusted (Made for TV) (1981)
- Best Little Girl in the World, The (Made for TV) (1981)
- I Think I'm Having a Baby (Made for TV) (1981)
- Child Bride of Short Creek (Made for TV) (1981)
- Transplant (Made for TV) (1979)
- Rollercoaster (1977)
- Spell, The (Made for TV) (1977)
- Having Babies (Made for TV) (1976)
- Swiss Family Robinson, The (Made for TV) (1975)
- All Together Now (Made for TV) (1975)
- Death Scream (Made for TV) (1975)
- Pioneer Woman (Made for TV) (1973)
