Helen Hunt
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| Helen Hunt | |
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| Image:Helen Hunt at TIFF07.jpg Hunt at the Elgin Theatre at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival screening of Then She Found Me | |
| Birth name | Helen Elizabeth Hunt |
| Born | June 15 1963 Culver City, California |
| Spouse(s) | Hank Azaria (1999-2000) |
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy-, Golden Globe-, and Academy Award-winning American actress, widely known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You and her Academy Award-winning role in As Good As It Gets.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Hunt was born in Culver City, California, the daughter of Jane Elizabeth (née Novis), a photographer, and Gordon Hunt, a film director and acting coach.[1][2] Her maternal grandmother, Dorothy Fries (née Anderson) was a voice coach, and her uncle, Peter H. Hunt, is also a director.[1][3] Helen Hunt is of Jewish[4] and Christian background.
Hunt was married to actor Hank Azaria from 1999 until 2000.[1] She has been in a relationship with Matthew Carnahan since 2001 and they have a daughter, Måkena Lei Gordon Carnahan, born in 2004.[5][1]
[edit] Career
Hunt began working in the 1970s as a child actress. Her early roles included an appearance as Murray Slaughter's daughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and a regular role in the television series The Swiss Family Robinson. She appeared as a marijuana-smoking classmate on an episode of The Facts of Life. She also appeared as a young woman who, while on PCP, jumps out of a second-story window in a 1982 after school special called Desperate Lives. In the mid-1980s, she had a recurring role on St. Elsewhere as Clancy Williams, girlfriend of Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison.
In the 1990s, after the lead female role in the short-lived My Life and Times, Hunt became well-known to television audiences in Mad About You, winning Emmy Awards for her performance in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. Hunt has also had a successful film career, with roles in movies such as Cast Away and the 1996 blockbuster Twister. After winning an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1998 for her performance in As Good as It Gets, she took time off from movie work to play Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the Lincoln Center in New York City.[6]
In 2000, Hunt returned to the screen in four films: Dr. T & the Women with Richard Gere, Pay It Forward with Kevin Spacey & Haley Joel Osment, What Women Want with Mel Gibson, and Cast Away with Tom Hanks. In 2003, she returned to Broadway in Yasmina Reza's Life x 3.[6] Hunt was also a final candidate for the role of "Clarice Starling" in Hannibal, after Jodie Foster decided not to reprise her oscar winning role from The Silence of the Lambs (film). However, Hunt lost the role to Julianne Moore at the last minute. In 2006, Hunt appeared in a small role in the film Bobby. Her directorial debut came with the film Then She Found Me, a film in which she also starred.[1]
She currently owns a production company with Connie Tavel, Hunt/Tavel Productions under Sony Pictures Entertainment.[1]
[edit] Filmography and awards
Hunt has been recognized extensively in her career. In 1998 she joined Liza Minnelli and Helen Mirren as the three actresses to win a Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year. Hunt was nominated for an Emmy Award for lead actress in a comedy seven years in a row, from 1993 through 1999, winning in the last four years.[7] She is the only actress to win four consecutive Emmys[7] and to win four Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.[citation needed]
[edit] Television
| Year | Series | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Amy Prentiss | Jill Prentiss | |
| 1975 | The Swiss Family Robinson | Helga | |
| 1982 | It Takes Two | Lisa Quinn | |
| 1977 | The Fitzpatricks | Kerry Gerardi | |
| 1991 | My Life and Times | Rebecca Miller | |
| 1992-1999 | Mad About You | Jamie Stemple Buchman | Emmy Award - 8 nominations (1993-1999), 4 wins (1996-1999) Golden Globe - 6 nominations (1993 - 1998), 3 wins (1994, 1995, 1997); Screen Actors Guild Award - 1995 |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Janine Roby |
[edit] Film
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Pioneer Woman | Sarah Sargeant | Made for TV |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Teila Rodriguez | Made for TV |
| All Together Now | Susan Lindsay | Made for TV | |
| 1976 | Having Babies | Sharon McNamara | Made for TV |
| 1977 | The Spell | Kristina Matchett | Made for TV |
| Rollercoaster | Tracy Calder | ||
| 1979 | Transplant | Janice Hurley | Made for TV |
| 1981 | Child Bride of Short Creek | Naomi | Made for TV |
| CBS Afternoon Playhouse | Phoebe | I Think I'm Having a Baby | |
| The Best Little Girl in the World | Made for TV | ||
| Angel Dusted | Lizzie Eaton | Made for TV | |
| The Miracle of Kathy Miller | Kathy Miller | Made for TV | |
| 1982 | Desperate Lives | Sandy Cameron | Made for TV |
| 1983 | Bill: On His Own | Jenny Wells | Made for TV |
| Quarterback Princess | Tami Maida | Made for TV | |
| Choices of the Heart | Cathy | Made for TV | |
| 1984 | Sweet Revenge | Debbie Markham | Made for TV |
| 1985 | Trancers | Leena | |
| Waiting to Act | Tracy | ||
| Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Lynne Stone | ||
| 1986 | The Nativity | Mary | voice |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Beth Bodell | ||
| 1987 | Project X | Terry | |
| 1988 | Shooter | Tracey | Made for TV |
| Miles from Home | Jennifer | ||
| Stealing Home | Hope Wyatt (adult and pregnant) | ||
| The Frog Prince | Princess Henrietta | ||
| 1989 | Incident at Dark River | Jesse McCandless | Made for TV |
| Next of Kin | Jessie Gates | ||
| 1991 | Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story | Pamela Smart | Made for TV |
| Trancers II | Lena Deth | ||
| Into the Badlands | Blossom | Made for TV | |
| 1992 | The Waterdance | Anna | |
| Only You | Clare Enfield | ||
| Mr. Saturday Night | Annie Wells | ||
| Bob Roberts | Rose Pondell | ||
| Trancers III | Lena | ||
| 1993 | Sexual Healing | Rene | |
| In the Company of Darkness | Gina Pulasky | Made for TV | |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Bev Kilmartin | |
| 1996 | Twister | Dr. Jo Harding | |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Carol Connelly | Academy Award for Best Actress; Golden Globe; Screen Actors Guild Award |
| 1998 | Twelfth Night | Made for TV | |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the Women | Bree | |
| What Women Want | Darcy McGuire | ||
| Pay It Forward | Arlene McKinney | ||
| Cast Away | Kelly Frears | ||
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Truck driver | scenes deleted |
| The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Betty Ann Fitzgerald | ||
| 2005 | A Good Woman | Mrs. Erlynne | |
| 2006 | Bobby | Samantha Stevens | |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | April Epner |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Helen Hunt at the TCM Movie Database
- ^ Helen Hunt genealogy. Rootsweb.com.
- ^ Helen Hunt biography. Film Reference.com.
- ^ Cohn, Robert A.. "Paul Reiser kicks off book fest", St. Louis Jewish Light, 2007-11-07. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ Helen Hunt: It's a Girl!, a May 2004 E! Online article (Archive copy at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
- ^ a b Helen Hunt at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ a b Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Emmys.com.
[edit] External links
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Frances McDormand for Fargo | Academy Award for Best Actress 1997 for As Good As It Gets | Succeeded by Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love |
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