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Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born 15 June 1963) is an
United States|American actor|actress.

Hunt was born in Culver City, California. The
daughter of an acting coach, she showed interest
in acting as a child. In the 1970s and 1980s, she
appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies.

In the 1990s, Hunt became well-known to television
audiences as co-star of Situation comedy|sitcom
Mad About You, winning Emmy Awards for her
performance in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. By the
end of the show in 1997, Hunt was the highest paid
TV actress in history, earning $1 million per
episode.

Hunt has also had a successful film career and has
been in Hollywood movies such as Cast Away and the
 1996 blockbuster Twister, which made her a
household name. 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_%28play%29|Twelfth Night at the
Lincoln Center in New York City. In 1998, Hunt was
the first actress to win both an Emmy and an
Academy Award in the same year. 

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.

Hunt was married to actor Hank Azaria from 1999 to
2000. She has a daughter, Makena'lei Gordon
Carnahan (b. 2004), with Matthew Carnahan.

== Filmography ==
*Empire Falls (Made for TV) (2005)
*A Good Woman (2005)
*The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (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 (movie)|Twister (1996)  
*Kiss of Death (1995 movie)|Kiss of Death (1995)
*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 movie)|Only You (1992)  
*The Waterdance (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)  
*The Frog Prince (1988)  
*Stealing Home (1988)  
*Miles from Home (1988)  
*Shooter (movie)|Shooter (Made for TV) (1988)  
*Project X (movie)|Project X (1987)  
*Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)  
*The Nativity (1986)  
*Girls Just Want To Have Fun (movie)|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)  
*The Miracle of Kathy Miller (Made for TV) (1981) 

*Angel Dusted (Made for TV) (1981)  
*The Best Little Girl in the World (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)  
*The Spell (Made for TV) (1977)  
*Having Babies (Made for TV) (1976)  
*The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)|The Swiss Family
Robinson (Made for TV) (1975)  
*All Together Now (Made for TV) (1975)  
*Death Scream (Made for TV) (1975)  
*Pioneer Woman (Made for TV) (1973)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000166|name=Helen Hunt
*http://www.helenhunt.org Mad About Helen at
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