Helen Hunt

**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

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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|__|Mary|Voice role, direct-to-video||
|1988|__|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|__|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|__|Betty Ann Fitzgerald|||
|2004|__|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||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Helen Hunt
- **image**: Helen Hunt.jpg
- **caption**: Hunt in 1994
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **birth place**: Culver City, California, United States
- **birthname**: Helen Elizabeth Hunt
- **spouse**: Hank Azaria (1999-2000)
- **parents**: Gordon Hunt (father)