Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt as Arlene McKinney in Warner Brothers' Pay It Forward - 2000

Biography

Born 06/15/1963

Despite decades of potential career minefields, Helen Hunt emerged as an Oscar and Emmy winner and one of the most popular actresses of the 1990s. She made the risky transition from precocious TV kid and mainstay in melodramatic movies-of-the-week to land a seven-year run on one of the era’s most...
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Awards

  • In 2008, received ShoWest Award for Breakthrough Director of the Year
  • In 1999, received Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
  • In 1998, received Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Highlights

  • In 2007, Made directorial debut (also starred) with "Then She Found Me," a drama co-adapted by Hunt from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name; premiered at the Toronto Film Festival; released theatrically in 2008
  • In 2006, Cast in Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby"
  • In 2005, Co-starred with Ed Harris and Philip Seymour Hoffman in the HBO miniseries, "Empire Falls"

Family & Companions

  • Matthew Broderick: born March 21, 1962; acted with Hunt in "Project X" (1987); no longer together
  • Dorothy Fries: grandmother (Maternal grandmother)

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