Introduction
Name : Helen Hunt
Birth Name : Helen Elizabeth Hunt
Date of Birth : June 15, 1963
Place of Birth : The Memorial Hospital of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, USA
Height : 5' 8''
Education : Providence High School in Burbank CA (from September 1978 to June 1981);
University of California in L A (left after 2 months).
Nationality : American
Claim to Fame : as Jamie Buchman on TV Series: Mad About You (1992)
Biography
Helen Hunt was born on June 15, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was born to theater director father, and photographer mother. Helen Hunt was also destined to become an actress and at the tender age of 9 she was completely to pursue her destined career. She got her first break at the age of ten when landed a role in the 1973 television movie "Pioneer Woman". After appearing as an adolescent in such TV series as Amy Prentiss, Swiss Family Robinson, The Fitzpatricks, and It Takes Two, Helen found a recurring role on the medical melodrama St. Elsewhere. She also earned acclaim for her role in the TV movie, "Quarterback Princess". In this role she played a high school girl bent on leading her school's otherwise all male football team to the state championships.
Helen made her feature film debut with the film "Rollercoaster". She has also had supporting roles in such films as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Peggy Sue Got Married", "The Waterdance", and "Mr. Saturday Night". Helen earned star status in her role as the smart urban career woman and wife "Jamie" on the much loved TV sitcom, Mad About You. Over the course of the show's seven seasons, Helen has won four consecutive Emmy Awards and has became one of America's best loved television couples with costar Paul Reiser.
Helen's hard work and television stardom finally translated to big screen success in the latter half of the 1990's. In 1996, she starred in the summer action blockbuster "Twister", which became one of the top-grossing movies of that year. A year later, she won acclaim from both critics and audiences along with an Academy Award for Best Actress. In her performance in "As Good As It Gets", Helen starred alongside Best Actor winner Jack Nicholson. This film was written and directed by James L. Brooks. Helen's Oscar win sent her straight to Hollywood's A-list, her next starring appearance was on stage, playing the charming Viola in the 1998 production of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night".
In 2000, Helen returned to the big screen with several long awaited efforts, including "Pay It Forward", co-starring Kevin Spacey, "What Women Want", costarring Mel Gibson, "Dr. T and the Women", starring Richard Gere, and "Cast Away", costarring Tom Hanks. In 2001, Helen has co-starred opposite writer-director Woody Allen in "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion".
