Helen Hunt was born on June 15, 1963 in Culver City. In 1966 her
family moved to New York for six years. After moving back to Los Angeles, Hunt
got her first role in the 1973 television movie "Pioneer Woman". In
the meantime she performed in a lot of movies and series. For more information
about her movie career switch to Helen Hunt acting credits. Since 1981 her parents
(Gordon Hunt, Jane Hunt) are divorced. Her father, Gordon Hunt (filmbiography)
is director. In the meantime he is also a "Mad About You" crew-member
and directed some episodes.
For those who want an autograph of Helen:
Talent Agency: Helen Hunt
Creative Artists Agency
9830 Wilshire
Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Mad About You fan mail: Helen Hunt
c/o Montrose Productions
9336 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
13 Months ago I tried to get an autographed fancard from her talent agency.
I'm still waiting for an answer! I hope you are luckier than me! During
shooting of "Project X" she got to know Mattew Broderick ("War
Games", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Cable Guy"), with
whom she had a two year romance (view a photo). Hunt got excellent
critics for her role as Anna in the wheelchair-tragedy "The Waterdance"
(with Wesley Snipes and Erick Stoltz). Unfortunately almost nobody knows this
feature film in Austria. Helen Hunt never seriously considered
a lengthy commitment to a TV series. That is, until she got a call from actor/comedian
Paul Reiser. After reading the script and discussing her role as Jamie, she agreed
to star in "Mad About You". In the meantime Hunt is also a producer
of MAY.
In the 6th season of MAY, Hunt earns 600.000 US$ for each episode.
Awards and nominations for her work in "Mad About You"
and "Twister": Emmy Award nomination 1993
Emmy
Award nomination 1994
Golden Globe Award 1994 (photo)
American Comedy
Award 1994
Screen Actor's Guild Award 1994 (photo)
Emmy Award nominiation
1995 (photo)
Golden Globe Award 1995 (photo)
American Comedy Award 1995
Viewers for Quality Television" Award in 1995
Emmy Award 1996 (photo)
Golden Globe Award 1997
American Comedy Award nomination 1997
Screen
Actor's Guild Award nomination 1997
Blockbuster Entertainment Award 1997
(photo)
MTV Movie Award nomination 1997
Saturn Award nomination 1997
"Viewers for Quality Television" Award in 1997
Emmy Award
1997
Golden Globe 1998
Oscar Award 1998
Although Helen plays the
lovely housewife in the show, she's not married in reality. Her steady boyfriend
is Hank Azaria. He guest stared in "Friends" (as David, the student
who fell in love with Phoebe) and in "Mad About You" (as Nat, the dogwalker).
Hank also played some small roles in "Pretty Woman" and "Heat".
His biggest role was in "The Birdcage", as the maid Agador. View a photo
of Hank and Helen. Since the beginning of 1997 they are engaged. Maybe there will
be a winter wedding in Hawaii.
Since Summer 1996 Helen Hunt is not only known
as the US Comedy-Queen, but also as a stormchaser. Together with Bill Paxton ("Apollo
13", "Aliens 2", "True Lies", "Tombstone")
she stars in Jan DeBont's tornado-thriller "Twister". Due to the start
of "Twister" in European cinemas an article about Helen (only in German
available) appeared in the German CINEMA-Magazine. |
