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| Real Name: Helen Hunt | ||
| Birthday: June 15, 1963 | ||
| Place of Birth: Culver City, California | ||
| Education: Attended U.C.L.A. for two months and dropped out. Studied acting at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and at Chicago's Goodman Theater. | ||
| Relations: Father: Gordon Hunt - director Mother: Jane Hunt -photographer. Parents divorced in 1981 Sister: Colleen - b.1956 or 1957 | ||
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Helen Hunt Biography: A pretty, bubbly blonde actress, Helen Hunt is the daughter of acting coach and director Gordon Hunt. Born in Culver City, CA, she moved with her family to New York City for five years where she was introduced to the stage and theater. When her family returned to L.A., Hunt decided she wanted to be an actress. Her first role was in the television-movie "Pioneer Woman" (ABC, 1973), as the daughter of Joanna Pettet. Hunt was hired and cast in her first spot as a series regular playing the daughter of a policewoman (Jessica Walter) on "Amy Prentiss" (NBC, 1974-75). She continued playing daughters ("Swiss Family Robinson", ABC 1975-76; "It Takes Two" ABC, 1982-83), ("The Fitzpatricks", CBS 1977-78) in series television, and having guest appearances on ("Family") and TV-movies ("Angel Dusted", NBC 1981). Her lead performance in the CBS television-movie "Quarterback Princess" (1983) earned her attention. One of Hunt's first adult roles was as the girlfriend of Dr. Jack Morrison (David Morse) on the much-admired NBC drama series "St. Elsewhere". She played the title role in "Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story" (1991) about a school teacher arrested along with her 15-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. Hunt gained some of her best attention to date (as well as several awards including two Emmys) as Jamie Buchman in the weekly comedy series "Mad About You" (NBC, 1992-99), co-starring with Paul Reiser as a couple facing the ups and downs of marriage. On stage, Hunt appeared off-Broadway with Mary Stuart Masterson in "Been Taken" (1985) and co-starred opposite first Eric Stoltz and later Jason Gedrick on Broadway as Emily Webb in a revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" (1989). She has appeared in the Los Angeles productions of "Vital Signs", "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Value of Names".
On the movie screen, Helen Hunt made her debut in "Rollercoaster" (1977), played Sarah Jessica Parker's crazy friend in "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1985) and Kathleen Turner's teenaged daughter in Francis Ford Coppola's "Peggy Sue Got Married" starring Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey and Kathleen Turner (1986). She brought energy to her role as an animal trainer in "Project X" (1987), and then played Patrick Swayze's wife in "Next of Kin" with Ben Stiller (1989) and gave a skillfully nuanced, splendid portrayal of a married editor of a writer injured in a climbing accident who becomes romantically involved with him in Neil Jimenez's "The Waterdance" featuring Wesley Snipes (1992). Also 1992, her "Quarterback Princess" co-star Tim Robbins directed her in a cameo in his political spoof "Bob Roberts" with Jack Black, and gained viewers as a smart mouthed young agent of Buddy Young Jr (Billy Crystal) in "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992). After a role as David Caruso's wife in Barbet Schroeder's "Kiss of Death" working with Samuel L. Jackson and Nicolas Cage (1995), Hunt had her biggest movie hit with Jan De Bont's "Twister" (1996). Hunt looked distinguished in a tank top but also brought a strong presence and authentic aptitude to her role as a scientist tracking tornadoes with her separated husband (Bill Paxton). She gained status and grabbed a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a single mother and waitress who becomes romantically involved with Jack Nicholson's character in "As Good As It Gets" (1997). On the force of this performance, Hunt was cast as the leading lady in various movies in 2000, playing opposite Kevin Spacey, Richard Gere, Mel Gibson and Tom Hanks. In 2001, she starred next to Woody Allen in "Curse of the Jade Scorpion," and in 2002 was busy developing several productions under her Hunt/Tavel Productions company. During 2008, Helen Hunt made somewhat of a return to the world of acting. She directed and starred in "Then She Found Me" starring Hunt and Colin Firth about a New York schoolteacher having a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her real one, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.
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