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)