theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Helen Elizabeth Hunt
Birthplace:
  • Los Angeles, CA
Education:
  • Acting as a child with actress Lurene Tuttle
  • Providence High School, Burbank, CA
  • University of California, Los Angeles (attended briefly)
Claim to Fame:
  • Jamie Buchman in the NBC weekly series "Mad About You" (1992-99)
Significant Other(s):
  • Boyfriend: Matthew Carnahan, writer/producer
  • Husband: Hank Azaria, actor; engaged 1997; married July 17, 1999; divorced December 18, 2000
  • Dated: Eric Stoltz, actor; appeared with Hunt in THE WATERDANCE (1992)
  • Dated: Matthew Broderick, actor; appeared with Hunt in PROJECT X (1987)
Family:
  • Grandmother: Dorothy Fries, voice coach
  • Father: Gordon Hunt, director, acting coach; directed award-winning episode of "Mad About You"; divorced from Hunt's mother 1981
  • Mother: Jane Hunt, photographer
  • Daughter: Makena Lei Gordon Garnahan, b. 2004 (father: Matthew Carnahan)
  • Uncle: Peter Hunt, director
Feature Film
Credits:
  • Then She Found Me (2007, also producer)
    Bobby (2006)
    A Good Woman (2004)
    The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
    Dr. T and the Women (2000)
    Pay It Forward (2000)
    What Women Want (2000)
    Cast Away (2000)
    As Good As It Gets (1997)
    Twister (1996)
    Kiss of Death (1995)
    Sexual Healing (1993)
    Only You (1992)
    Bob Roberts (1992)
    The Waterdance (1992)
    Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
  • Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth (1991)
    Next of Kin (1989)
    Miles from Home (1988)
    Stealing Home (1988)
    Project X (1987)
    Peggy Sue Got Married (1986),br>The Frog Prince (1986)
    Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
    Trancers (1985)
    Rollercoaster (1977)
    All Together Now (1975)
    Pioneer Woman (1973)
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