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Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress and director. Her accolades include an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Hunt rose to fame portraying newlywed Jamie Buchman in the sitcom Mad About You (1992–1999), which earned her three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress and four Primetime Emmy Awards for Lead Actress. Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as a single mother in the romantic comedy film As Good as It Gets (1997), and established a film career by starring in Twister (1996), Cast Away (2000), What Women Want (2000), and Pay It Forward (2000). Hunt made her directorial film debut with Then She Found Me (2007). For her portrayal of Cheryl Cohen-Greene in The Sessions (2012), she gained a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include Bobby (2006), Soul Surfer (2011), and The Miracle Season (2018), and she has directed the film Ride (2014), and episodes of television series, including House of Lies in 2016, This Is Us in 2016, Feud: Bette and Joan in 2017, American Housewife in 2018, and the premiere episode of the Mad About You revival in 2019. Early life Helen Hunt was born in Culver City, California. Her mother, Jane Elizabeth (née Novis), worked as a photographer, and her father, Gordon Hunt, was a film, voice and stage director and acting coach. Her uncle, Peter H. Hunt, was also a director. Her maternal grandmother, Dorothy (Anderson) Fries, was a voice coach. Hunt's paternal grandmother was from a German-Jewish family, while Hunt's other grandparents were of English descent (her maternal grandfather was born in England), with a Methodist religious background.When she was three, Hunt's family moved to New York City, where her father directed theatre and Hunt attended plays as a child several times a week. Hunt graduated from Providence High School in Burbank, California. She also studied ballet, and briefly attended the University of California, Los Angeles. Career 1970s–1980s Hunt began working as a child actress in the 1970s. Her early roles included an appearance as Murray Slaughter's daughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in the chapter called “Murray Ghost for Ted” on , February 19, 1977, as the daughter of George Segal's main character in Rollercoaster (1977), alongside Lindsay Wagner in an episode of The Bionic Woman, an appearance in an episode of Ark II called "Omega", and a regular role in the television series The Swiss Family Robinson. She appeared as a marijuana-smoking classmate on an episode of The Facts of Life. In 1982, Hunt played a young woman who, while on PCP, jumps out of a second-story window, in a made-for-television film called Desperate Lives (a scene which she mocked during a Saturday Night Live monologue in 1994), and she was cast on the ABC sitcom It Takes Two, which lasted only one season. In 1983, she starred in Bill: On His Own, with Mickey Rooney and played Tami Maida in the fact-based production Quarterback Princess; both were made-for television films. She also had a recurring role on St. Elsewhere as Clancy Williams, the girlfriend of Jack "Boomer" Morrison (David Morse), and had a notable guest appearance as a cancer-stricken mother-to-be in a two-part episode of Highway to Heaven. By the mid and late 1980s, Hunt had begun appearing in studio films aimed at a teenage audience. Her first major film role was that of a punk rock girl in the sci-fi film Trancers (1984). She played the friend of an army brat in the comedy Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), with Sarah Jessica Parker and Shannen Doherty, and appeared as the daughter of a woman on the verge of divorce in Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), alongside Kathleen Turner. In 1987, Hunt starred with Matthew Broderick in Project X, as a graduate student assigned to care for chimpanzees used in a secret Air Force project. In 1988, she appeared in Stealing Home, as Hope Wyatt, the sister of Billy Wyatt, played by Mark Harmon and a cast featuring Jodie Foster and Harold Ramis. Next of Kin (1989) featured her as the pregnant wife of a respectable lawman, opposite Patrick Swayze and Liam Neeson. 1990s In 1990, Hunt appeared with Tracey Ullman and Morgan Freeman in a Wild West version of The Taming of the Shrew, at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. In 1991, Hunt starred in Trancers II, the direct-to-video sequel to Trancers (1984), and played the lead female role in the sitcom My Life and Times, which only aired for 6 episodes. In 1992, she would appear in the drama The Waterdance as a married woman having an affair with a writer; in the harem comedy Only You, as a travel agent and the love interest of a doll's house designer; in the mockumentary Bob Roberts, as Rose Pondell, a field reporter at WLNO; and in Mr. Saturday Night, as a young agent named Annie Well. In 1992, Hunt returned for her fourth and final outing as Lena in Trancers III, the second sequel of the Trancers series including Trancers 1.5, which was among her five film releases that year. Hunt came to prominence in North America with the sitcom Mad About You (1992–99), in which she starred opposite Paul Reiser, as a public relations specialist and one half of a couple in NYC. She went on to win Emmy Awards for her performances in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. For the show's final season, Reiser and Hunt received $1 million ($1.8 million today) per episode. She directed several episodes of Mad About You, including the series finale. In 1995, Hunt played the wife of an ex-con living in Queens, alongside Nicolas Cage, in Kiss of Death, a very loosely based remake of the 1947 film noir classic of the same name. In the disaster action film Twister (1996), Hunt starred with Bill Paxton as storm chasers researching tornadoes. Both actors were temporarily blinded by bright electronic lamps halfway through filming, and needed hepatitis shots after shooting in a particularly unsanitary ditch. Twister was the second-highest-grossing film of 1996, behind Independence Day. The film sold an estimated 54,688,100 tickets in the US. It made US$494.5 million around the globe.Hunt went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets (1997), in which she took on the role of a waitress and single mother who finds herself falling in love with a misanthropic, obsessive-compulsive romance novelist, played by Jack Nicholson. Hunt and Nicholson got along well during the filming, and they connected immediately: "It wasn't even what we said", Hunt added. "It was just some frequency we both could tune into that was very, very compatible." Author and screenwriter Andrew Horton described their on-screen relationship as being like "fire and ice, oil and water— seemingly complete opposites". Nonetheless, Hunt was Nicholson's perfect counterpart, and delivered "a simply stunning performance", wrote critic Louise Keller. The film was a tremendous box.... Discover the Megan Matthews popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Megan Matthews books.

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  • Deadly Business synopsis, comments

    Deadly Business

    Megan Matthews

    A murder. A hacker. A single chance at survival. Hazel Webb is on the run. After her boss ends up dead, she needs me to solve her problems. There’s only one problem with her plan. ...

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    Grind

    Megan Matthews

    Marissa Melrose is in for the battle of a lifetime.  Rule #9: No sex with the landlord.  Subleasing my best friend’s Bay Area apartment came at the perfect time – an easy...

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    Safety Risk

    Megan Matthews

    Read the latest funny romantic suspense from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. She’s on the run. He’s not expecting visitors. They’re both in for a surprise. I moved to ...

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    Their War

    Megan Matthews

    The emotional conclusion to The Valiant Trilogy from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. Will Vincent and Mackenzie’s relationship survive the devastation of truth and con...

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    Simply Business

    Megan Matthews

    A new funny billionaire Pelican Bay love story from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. Fingers crossed my grandmother’s old florist shop doesn’t crumble around me. Litera...

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    Her Siege

    Megan Matthews

    The emotional followup to His Ambush from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. Secrets have been revealed, and hearts broken. Mackenzie learned the truth about Vincent’s...

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    Accidental Risk

    Megan Matthews

    From USA TODAY bestselling author Megan Matthews comes a romance with a protective SEAL and the new girl in town. Can Crispin carry Stella's baggage and earn her heart, or will the...

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    Future Risk

    Megan Matthews

    Pelican Bay will never be the same in this funny, smalltown, suspense standalone from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Megan Matthews! Secrets never stay hidden. It’s time to make my m...

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    Boy Business

    Megan Matthews

    Opposites attract in this novella by USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. What do the mob, a trip to Colorado, a music festival, and one stuffy billionaire have in common? ...

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    Repeat Business

    Megan Matthews

    They’ve been playing a game for years, but the final score is coming in this new enemiestolovers billionaire romance from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews.  At one ...

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    Five Times the Holiday

    Megan Matthews

    He’s been the love of my life and my best friend since fifth grade, but all of that is about to change.  The holidays are big at Oceanview Orchards. It’s all handson deck to h...

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    3rd Strike

    Megan Matthews

    Grab the new romantic mystery from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. One bat. Two lovers. Three strikes.  The high school baseball couch just hit his last home run....

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    Our First Holiday

    Megan Matthews

    A relaxed Pelican Bay holiday romance from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews.HolstonTaking over the family farm couldn't have happened soon enough. The place is crumbling...

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    Security Risk

    Megan Matthews

    A humorous romantic suspense from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Megan Matthews! The past is never far behind you. I didn’t expect to find my new nextdoor neighbor breaking into her ...

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    Quickest Risk

    Megan Matthews

    Happy 30th birthday to me...or not. Stranded at The Last Chance Motel with a stranger and his bag of guns is not what I pictured for my Vegas birthday getaway. Lukis sees right thr...

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    Three Days of Holiday

    Megan Matthews

    Never Fall in love with the Enemy. Sounds easy. Or is it? I have one chance to win Maine’s Annual Apple Cider Taste Off and claim the prestige that comes with being awarded the sta...

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    Quest

    Megan Matthews

    Clare Cunningham is about to get a lesson in love. I have everything I need in San Francisco. A stable job, friends, and a beautiful Victorian house to come home to every night. My...

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    Beta

    Megan Matthews

    One night is all they get. For now.  Clare Cunningham is the most gorgeous woman in the room. Maybe the city. Imagine my surprise when she’s smart, funny, and immune to my cha...

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    Family Business

    Megan Matthews

    Family bonds are at stake in the first Pelican Bay billionaire romance from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. We’ve all heard the story.  Rich jerk pays a hot chick...

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    Sweetest Risk

    Megan Matthews

    One look at the tiny town of Pelican Bay and I fell in love. Managing the historical bedandbreakfast isn’t my dream job, but it’s a start. But life isn’t always quiet on the east c...

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    His Ambush

    Megan Matthews

    A brandnew drama filled, enemiestolovers, agegap, alpha hero, office romance from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. Mackenzie Marshal finds herself drawn in by the sexy ...

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    Four for the Holiday

    Megan Matthews

    Procrastination might kill me. Or help me find the love of my life.  Out of pure insanity, I saved Oceanview Orchards as one of my last farm inspections. Now the days are runn...

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    The Valiant Trilogy

    Megan Matthews

    One job interview changed my entire life. I just accepted the job of a lifetime working for the Billionaire CEO of Valiant Industries. Too bad my new boss is an egotistical and dem...

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    Second Chance Holiday

    Megan Matthews

    Come back to the orchard for a secondchance Pelican Bay holiday romance from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. Molly No matter how hard I tried to forget the eldest Hal...

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    Holiday Risk

    Megan Matthews

    Spencer Jamison may not lace up his boots as a Navy SEAL any longer, but that doesn't stop him from being the hottest service man I've ever laid eyes on. And don't get me started o...

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    Hack

    Megan Matthews

    Amanda Amrose is about to have one hell of a holiday. It should have been a peaceful holiday spent alone in my apartment watching bad television. But life rarely works out the way ...

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    2nd Shooter

    Megan Matthews

    Jump back into the drama with this romantic mystery from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews.  A lying SEAL. A demonic cat. A chilling murder. A new dead body in Pelic...

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    Rush

    Megan Matthews

    San Francisco is heating up for Aspen Adams this summer. With grad school under my belt I’m ready to start the next chapter of my life. San Francisco is a brand new city. I have an...

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    4th Suspect

    Megan Matthews

    A suspicious wife. A secretive love. A silent murder. Vonnie’s leastfavorite mentor just kicked the bucket. In her office. The suspect list is short, and she’s on it. The killer di...

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    1st Murder

    Megan Matthews

    A brandnew Murder Mystery from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews.  A missing person. A suspicious exboyfriend. A quiet murder.  Vonnie Vines promised everyone s...

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    Biggest Risk

    Megan Matthews

    He saved her once, but will he do it again? Huxley Weiss, Hawaiian pineapple farmer and former military hottie, already saved my life once. When I left him at the airport months ag...

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    Lifetime Risk

    Megan Matthews

    Can the former SEAL sweep this single mother off her feet? A new Pelican Bay story from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Megan Matthews. Most guys buy a girl flowers to show their affe...

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    Family Risk

    Megan Matthews

    From USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews comes a new small town, military romance, with an unshakable former SEAL and a woman with one heck of a secret identity. When Ellio...

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    Criminal Business

    Megan Matthews

    Who the hell gave Frankie Zanetti a bazooka? I’ve made mistakes in the past. Many of them. By far, the worst one has to be climbing into the back of a vehicle with Maine’s number o...

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    Lag

    Megan Matthews

    Is three days enough time to fall in love? Probably not. Simone Stevens is on the beach for one reason. A tan. The super sweet New Yorker is there to relax not look for a man, even...

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    Joint Business

    Megan Matthews

    Mobsters raise the stakes in this actionpacked new story from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews.  Sometimes being the identical twin to a notorious hacker is the pit...