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Helen was nominated for 4 SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series from 1995-1998. She won in 1995.
Those same four years, 1995-1998, she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Mad About.
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Helen and her Mad About You (1992) co-star Paul Reiser were both given $1,000,000 salaries for every episode in 1999.
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She has won four Emmys and four Golden Globes for her work on Mad About You.
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Helen won four American Comedy Awards, and was nominated for five.
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While starring in Mad About You, Helen filmed 3 public service announcements for NBC's The More You Know. Her topics were sexually transmitted diseases, domestic violence, and a teacher tribute.
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Helen appeared in a Direct TV commercial in a clip from Twister, in 2006.
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Helen wrote an essay, contributing to Willa Shallit's book Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female.
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On September 11, 2001, Helen watched the World Trade Center attacks from the top of her New York apartment.
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Helen made her Broadway debut in 1989 as Emily Webb in a revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town.
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Helen made her directorial debut in the drama Then She Found Me (2007). She also stars as April Epner.
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Helen has a production company called Hunt/Tavel Productions.
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Helen is the only actress to win four emmys in a row, all of them for "Outstanding Lead Actress" for her role in Mad About You.
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Helen is the only actress to win four blockbluster entertainment awards.
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Helen stated her best friend is "Helen Slater".
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Helen dated The Waterdance co star Eric Stolz for a long period of time.
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Helen got the lead role in the movie As Good As It Gets, in 1997, when Holly Hunter turned it down.
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Helen was voted one by People Magazine one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in 1998.
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Helen is the daughter of Gordon Hunt who is in the entertainment business. Her mother is photographer Jane Novis.
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Helen celebrated Thanksgiving every year with dear friend Anthony Edwards.
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Helen attended UCLA for one month then she dropped out.
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Helen graduated from Providence High School in Burbank.
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Helen married Hank Azaria on July 17, 1999 and the divorced on December 18, 2000.
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Helen stands 5' 8" tall in bare feet.
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Helen was born Helen Elizabeth Hunt.
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Helen played Jamie Stemple Buckman on the TV series Mad About You.
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Helen played Dr. Jo Harding in the 1996 box office hit Twister
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Helen played Darcy McGuire in the 2000 box office hit What Women Want.
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Helen played the character of Mrs Erlynne in the movie A Good Woman, in 2004.
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Helen played Janine Roby in the made for TV movie Empire Falls (2005).
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Helen played Samantha in the 2006 movie Bobby.
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Helen beat out Teri Hatcher for the role of Jamie Buchman in Mad About You (1992).
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Helen has 1 daughter, Makena' Lei Gordon Carnahan, born 13 May 2004.
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Helen graces the November 2005 issue of Redbook Magazine.
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Helen is one of only two actresses to win a Golden Globe, an Oscar and an Emmy in the same calendar year (1998). The other actress is Liza Minelli.
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Helen won a "Best Actress" Oscar for her role in the 1997 movie, As Good as it Gets.
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Helen favorite episodes of Mad About You are: 'Our Fifteen Minutes' in season three and in season six 'Moody Blues.' (She won her third Emmy award for this episode.)
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Helen favorite movies that she has starred in are The Waterdance and As Good As It Gets. She says she pursued these roles like a bloodhound.