Profile
Famous as :
ActressBirth Name :
Helen Elizabeth HuntBirth Date :
June 15, 1963Birth Place :
Culver City, CaliforniaSpouse :
Hank Azaria (actor, July 17, 1999 - Dec 2000)Claim to fame :
As Jamie Buchman in NBC sitcom "Mad About You" (1992 - 1999)
'Then She Found Me' Trailer Released!
March 15, 2008 02:03:00The trailer of Helen Hunt's new dramedy film "Then She Found Me" has come out online. The video footage that lasts up more than two minutes gives out the idea what the movie is all about.
The trailer starts with the introduction of the main character April by showing the clips where she is marrying her husband followed by appearing lines stating, "April's life was all planned out..." Then, it can be seen that she is arguing with her sick mother, whom she found out to be her adoptive mother, while another lines comes up, "...but life can change...in a heartbeat."
First-Time Director Helen Hunt to Be Honored ShoWest's Breakthrough Director
February 19, 2008 01:02:36One more actress is added to the list of honored stars at the 2008 ShoWest Annual Convention. At the event held from March 10 to 13 at the Bally's and Paris hotels in Las Vegas, the Emmy and Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt has been set to be awarded with the title of Breakthrough Director of the Year.
The 44-year-old actress will be presented with the kudo at the convention's Opening Day Luncheon on March 11. She is chosen to be given the prize following her latest film "Then She Found Me", which was the opening film of the 19th Annual Palm Springs Film Festival. In the drama comedy starring Colin Firth, Bette Midler and Matthew Broderick, the star of "As Good as It Gets" took the role of the leading actress and most importantly the helmer.
Then She Found Me to Open 19th Annual Palm Springs Film Festival
December 12, 2007 11:12:54On Tuesday, December 11, the Palm Springs International Film Society announced that "Then She Found Me" will open its 19th annual film festival. The movie which marked the directorial debut of the Academy Award winning actress, Helen Hunt, will be showcased at 6:30 PM on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at the Palm Springs High School auditorium. Following the premiere screening of the comedy drama movie, an Opening Night Reception will be held at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
The movie which also stars Colin Firth, Bette Midler and Matthew Broderick resolved around Hunt's character, April. April is a 39-year-old schoolteacher whose life crumbling around her when her adoptive mother passed away and her husband left her. At that time, she met her famous biological mother who claimed that she wanted to know her long-lost daughter. Making her life even complicated, she then met a new man, the father of one of her students.
