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Helen Hunt: Native Americans
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Helen Hunt knows from relationships. As Jamie Buchman on the TV series Mad About You, she embodies the all American modern woman, fumbling towards ecstasy with co-star Paul Reiser. In As Good As It Gets, the challenge of loving Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), a nasty obsessive-compulsive bigot, is a far bigger stretch and made her a deserving Oscar contender. With her portrayal of Carol Connelly, a single-mom waitress with a sick son, Hunt grounded the movie and gave it heart. Tackling the role with gusto, she was totally believable as a warm, caring woman who has suffered enough hard knocks to even see potential in Melvin.
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Helen Hunt loved to travel all over the world and the United States. In her travels she collected various items such as a silver tea set, European china, and American Indian baskets. An unusual item made from a whale's ear can be seen in one of her rooms. There is a mask of her son, Rennie, hanging above a doorway. Rennie died at age 9 of diphtheria which was a very contagious disease. Her other son, Murray, died at age 1 from swelling of the brain.
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Helen Hunt has won four Emmys, five Golden Globes, a Blockbuster Award, two Screen Actors Guild awards, four American Comedy awards, three Viewers for Quality Television awards and an Oscar. Her career spans nearly 2 decades and films such as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1985), "Twister" (1996) and "What Women Want" (2000).
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Since childhood, Helen had been interested in the Native Americans. Her book, A Century of Dishonor, published in 1881, was a historical account of the U.S. government's mistreatment of the Native Americans.
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