Editing Helen Hunt (section)

===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]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Rothstein |first=Mervyn |title=Helen Hunt Fulfills a Dream Doing Midsummer Twelfth Night on B'way |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/helen-hunt-fulfills-a-dream-doing-midsummer-twelfth-night-on-bway-com-101200 |website=Playbill |access-date=March 8, 2019 |date=June 18, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173558/http://www.playbill.com/article/helen-hunt-fulfills-a-dream-doing-midsummer-twelfth-night-on-bway-com-101200 |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 romantic comedy ''[[Only You (1992 film)|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: City of Lost Angels|Trancers 1.5]], which was among her five film releases that year.
[[File:Helen Hunt.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Hunt signs autographs for fans outside the 1994 Emmy Awards rehearsal]]
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.<ref name=tca/> For the show's final season, Reiser and Hunt received $1&nbsp;million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1|1999|r=1}}}} million today) per episode.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E7D81338F937A15750C0A96E958260 |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; NBC Signs Deal to Keep 'Mad About You' for Another Season |first=Bill |last=Carter |date=March 24, 1998 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 24, 2008}}</ref> 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, NYC|Queens]], alongside [[Nicolas Cage]], in ''[[Kiss of Death (1995 film)|Kiss of Death]]'', a very loosely based remake of the [[Kiss of Death (1947 film)|1947 film noir classic]] of the same name. In the disaster action film ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'' (1996), Hunt starred with [[Bill Paxton]] as [[Storm chasing|storm chasers]] researching [[tornado]]es. 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 [[1996 in film#Highest-grossing films|second-highest-grossing film of 1996]], behind ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/twister-2-helen-hunt-story-details-character-death/|title=Rejected Twister 2 Story Killed Off Helen Hunt's Character|website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=June 14, 2021 }}</ref> The film sold an estimated 54,688,100 tickets in the US. It made US$494.5&nbsp;million around the globe.<ref>{{cite web | title=Twister (1996) | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twister.htm | work=Box Office Mojo | access-date=February 23, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602160804/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twister.htm | archive-date=June 2, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

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]].<ref name=tca/> 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."<ref>Bona, Damien. ''Inside Oscar 2'', Random House (2002) e-book</ref> Author and screenwriter Andrew Horton described their on-screen relationship as being like "fire and ice, oil and water&mdash;seemingly complete opposites".<ref>Horton, Andrew. ''Laughing Out Loud: Writing the Comedy-centered Screenplay'', Univ. of California Press (2000) p. 64</ref> Nonetheless, Hunt was Nicholson's perfect counterpart, and delivered "a simply stunning performance", wrote critic Louise Keller. The film was a tremendous box office success, grossing US$314 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2185397761/|title=As Good as It Gets|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> In 1998, she played the love interest of [[Moe Szyslak]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Dumbbell Indemnity]]", and played Viola in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', at [[Lincoln Center]] in New York.<ref name="ibdb">{{IBDB name|id=45974|name=Helen Hunt}}</ref>