3. Helen Hunt
Hunt had a very successful career in the 90s. She starred in the hit, critic-loving TV comedy Mad About You. For that role, Hunt managed to do the impossible: win four consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
While still starring on TV, Hunt found success in the film industry by starring in the blockbuster hit Twister (1996) and in the critically-acclaimed As Good as it Gets. For the latter, Hunt won an Oscar for Best Actress in 1998, which means she won an Emmy and an Oscar in the same year, something unheard of in the industry. After the Oscar and the end of Mad About You, Hunt starred in three hit movies — Pay It Forward, What Women Want, and Cast Away — all in the same year (2000). But the Oscar curse took over after that, and it took Hunt 13 years to reemerge from obscurity by starring in 2013’s The Sessions, which garnered her an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination. But fame still eluded Hunt, and basically, since 2000, she’s been flying under the radar.
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