Helen Hunt worked in different types of movies.
Helen Hunt . She starred in the sitcom Mad About You for seven years , and played single mother Carol Connelly in the 1997 romantic comedy film As Good as It Gets , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress . She made her directorial debut in 2007 with Then She Found Me ( 2007 ) . Then She Found Me is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Helen Hunt .