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Helen Hunt

She’s been in the public consciousness since she was a child star in the mid 70’s. She bounced back and forth between TV and film, and although she has a number of very strong film roles, she is still tagged as a TV person because of her success there, particularly in Mad About You, for which she earned 4 Best Comedy Actress Emmys.

At the height of her film career, following high profile roles in What Women Want and As Good As It Gets (for which she won an Oscar for best actress), she bowed out for an extended period to raise a family. Perhaps I should consider awarding bonus points for the maternal instinct in the next reformulation of the magic formula.

I won’t do that, actually, but it is a strong argument for listing actors and actresses in separate lists. We shall see.

Ten best roles

10) What Women Want 9) The Frog Prince 8) Pay It Forward 7) Dr T and the Women 6) Twister 5) A Good Woman 4) Project X 3) The Waterdance 2) Cast Away 1) As Good As It Gets

Percentile rating

84.15