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Helen Hunt, 62, Radiates Youth at Oscars

Helen Hunt quietly attended Vanity Fair's Oscar party on Sunday night following the 98th annual awards ceremony.The 62-year-old actress – who won an Academy Awa...

Helen Hunt, 62, Radiates Youth at Oscars
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Bintano News

March 17, 2026

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Helen Hunt quietly attended on Sunday night following the 98th annual awards ceremony.

The 62-year-old actress – who won an Academy Award in 1998 – went under the radar as she arrived in a champagne-colored dress with a two-tone chain collar.

Her graying hair was styled in a wispy bob with face-framing curtain bangs as she showed off her stylish ensemble.

And Hunt's face was aglow in natural-looking matte makeup. 

The silver screen veteran, who has in recent years, was accompanied by boyfriend Jeffrey Nordling, 64. 

Her appearance comes 28 years after she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Carol Connelly in 1997's As Good As It Gets.

Helen Hunt quietly attended Vanity Fair's Oscar party on Sunday night following the 98th annual awards ceremony

Hunt won a Best Actress Academy Award in 1998 for her role as Carol Connelly in As Good As It Gets

She starred opposite Jack Nicholson, who won Best Actor for his lead role in the film

She starred opposite Jack Nicholson, 88, in the film – which earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. 

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After scoring her Oscar at age 34, Hunt reconsidered how much she wanted to be in the spotlight. 

The 62-year-old actress went under the radar as she arrived in a champagne-colored dress with a two-tone chain collar

The silver screen veteran was accompanied by boyfriend Jeffrey Nordling, 64

Hunt's face was aglow in natural-looking matte makeup and she carried a small handbag. Seen left in the 1997 Oscars

Hunt continues to act and direct – she appeared in the hit HBO series Hacks between 2024 and 2025, and the series Blindspotting between 2021 and 2023.

In 2025 she landed a lead role in the thriller In Cold Light, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June.

She split from longtime partner Matthew Carnahan – with whom she shares her 21-year-old daughter – in 2017.

The actress found love again with Nordling, whom she's been dating since January 2022.

The couple previously dated in the late 1980s after meeting on a film set.

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