Bonnie Hunt

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Bonnie Hunt
Bonnie Hunt
Birth name	Bonnie Lynn Hunt
Born	September 22, 1961 (age 45) Chicago, Illinois, USA
Notable roles	Beethoven, Beethoven's 2nd, Jumanji, Cheaper by the Dozen, Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1961)^[1] is an American actress, comedian, writer, director and television producer.

1 Biography
2 Selected filmography
3 References
4 External link

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Hunt was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Irish American Catholic parents Bob and Alice Hunt (for whom Bonnie named her production company "Bob & Alice"); she has three older brothers, Kevin, Patrick, and Tom, two older sisters, Carol and Kathy, and one younger sister, Mary. Hunt was educated in Catholic schools and attended St. Ferdinand grammar school and Notre Dame High School for Girls.

In 1982, Hunt worked as a cancer nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. In 1984, she co-founded An Impulsive Thing, a three-woman improvisational comedy troupe, with Holly Wortell and Joan Cusack. Hunt also performed as a member of Chicago's world-famous The Second City, joining in 1986.

[edit] Career

Hunt repeatedly refused to become a cast member of Saturday Night Live because the show's producers generally frowned on her preferred improvisational style. In 1992, she also turned down a higher-paying role on Designing Women to co-star in Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters and Audrey Meadows. In 1993, Hunt teamed with David Letterman to produce The Building, a short-lived sitcom that was modeled after early-1950s television shows. The show was also filmed live; mistakes, accidents, and forgotten lines were often left in the aired episode.

Hunt and Letterman re-teamed in 1995 with The Bonnie Hunt Show (later retitled Bonnie), which featured many of the same cast members as The Building and the same loose style. The show was praised by critics but was soon canceled. In 2002, Hunt returned to television with Life with Bonnie; her role on that show earned her a 2004 Emmy nomination, her first. The show was canceled in its second season. Hunt announced on Live with Regis and Kelly that ABC had offered her another sitcom, in which she played a divorced detective. This pilot, Let Go (also known as Crimes and Dating), was not picked up for their fall 2006 schedule.

Hunt served as screenwriter, director, and supporting actress for the 2000 film Return to Me, a romantic comedy starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. It was filmed in her Chicago neighborhood and included bit parts for a number of her relatives.

Hunt is also a recognizable film actress, having starred opposite Charles Grodin in the popular children's films Beethoven and Beethoven's 2nd, along with Robin Williams in the hit Jumanji as well as opposite Steve Martin in Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel.

Hunt not only starred as the voice of Sally in Pixar's Cars but also received a writing credit on the film as well.

[edit] Personal life

Hunt married investment banker John Murphy in 1988. However, during her June 6, 2006, appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, she mentioned that she is single again.

She is good friends with David Duchovny, whom she met on the set of the movie, Beethoven in 1991-1992.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	From Hair To Eternity	Martha Bakerson
2006	Cars	Sally Carrera (2002 Porsche 911)	Voice
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Kate Baker
2003	Cheaper by the Dozen	Kate Baker
2002	Stolen Summer	Margaret O'Malley	limited release
2001	Monsters, Inc.	Flint	Voice
2000	Return to Me	Megan Dayton	also director/writer
1999	The Green Mile	Jan Edgecomb
1999	Random Hearts	Wendy Judd
1998	Kissing a Fool	Linda Streicher
1998	A Bug's Life	Rosie	Voice
1996	Jerry Maguire	Laurel Boyd
1996	Getting Away with Murder	Dr. Gail Holland
1995	Jumanji	Sarah Whittle/Madam Serena
1995	Now and Then	Mrs. DeWitt
1994	Only You	Kate Corvatch
1993	Beethoven's 2nd	Alice Newton
1993	Dave	White House Tour Guide
1992	Beethoven	Alice Newton
1988	Rain Man	Sally Dibbs