Bonnie Hunt

Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1961)Notre Dame High School, Class of 1979 is an American actress, comedienne, writer, director and television producer.

Biography

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 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.

Career

Hunt turned down multiple opportunities to become a cast member of Saturday Night Live, because the show's producers generally frown 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 to 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 cancelled. 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 cancelled in its second season. Hunt announced on Live with Regis and Kelly that ABC has offered her another sitcom (likely to be launched in the Fall 2006 season), in which she will play a detective.

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, as well as opposite Steve Martin in Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel.

Personal life

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

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Cars	Sally Carrera (2002 Porsche 911)
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
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
1996	Jerry Maguire	Laurel Boyd
1996	Getting Away with Murder	Dr. Gail Holland
1995	Jumanji	Sarah Whittle
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

References

External link

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