Bonnie Hunt
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Image:Bonniehunt.jpg Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1964)[1] is an American actress, comedian, writer, director and television producer.
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Biography
Early life
Hunt was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish American Catholic parents Bob and Alice Hunt; 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 has also formed a production company, Bob and Alice Productions, named after her parents.
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. In 2005, the couple reportedly separated, but neither Hunt nor Murphy have commented.[2]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Kate Baker | |
| 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Kate Baker | |
| 2002 | Stolen Summer | Margaret O'Malley | limited release |
| 2000 | Return to Me | Megan Dayton | also director/writer |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Jan Edgecomb | |
| Random Hearts | Wendy Judd | ||
| 1998 | Kissing a Fool | Linda Streicher | |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Laurel Boyd | |
| Getting Away with Murder | Dr. Gail Holland | ||
| 1995 | Jumanji | Sarah Whittle | |
| Now and Then | Mrs. DeWitt | ||
| 1994 | Only You | Kate Corvatch | |
| 1993 | Beethoven's 2nd | Alice Newton | |
| Dave | White House Tour Guide | ||
| 1992 | Beethoven | Alice Newton | |
| 1988 | Rain Man | Sally Dibbs |
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