Bonnie Hunt

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1961)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American actress and comedian. Her film roles include Rain Man, Beethoven, Beethoven's 2nd, Jumanji, Jerry Maguire, The Green Mile, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Cheaper by the Dozen 2.

Hunt has done voice work in A Bug's Life, Zootopia, and the Monsters, Inc., Cars, and Toy Story franchises. She starred in Grand and Davis Rules, as well as creating, producing, writing, and starring in The Building, Bonnie, and Life with Bonnie. From 2008 to 2010, she hosted The Bonnie Hunt Show.

Early life

Bonnie Lynn Hunt was born on September 22, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois, to Robert Edward Hunt (1927-1981), an electrician, and Alice E. Hunt (née Jatczak; 1925-2021).<ref name="Filmreference-Bio" /> Her father was of Irish and Belgian ancestry and her mother is of Polish descent.<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref><ref name="Grahnke1992-04-14" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She has three older brothers named Patrick, Kevin, and Tom, two older sisters named Cathy and Carol, and a younger sister named Mary.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was educated in Catholic schools, attending Saint Ferdinand School and Notre Dame High School for Girls in Chicago, and worked part-time as a nurse's aide.<ref name=post>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1982, Hunt worked as an oncology nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. In 1984, she co-founded an improvisational comedy troupe called An Impulsive Thing.<ref name=post/> Hunt also performed as a member of Chicago's world-famous the Second City, joining in 1986.

In 1988, while a nurse, Hunt auditioned on her lunch break for the role of waitress Sally Dibbs in Rain Man and won it.<ref name=post/>

Career

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Hunt in 1996

In 1990, Hunt portrayed Carol Anne Smithson in Grand. She refused to become a cast member of Saturday Night Live because the series' producers generally frowned on her preferred improvisational style. In 1991, Hunt joined the cast of Davis Rules as Gwen Davis, for the show's second season. The following year, she was offered the part of BJ Poteet, a replacement character of the departing Allison Sugarbaker, played by Julia Duffy on Designing Women, the part of BJ was ultimately played by Judith Ivey.<ref name=Collins/>

In 1993, Hunt teamed with good friend David Letterman to produce The Building. The series was also filmed live; mistakes, accidents, and forgotten lines were often left in the aired episode.Template:Citation needed In 1995, Hunt and Letterman reteamed for 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 canceled after 11 of the 13 episodes produced were aired. In 2002, Hunt returned to television with Life with Bonnie. Her role on the series earned her a 2004 Emmy nomination (which was her first). Despite fair ratings, the series was canceled in its second season. Hunt announced on Live with Regis and Kelly that ABC had offered her another sitcom, in which she would have portrayed a divorced detective. This pilot titled Let Go (also known as Crimes and Dating) was not picked up for the fall 2006 schedule.

She directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in Return to Me. It was filmed in her Chicago neighborhood and included bit parts for a number of her relatives. The film, which received a positive reception from critics,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was largely influenced by Hunt's blue-collar Catholic upbringing in Chicago.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Hunt portrayed Alice Newton in Beethoven and Beethoven's 2nd, Sarah Whittle/Madam Serena in Jumanji, and Kate Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. She portrayed the sister of Renée Zellweger's character in Jerry Maguire and Jan Edgecomb in The Green Mile. She portrayed Grace Bellamy in Loggerheads. She has provided her voice for a total of eight Pixar films: A Bug's Life as Rosie, Monsters, Inc. as Ms. Flint, Cars, Cars 2, and Cars 3 as Sally Carrera, Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4 as Dolly, and Monsters University as Karen Graves. In addition, Hunt voiced Bonnie Hopps in the Walt Disney Animation Studios' film, Zootopia, which marked her first non-Pixar animated film.

The Bonnie Hunt Show

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Hunt in 2006

In 2007, Hunt taped a pilot episode for Telepictures. The pilot was approved and the talk show was created. The Bonnie Hunt Show premiered on Monday, September 8, 2008. The set design was a tribute to Dean Martin and on the walls are pictures of historic television personalities, as well as Hunt's family members. The series was inspired by the format of Live with Regis and Kelly, with the host and guests often interacting with the audience. Many of the series' staffers were longtime friends of Hunt from Chicago. The series typically started with an opening monologue followed by guest interviews and games played with the audience. Hunt's mother Alice often appeared in webcasts from her home in Chicago. The Bonnie Hunt Show taped in Culver City, California, and was viewed in 17 of the top 20 US television markets in the United States. In its first year, The Bonnie Hunt Show was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards, for opening theme, hairstyle, and makeup. It won the Gracie Award for "Outstanding Talk Show" in 2009. In 2010, Hunt was nominated for "Outstanding Talk Show Host" at the Daytime Emmy Awards. The final episode aired on May 26, 2010.

Personal life

In 1988, Hunt married investment banker John Murphy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The couple separated in 2006; their divorce was officially finalized in 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hunt is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, having not missed an opening day at Wrigley Field since 1977. She was in attendance in Cleveland for the Cubs' historic Game 7 victory during the 2016 World Series.

Hunt is a supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, of which she is an honorary board member.<ref name="TheMMRF" />

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Rain Man	Sally Dibbs (the waitress)
1992	Beethoven	Alice Newton
1993	Dave	White House Tour Guide
	Beethoven's 2nd	Alice Newton
1994	Only You	Kate Corvatch
1995	Now and Then	Mrs. DeWitt
	Jumanji	Sarah Whittle
1996	Getting Away with Murder	Gail Holland
	Jerry Maguire	Laurel Boyd
1998	Template:Sortname	Rosie	Voice
	Kissing a Fool	Linda Streicher
1999	Random Hearts	Wendy Judd
	Template:Sortname	Jan Edgecomb
2000	Return to Me	Megan Dayton	Also director and co-writer
2001	Monsters, Inc.	Ms. Flint	Voice
2002	Stolen Summer	Margaret O'Malley
2003	Cheaper by the Dozen	Kate Baker
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2
	Loggerheads	Grace
2006	I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With	Stella Lewis
	Cars	Sally Carrera	Voice; Additional screenplay material
	Mater and the Ghostlight		Voice; Short film; direct-to-video
2009	Hurricane Season	Principal
2010	Toy Story 3	Dolly	Voice
2011	Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation		Voice; Short film
	Cars 2	Sally Carrera	Voice
2013	Monsters University	Karen Graves
2016	Zootopia	Bonnie Hopps
2017	Cars 3	Sally Carrera
2019	Toy Story 4	Dolly
2021	The Ultimate Playlist of Noise	Dr. Lubinsky
2024	Red One	Mrs. Claus

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	American Playhouse	Foxtrot Dancer	Episode: "Under the Biltmore Clock"
1990	Grand	Carol Anne Smithson	Main role (26 episodes)
1991–92	Davis Rules	Gwen Davis	Main role (18 episodes)
1993	The Building	Bonnie Kennedy	Lead role; also creator, executive producer, writer
1995–96	Bonnie	Bonnie Kelly	Lead role; also co-creator, producer, writer
1997	Wheel of Fortune	Herself	Played alongside her mother Alice
	Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground	Fern	Vignette: "Fern's Heart of Darkness"
2002–04	Life with Bonnie	Bonnie Molloy	Lead role; also co-creator, director, executive producer, writer
2006	Let Go	Kate Holloway	Unsold ABC pilot; lead role, also director, executive producer, writer
2008–10	Template:Sortname	Herself / Host	Also executive producer, writer
2010	The Life & Times of Tim	Gabe's Mother	Voice; 2 episodes
2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Template:N/A	TV film; Director of "Eddie" segment
2013-14	Cars Toons: Tales From Radiator Springs	Sally Carrera	Voice; Short films: "Hiccups", "The Radiator Springs 500 1/2"
2013–18	Sofia the First	Aunt Tilly	citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
2018	Escape at Dannemora	Catherine Leahy Scott	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	Forky Asks a Question	Dolly	Voice; Short film: "What Is a Leader?"
2021	Monsters at Work	Ms. Flint	Voice; 6 episodes<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2022	Amber Brown	Template:N/A	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Cars on the Road	Sally Carrera	Voice; Short film: "Dino Park"
	Zootopia+	Bonnie Hopps	Voice; Short film: "Hopp on Board"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
1998	A Bug’s Life	Rosie
2001	Monsters, Inc. Scream Team	Ms. Flint
2002	Monsters, Inc.
	Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena
2006	Cars	Sally Carrera
2010	Toy Story 3	Dolly

Theme park attractions

Year	Title	Voice Role
2012	Radiator Springs Racers	Sally Carrera

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1995	Jumanji	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress	Template:Won
1996	Bonnie	Viewers for Quality Television Founder's Award	Template:Won
1999	The Green Mile	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama	Template:Nom
		Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Template:Nom
2003	Life with Bonnie	TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	Template:Nom
		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Template:Nom
		Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Template:Nom
2004		Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Template:Nom
		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Template:Nom
		Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Template:Nom
2010	The Bonnie Hunt Show	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host	Template:Nom

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