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Bonnie Hunt:
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.
Hunt repeatedly refused 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 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.
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
Random Hearts Wendy Judd
1998 Kissing a Fool Linda Streicher
A Bug's Life Rosie Voice
1996 Jerry Maguire Laurel Boyd
Getting Away with Murder Dr. Gail Holland
1995 Jumanji Sarah Whittle/Madam Serena
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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