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![]() Hunt with her mother Alice at the 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards
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Born |
Bonnie Lynne Hunt September 22, 1961 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Notre Dame High School for Girls |
Occupation | Stand-up comedian, actress, director, producer, writer, host, voice artist, comedian |
Years active | 1984–present |
Home town | Chicago, Illinois |
Spouse(s) | John Murphy (m. 1988; div. 2006) |
Parent(s) | Robert Edward Hunt Alice E. Hunt |
Bonnie Lynne Hunt (born September 22, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, director, producer, writer, host, voice artist and comedian who has appeared in films, such as 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, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Monsters University, and Zootopia. 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.
Hunt was born Bonnie Lynne Hunt on September 22, 1961, in Chicago, to Robert Edward Hunt, an electrician, and Alice E. Hunt (née Jatczak), a homemaker. Her father was of Irish and Belgian ancestry and her mother is of Polish descent. She has three older brothers named Patrick, Kevin, and Tom, two older sisters named Cathy and Carol, and a younger sister named Mary.
She was educated in Catholic schools and attended St. Ferdinand Grammar School and Notre Dame High School for Girls in Chicago.