21 Facts About Bonnie Hunt

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Bonnie Lynn Hunt was born on September 22,1961 and is an American actress, comedian, director, producer, writer and television host.

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Bonnie Hunt starred in Grand and Davis Rules, as well as creating, producing, writing, and starring in The Building, Bonnie, and Life with Bonnie.

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Bonnie Lynn Hunt was born on September 22,1961, in Chicago, to Robert Edward Hunt, an electrician, and Alice E Hunt, a homemaker.

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Bonnie Hunt's father was of Irish and Belgian ancestry and her mother is of Polish descent.

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Bonnie Hunt has three older brothers named Patrick, Kevin, and Tom, two older sisters named Cathy and Carol, and a younger sister named Mary.

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In 1982, Bonnie Hunt worked as an oncology nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

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Bonnie Hunt performed as a member of Chicago's world-famous the Second City, joining in 1986.

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In 1988, while a nurse, Bonnie Hunt auditioned on her lunch break for the role of waitress Sally Dibbs in Rain Man and won it.

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Bonnie Hunt refused to become a cast member of Saturday Night Live because the series' producers generally frowned on her preferred improvisational style.

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In 1993, Bonnie Hunt teamed with good friend David Letterman to produce The Building.

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In 1995, Hunt and Letterman reteamed for The Bonnie Hunt Show, which featured many of the same cast members as The Building and the same loose style.

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In 2002, Hunt returned to television with Life with Bonnie.

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Bonnie Hunt announced on Live with Regis and Kelly that ABC had offered her another sitcom, in which she would have portrayed a divorced detective.

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Bonnie Hunt directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in Return to Me.

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Bonnie Hunt has provided her voice for a total of eight Pixar films: A Bug's Life as Rosie, Monsters, Inc as Ms.

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The Bonnie Hunt Show premiered on Monday, September 8,2008.

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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.

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In 2010, Bonnie Hunt was nominated for "Outstanding Talk Show Host" at the Daytime Emmy Awards.

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Bonnie Hunt is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, having not missed an opening day at Wrigley Field since 1977.

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Bonnie Hunt was in attendance in Cleveland, along with fellow Cubs fans Eddie Vedder, Bill Murray and John Cusack, for the Cubs' historic Game 7 victory during the 2016 World Series.

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Bonnie Hunt is a supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, of which she is an honorary board member.