“Because I've been so blessed with a background in nursing and spent so much time with patients at a really intimate, vulnerable time in their lives, the one lesson I've learned is that you never turn down a challenge where you can keep your creative integrity and your heart and soul and your sense of self.”

American actress and comedian

Bonnie Hunt is an American actress and comedian who began her screen career in the 1980s. She was born in 1961 and is known for supporting roles in films such as Rain Man, Beethoven, Beethoven's 2nd, Jumanji, Jerry Maguire, and The Green Mile. She became widely recognized through those character parts, which brought her into a run of prominent studio films across the 1990s. In 2000, she made her directorial debut with the romantic drama Return to Me, in which she also appeared.