“I don't know if I realized that I was funny, but I realized how healing and important humor was in my childhood.”

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.