Portrait of Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Acting

Biography

Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress, producer and singer. Hewitt began her career as a child actress and singer, appearing in national television commercials before joining the cast of the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated (1989–1991). She had her breakthrough as Sarah Reeves Merrin on the Fox teen drama Party of Five (1995–1999) and rose to fame as a teen star for her role as Julie James in the horror films I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its 1998 sequel, as well as her role as Amanda Beckett in the teen comedy film Can't Hardly Wait (1998). Hewitt's other notable films include Heartbreakers (2001), The Tuxedo (2002) and the two Garfield live-action films (2004–2006). She has starred as Melinda Gordon on the CBS supernatural drama Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010), Riley Parks on the Lifetime drama series The Client List (2012–2013), Special Agent Kate Callahan on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds (2014–2015), and since 2018, Maddie Buckley on the Fox first-responder procedural 9-1-1. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for The Client List pilot film (2010). In music, Hewitt has released four studio albums to date. After her debut album, Love Songs (1992), was released at age 12 exclusively in Japan, she went on to record Let's Go Bang (1995), Jennifer Love Hewitt (1996) and BareNaked (2002), the latter of which became her first album to chart in the United States, peaking at number 37 on the Billboard 200 chart. Her most successful single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was the 1999 release "How Do I Deal", which peaked at number 59. In addition to music and acting, Hewitt has served as a producer on some of her film and television projects. She has appeared in several magazines' lists of the world's most beautiful women. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Love Hewitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: February 21, 1979

Place of Birth: Waco, Texas, USA

Filmography

2025
2024
2021
Pups Alone

as Gidget (voice)

2018
9-1-1

as Maddie Buckley

2012
Jewtopia

as Alison Marks

2012
The Client List

as Riley Parks

2011
Vietnam in HD

as Anne Purcell

2011
Café

as Claire

2011
Love Bites

as Jennifer Love Hewitt

2011
The Lost Valentine

as Susan Allison

2010
The Client List

as Samantha Horton

2010
Hot in Cleveland

as Emmy Chase

2009
Yes, Virginia

as Mrs. Laura O'Hanlon (voice)

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2008
Delgo

as Princess Kyla (voice)

2008
Tropic Thunder

as Jennifer Love Hewitt

2007
2006
2005
2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Melinda Gordon

2005
Criminal Minds

as Kate Callahan

2005
The Truth About Love

as Alice Holbrook

2004
2004
2004
Garfield

as Liz

2004
If Only

as Samantha Andrews

2003
Punk'd

as Self

2002
Groove Squad

as Chrissy (voice)

2002
American Dreams

as Nancy Sinatra

2002
The Tuxedo

as Del Blaine

2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

as Madellaine (voice)

2001
Heartbreakers

as Page Conners

2000
The Audrey Hepburn Story

as Audrey Hepburn

1999
1999
1999
Time of Your Life

as Sarah Reeves

1999
Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Nominee

1999
Family Guy

as Jennifer Love Hewitt (voice)

1998
Zoomates

as Helen (voice)

1998
Telling You

as Deb Freidman

1998
Can't Hardly Wait

as Amanda Beckett

1997
Trojan War

as Leah Jones

1997
The View

as Self

1996
House Arrest

as Brooke Figler

1996
1994
McKenna

as Cassidy

1994
Party of Five

as Sarah Reeves

1994
The Byrds of Paradise

as Franny Byrd

1993
Little Miss Millions

as Heather Lofton

1993
Boy Meets World

as Jennifer Love Fefferman

1992
Shaky Ground

as Bernadette Moody

1992
Munchie

as Andrea Kurtz (as Love Hewitt)

1988
1983
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1959
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Audience Member

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

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In the Game

as Riley Reed