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Jennifer Love Hewitt
Actor

Jennifer Love Hewitt

21 Feb 1979Born
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Waco, Texas, USABirthplace

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).

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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.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 2025I Know What You Did Last SummerFilm: Julie James
  2. 2025A Killer Among FriendsSeries: Narrator (voice) (12 episodes)
  3. 2024The Holiday JunkieFilm: Andie, Director
  4. 2021Pups AloneFilm: Gidget (voice)
  5. 2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVUFilm: (archive footage)
  6. 20189-1-1Series: Maddie Buckley (135 episodes)
  7. 2012JewtopiaFilm: Alison Marks
  8. 2012The Client ListSeries: Riley Parks, Director (25 episodes)
  9. 2011Vietnam in HDSeries: Anne Purcell (6 episodes)
  10. 2011CaféFilm: Claire
  11. 2011Love BitesSeries: Jennifer Love Hewitt (1 episode)
  12. 2011The Lost ValentineFilm: Susan Allison
  13. 2010The Client ListFilm: Samantha Horton
  14. 2010Hot in ClevelandSeries: Emmy Chase (3 episodes)
  15. 2009Yes, VirginiaFilm: Mrs. Laura O'Hanlon (voice)
  16. 2008DelgoFilm: Princess Kyla (voice)
  17. 2008Tropic ThunderFilm: Jennifer Love Hewitt
  18. 2007Shortcut to HappinessFilm: The Devil
  19. 2006Garfield: A Tail of Two KittiesFilm: Liz
  20. 2006Fast IncorporatedSeries (1 episode)
  21. 2005Ghost WhispererSeries: Melinda Gordon, Director (107 episodes)
  22. 2005Ghost whispererSeries: Melinda Gordon (1 episode)
  23. 2005Criminal MindsSeries: Kate Callahan (23 episodes)
  24. 2005The Truth About LoveFilm: Alice Holbrook
  25. 2005Confessions of a Sociopathic Social ClimberFilm: Katya Livingston
  26. 2004A Christmas CarolFilm: Emily
  27. 2004GarfieldFilm: Liz
  28. 2004If OnlyFilm: Samantha Andrews
  29. 2004In the GameFilm: Riley Reed, Writer
  30. 2003The Adventures of Tom Thumb and ThumbelinaFilm: Thumbelina (voice)
  31. 2002Groove SquadFilm: Chrissy (voice)
  32. 2002American DreamsSeries: Nancy Sinatra (1 episode)
  33. 2002The TuxedoFilm: Del Blaine
  34. 2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame IIFilm: Madellaine (voice)
  35. 2001HeartbreakersFilm: Page Conners
  36. 2000The Audrey Hepburn StoryFilm: Audrey Hepburn
  37. 2000The WeekendersSeries (1 episode)
  38. 1999The SuburbansFilm: Cate
  39. 1999Time of Your LifeSeries: Sarah Reeves (12 episodes)
  40. 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries: Vicki Sayers (1 episode)
  41. 1999Family GuySeries: Jennifer Love Hewitt (voice) (1 episode)
  42. 1998I Still Know What You Did Last SummerFilm: Julie James
  43. 1998ZoomatesFilm: Helen (voice)
  44. 1998Telling YouFilm: Deb Freidman
  45. 1998Can't Hardly WaitFilm: Amanda Beckett
  46. 1997I Know What You Did Last SummerFilm: Julie James
  47. 1997Trojan WarFilm: Leah Jones
  48. 1996House ArrestFilm: Brooke Figler
  49. 1994McKennaSeries: Cassidy (13 episodes)
  50. 1994Party of FiveSeries: Sarah Reeves (99 episodes)
  51. 1994The Byrds of ParadiseSeries: Franny Byrd (13 episodes)
  52. 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitFilm: Margaret
  53. 1993Little Miss MillionsFilm: Heather Lofton
  54. 1993Boy Meets WorldSeries: Jennifer Love Fefferman (1 episode)
  55. 1992Shaky GroundSeries: Bernadette Moody (17 episodes)
  56. 1992MunchieFilm: Andrea Kurtz (as Love Hewitt)
  57. 1983Kids IncorporatedSeries: Robin (35 episodes)

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