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Jennifer Love Hewitt

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1979-02-21 (Age: 47)

Place of Birth

Waco, Texas, USA

Jennifer Love Hewitt

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.

Filmography (42)

⭐ 5.7 Role: Julie James

I Know What You Did Last Summer

2025
⭐ 6.4 Role: Andie

The Holiday Junkie

2024
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Betty White: A Celebration

2022
⭐ 5.8 Role: Gidget (voice)

Pups Alone

2021
⭐ 9.7 Role: (archive footage)

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

2020
⭐ 7.4 Role: Self

Betty White: First Lady of Television

2018
⭐ 4.7 Role: Alison Marks

Jewtopia

2012
No Image
⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

2012
⭐ 5.3 Role: Claire

Café

2011
⭐ 6.9 Role: Susan Allison

The Lost Valentine

2011
⭐ 6.2 Role: Herself

Jamie Kennedy: Uncomfortable

2010
⭐ 5.9 Role: Samantha Horton

The Client List

2010
⭐ 7.1 Role: Mrs. Laura O'Hanlon (voice)

Yes, Virginia

2009
⭐ 4.5 Role: Princess Kyla (voice)

Delgo

2008
⭐ 6.7 Role: Jennifer Love Hewitt

Tropic Thunder

2008