Biography:Jennifer Love Hewitt

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Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sometimes Credited As:
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Love Hewitt
Born:
Waco, Texas on 2/21/1979
Professions:
Actor, singer, songwriter, producer
Biography

A petite, dark-haired, young actress and singer whose burning desire to make it big in show business dates back to her early youth, Jennifer Love Hewitt—who prefers to be known as 'Love'—got her best early shot playing Sarah Reeves, the fiery girlfriend of heartthrob hunk Bailey (Scott Wolf) on the Fox series "Party of Five". Although she joined the cast during its second season (1995-96), Hewitt had by that time more than a decade of entertaining clocked. At the age of nine, she became a member of the Texas Show Team, which performed in the US and Russia, and the following year toured the world for L.A. Gear before she and her mother settled in Hollywood. Once in Los Angeles, Hewitt appeared in more than 20 TV commercials, her work plugging Mattel Toys bringing her some recognition. In 1989, she was hired on the Disney series "Kids Inc.", in which wholesome youths formed a band. She later played the daughter in two short-lived series, Fox's "Shaky Ground" (1992-93), with Matt Frewer, and "Byrds of Paradise" (ABC, 1994), with Timothy Busfield. Another weak effort, "McKenna" (ABC, 1994-95) followed before Hewitt joined the acclaimed "Party of Five." Hewitt made her feature film debut in an obscure independent film entitled "Munchie" (1992) but went mainstream playing Margaret, a somewhat awkward teen, in "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit" (1993). In 1996, she co-starred in "House Arrest" as one of a group of teens holding their sparring parents hostage and filmed "Trojan War" (released direct-to-video in 1997), in which she essays a young woman whose willingness sends a dweebish youth on an odyssey to find protection. Hewitt solidified her box-office appeal as the lead in the hit thriller "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (1997). Hewitt then joined Sigourney Weaver portraying the actress' daughter in the comedy feature "HeartBreakers" (2000). In 2002, she was cast as the devil in "The Devil and Daniel Webster", a film directed by and starring Alec Baldwin. She then teamed up with Jackie Chan for the little-seen action comedy feature "The Tuxedo" (2002) and was cast as Liz, the love interest of the famed comic strip cat's hapless owner in the big screen adaptation of "Garfield" (2004).

In between acting gigs, Hewitt has cultivated an active singing career, releasing several albums, which have been popular in Japan. Her first American release was 1995's "Let's Go Bang". She recorded the song "How Do I Deal" for the soundtrack of "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and created a minor stir with her 2002 album "BareNaked." She also had a playful 2004 stint on an episode of the NBC series "American Dreams" playing Nancy Sinatra and singing "These Boots Are Made For Walking." After playing a conniving ad executive who stops at nothing to climb San Francisco's social ladder in "Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber" (Oxygen, 2005), Hewitt returned to regular series television with "Ghost Whisperer" (CBS, 2005- ), starring as a paranormal investigator with the gift of seeing and communicating with earthbound spirits.

Family
brother:Todd Hewitt
father:Tom Hewitt
mother:Pat Hewitt
Education
Laurel Springs High School Ojai, California 1997
Companion
Carson Daly.,
Joey Lawrence.,
John Mayer.,
Patrick Wilson.,
Paul Nicholls.,
Rich Cronin.,
Will Friedle.,
Wilmer Valderrama.,
Awards
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Female Butt Kicker 2003
People's Choice Award Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series "Time of Your Life" 2000

Milestones
2005 Cast as Melinda Gordon, a newlywed with the ability to communicate with the recently deceased in the CBS drama "Ghost Whisperer"
2004 Played Nancy Sinatra on the NBC series "American Dreams"
2004 Played Liz, Garfield's veterinarian and romantic interest in " Garfield: The Movie"
2002 Released album "BareNaked" on Jive Records
2002 Co-starred with Jackie Chan in action comedy "The Tuxedo"
2002 Played the Devil in the Alec Baldwin directed feature "The Devil and Daniel Webster," a re-telling of a classic play also starring Anthony Hopkins
2000 Portrayed Audrey Hepburn in an ABC biopic
1999 Reprised role of Sarah in the Fox spin-off series "Time of Your Life"; also served as one of the show's producers
1998 Reprised role in as yet untitled sequel to "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
1997 Had lead in hit thriller "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
1996 Co-starred in "House Arrest"
1995 - 1999 Played Bailey's songstress girlfriend Sarah Reeves on "Party of Five" (Fox)
1994 Played Timothy Busfield's daughter on "Byrds of Paradise" (ABC)
1994 Co-starred on "McKenna" (ABC)
1993 Co-starred in feature film "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit"
1992 Sang the theme song for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
1992 - 1993 Played Matt Frewer's daughter on "Shaky Ground" (Fox)
1989 Had first regular series role on Disney's "Kids Inc."
1989 At age 10, toured the world for L.A. Gear
1988 At age nine, became member of the Texas Show Team; toured Russia
Raised in Killeen, Texas
Moved to Los Angeles with family; appeared in over 20 TV commercials
Will star in the Oxygen original movie "Confessions of A Sociopathic Social Climber" based on a best-selling novel by Adele Lang (lensed 2005)

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