BIOGRAPHYJennifer Love Hewitt born February 21, 1979 is an American actress, singer-songwriter, film and television director and producer. Hewitt began her acting career as a child by appearing in television commercials and the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated. She rose to fame in teenage popular culture in her roles in the Fox series Party of Five, as Sarah Reeves, and films I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, as Julie James.
As a singer, Hewitt has been signed by Atlantic Records and Jive Records. She is primarily known for her recordings in the pop genre. Her most successful single on the Billboard Hot 100 is the 1999 release "How Do I Deal", which peaked at No. 59.In addition, she has contributed music to the promotion or soundtracks of acting projects.
Hewitt's appearance has been the subject of media attention throughout her career. She has been lauded as one of the most attractive women in the entertainment industry by publications such as Maxim, in which she was named the sexiest woman in the world in 1999, and TV Guide, which named her the sexiest woman on television in 2008. In 2007, paparazzi photos of Hewitt on a beach led to a much-publicized matter in which she defended her weight, and was supported by other celebrities. These incidents received coverage from People magazine.
In addition to acting, Hewitt has also served as producer on some of her film and television projects. In 2010, Hewitt wrote a book on relationships entitled The Day I Shot Cupid. She also starred on the hit CBS television program Ghost Whisperer as Melinda Gordon, a young woman who can communicate with ghosts. She won a Saturn Award in 2007 and 2008 for Best Actress on Television. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her television movie The Client List.
Early life
Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, and is the daughter of Patricia Mae (née Shipp), a speech-language pathologist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a medical technician.Hewitt grew up in Nolanville, Texas. After the divorce of her parents, Hewitt and her older brother, Todd Hewitt, were brought up by her mother.
As a young girl, Hewitt was attracted to music, which led to her first encounters with the entertainment industry. At the age of three, she sang "The Greatest Love of All" at a livestock show. Just a year after that, at a restaurant-dance hall, she entertained an audience with her version of "Help Me Make It Through the Night." By the time she was five, Hewitt already had tap dancing and ballet in her portfolio. At nine, she became a member of the Texas Show Team (which also toured in the Soviet Union). At the age of ten, at the suggestion of talent scouts and winning the title of Texas Our Little Miss Talent Winner, she moved to Los Angeles, with her mother to pursue a career in both acting and singing. In Los Angeles, Hewitt attended Lincoln High School where her classmates included Jonathan Neville, who became a talent scout and recommended Hewitt for her role in Party of Five.
Filmography :
- She Had Brains, a Body, and the Ability to Make Men Love Her (2008)
- Angry Little Girls (2008) TV Series
- The Magic 7 (2008) (TV)
- Delgo (2008)
- Ghost Whisperer (52 episodes, 2005-2007)
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
- In the Game (2005) (TV)
- Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005) (TV)
- A Christmas Carol (2004) (TV)
- Garfield (2004)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (2004)
- American Dreams (2 episodes, 2004)
- If Only (2004)
- The Truth About Love (2004)
- In the Game (2004) (TV)
- Groove Squad (2002) (V) (voice)
- The Tuxedo (2002)
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina (2002) (V) (voice)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) (V) (voice)
- Heartbreakers (2001)
- Time of Your Life (21 episodes, 1999-2001)
- The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) (TV)
- Party of Five (98 episodes, 1995-1999)
- The Suburbans (1999)
- Hercules (1 episode, 1999)
- Saturday Night Live (1 episode, 1998)
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
- Zoomates (1998) (voice)
- Telling You (1998)
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
- Boy Meets World (1 episode, 1998)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Trojan War (1997)
- House Arrest (1996)
- McKenna (1994) TV Series (unknown episodes, 1994-1995)
- The Byrds of Paradise (1994) TV Series (unknown episodes)
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
- Little Miss Millions (1993)
- Shaky Ground (1992) TV Series (unknown episodes, 1992-1993)
- Munchie (1992)
- Running Wilde (1992) TV Series
- Kids Incorporated (1 episode, 1989-1991).