Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt (Waco, Texas, February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career when she was a child, appearing in television commercials and on the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated . She rose to popularity in teen culture for work on the Fox series Party of Five, as Sarah Reeves, and in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, both as Julie James.

As a singer, she has worked with the production companies Medlac Records, Atlantic Records, and Jive Records. She is known primarily for making pop-style songs and for having a soprano voice (a high-pitched female voice). To date, her most successful single is "How Do I Deal", which reached number 59 on the US charts in 1999, and number eight in Australia. In addition, she has also participated in the promotion of acting projects.

His physical appearance has been the subject of much media attention throughout his career. Named the sexiest woman in the world in 1999 and the sexiest woman on television in 2008, she has been honored many times by magazine publications such as Maxim, TV Guide, FHM and many readers of those newspapers. In 2007, paparazzi photos of her on a beach were published, in which she was overweight, she later complained about the criticism that was made of her, being supported by other celebrities and giving People magazine news coverage.

In addition, she has starred in many movies and several television series. Until May 2010, she worked on the CBS television series Ghost Whisperer as Melinda Gordon, a woman who can see ghosts and tells them Helps fix your past problems. She also starred in the television series The Client List. she and she participated in the series Criminal Minds , as Kate Callahan, a special agent, in the year 2015. Since 2018 she has played Maddie Buckley in the series 9-1-1.

Biography

Childhood and career

Jennifer Love was born in Waco, Texas, the daughter of Patricia Mae, a speech therapist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a physician. She grew up in Nolanville, Texas; After her parents' divorce, she and her older brother (Todd Hewitt) grew up with her mother. Her first name was given to her by her brother, in reference to a girl she liked when he was younger and her middle name, & # 34;Love & # 34; It was put on by her mom for her best friend from her college.

J. L. Hewitt in 2002.

In her childhood, she was drawn to music, singing The Greatest Love of All at an outdoor performance at the age of three. A year after that, she entertained a restaurant audience with her version of Help Me Make It Through the Night. When she was 9 years old, she was a member of the Texas Show Team (which toured the Soviet Union and Denmark). At the age of 10, she won the Texas Our Little Miss Talent Winner award, moving thereafter to Los Angeles, California with her mother to further her career as a singer and actress.

Career as an actress

After moving to Los Angeles, she appeared in more than twenty television commercials. Her first appearance as a child actress was hers on the Disney Channel show Kids Incorporated between 1989 and 1991. During her stay, she danced and sang all the songs in a video called Dance! Workout With Barbie produced by Buena Vista.

In 1993, she played Pierce Brosnan's daughter in the pilot episode of an NBC series called Running Wilde, in which she joined Brosnan as a reporter for the magazine i>Auto World whose stories became their own story. However, the series did not catch on and the pilot was never aired. Shortly after, he had roles in short-lived television series, such as Fox's Shaky Ground, in which he was between 1992 and 1993, The Byrds of Paradise by on ABC, in 1993 he also participated in the movie Sister Act 2, in 1994 and McKenna, between 1994 and 1995. In the end he achieved fame after playing Sarah Reeves in the Fox series, Party of Five (1995-1999). She played the role of Sarah in the series, in the second season she continued her role in Party of Five Time of Your Life (1999), in which she was also a co-producer, but the series was canceled halfway through the first season.

She made her film acting debut in the independent film Munchie (1992). However, she achieved her greatest fame after participating in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). The first film made by Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr, Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar was one of the most popular teen movies in the US. She also appeared in the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), which did not have the same fame as its predecessor. Other film roles included the student comedy Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and opposite Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman in the romantic comedy Heartbreakers (2001). and in If Only with Paul Nicholls.

In 2000, she appeared in The Audrey Hepburn Story. That same year, she was named the "Most Popular Actress on Television"; for this reason, Nokia chose her to be the spokesperson for her, because she was a "fresh image"; and she would be a "youthful and healthy symbol".

In 2001, he appeared in Enrique Iglesias' video clip for the song Hero, as the singer's partner. She also wrote the song I'm Gonna Love You for the movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame II because her character, Madellaine, was the only one He didn't sing in the movie. This song won the award for Best Song on a DVD.

Since September 2005, he has worked on the CBS television series Ghost Whisperer. In Australia, it has been a very popular series since its premiere, in the United States the series has had between 9 and 11 million viewers. She also did castings for multiple movies. She tried to play Juliet in Romeo + Juliet , but the director thought she didn't look modern enough, giving the role to Claire Danes. She then tried to play Darlene in Brokedown Palace , but she couldn't because of her schedule problems and tried to play Elektra in Daredevil .

In 2010, the Ghost Whisperer series ended, so Jennifer moved on to new projects. On July 19 of that same year, she premiered the television movie The Client List in which she gave life to the protagonist, and she was also the protagonist of the series with the same name. In the fall she appeared in an episode of Law & amp; Order. She also announced her participation in a chapter of the series Love Bites , which she premiered in the middle of the second television season of 2010-2011. She again starred in a television movie: The Lost Valentine which was released at the beginning of 2011. She is currently working on the television series 911 playing the role of Maddie Buckly.

Music career

At the awards gala of 27 dresses.

In 1991, Meldac released her first album, 'Love Songs', when she was 12 years old. The album was only released in Japan in 1992, where Hewitt was a pop star. The explanation for her success is because the Japanese love lively music. Music, the more pop, the better".

While working on the series Party of Five in 1995, she was signed to Atlantic Records, who released her first single and second album Let's Go Bang in October.

Joining her musical career with her acting career, she recorded her first single in 1996, No Ordinary Love, not selling enough, so Alantic canceled her contract, she disappeared from the music scene for 3 years.

In 1999, he recorded the single How Do I Deal for the soundtrack of the film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. The song became Hewitt's first successful single after reaching #59 on the Hot 100 and #36 on the Mainstream Top 40, as well as #8 in Australia.

In 2002, he signed with Jive Records and recorded his fourth album with singer/songwriter/producer Meredith Brooks. She created the single BareNaked, being her biggest radio hit to date when it peaked at #24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, #31 on the Adult Top 40 and #25 on the Top 40. Mainstream. She also gained positions #6 in Australia and #33 in the Netherlands. The moderate success of her single saw the album, whose name was the same as the song, peak at #37 on the Billboard 200 and #31 in Australia. Meanwhile, it was only on the list for 3 weeks. The next single, Can I Go Now, was not as successful in the US, but peaked at #8 in the Netherlands and #12 in Australia.

Since 2003 he has not been active in the music world, except for a compilation released in Asia called Cool with You: The Platinum Collection, a compilation of his two albums on Atlantic Records.

However, in the 2004 film If Only, she wrote and sang two songs: Love Will Show You Everything and Take My Heart Back.

She also appeared in the television musical A Christmas Carol, playing Emily, the girlfriend of young Ebenezer Scrooge.

JLove and Jamie Kennedy in 2009.

Private life

She is the honorary godmother of the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund. In March 2009, the actress released her first book called The Day I Shot Cupid. I shot Cupid), in which he talks about his love experiences and where he gives advice for love and romantic relationships. This went on sale on March 23, 2010.

Jennifer has been romantically involved with actors Ross McCall, whom she was married to from 2005 to 2009, and Jamie Kennedy, whom she was married to from 2009 to 2010.

She is currently in a relationship with actor Brian Hallisay, her co-star in the series The Client List. On November 26, 2013, their daughter, Autumn James Hallisay, was born. That same year, she married the actor in an intimate ceremony. In January 2015, the actress, through her representative, announced that she was pregnant for the second time with her husband Brian Hallisay.In June 2015, she announced the birth of her second child, Atticus James Hallisay. On May 18, 2021, she announced that she was expecting her third child with her husband. Her son, Aidan James Hallisay, was born in September 2021.

Apart from English, he can speak Spanish, Italian and French.

Participation in commercials

She appeared in 1989 alongside Michael Jackson in a campaign promoting the shoe brand LA Gear.

In 2005, he was featured in Hanes with the Look who we've got our Hanes on now campaign. Also appearing in the campaign are Michael Jordan, Charlie Sheen, Cuba Gooding Jr, Marisa Tomei, Damon Wayans, Kevin Bacon, Hugh Hefner, Matthew Perry.

She also appeared in the Don't Mess With Texas commercial, appeared in a commercial for Rodan & Fields and was the face of Neutrogena. Jennifer also participated in the year 2000 in the video clip "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias.

Filmography

Movies

TV series

Discography

Awards and nominations