Biography
In the mid-1990s, Jennifer Love Hewitt transformed from a Barbie-hawking child actress into a men's magazine mainstay with her role in the thriller, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (1997). She had already begun building a following with her perky, girl-next-door role on the hit teen drama "Party of Five" (Fox, 1994-2000), but her tight tops and blood-curdling screams in the hair-raising blockbuster made her into a household name. Hewitt's …
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Career Milestones
| Moved to Los Angeles with family; appeared in over 20 TV commercials | ||
| Raised in Killeen, TX | ||
1988 | At age nine, became member of the Texas Show Team; toured Russia | |
1989 | At age 10, toured the world for L.A. Gear | |
1989 | Had first regular series role on Disney's "Kids Inc." | |
1992 | Played Matt Frewer's daughter on "Shaky Ground" (Fox) | |
1992 | Sang the theme song for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro | |
1993 | Co-starred in feature film "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit" | |
1994 | Co-starred on "McKenna" (ABC) | |
1994 | Played Timothy Busfield's daughter on "Byrds of Paradise" (ABC) | |
1995 | Played Bailey's songstress girlfriend Sarah Reeves on "Party of Five" (Fox) | |
1996 | Co-starred in "House Arrest" | |
1997 | Cast as the lead in hit thriller "I Know What You Did Last Summer" | |
1998 | Reprised role as Julie in the sequel "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" | |
1999 | Reprised role of Sarah on the Fox spin-off "Time of Your Life"; also served as one of the show's producers | |
2000 | Portrayed Audrey Hepburn in ABC biopic "The Audrey Hepburn Story" | |
2001 | Teamed up with Sigourney Weaver as a mother-daughter con team in "Heartbreakers" | |
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 | |
2002 | Released album BareNaked on Jive Records | |
2004 | Played Liz, Garfield's veterinarian and romantic interest in " Garfield: The Movie" | |
2004 | Played Nancy Sinatra on the NBC series "American Dreams" | |
2005 | Cast as Melinda Gordon, a newlywed with the ability to communicate with the recently deceased on the CBS drama "Ghost Whisperer" | |
2006 | Reprised role as Garfield's veterinarian for the sequel "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties" | |
2010 | Played a mother who is driven to prostitution in the Lifetime movie "The Client List" | |
2011 | Co-starred with Betty White in the CBS romantic drama "The Lost Valentine" | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television ("The Client List") | |
2012 | Starred on the Lifetime series "The Client List," based on the hit 2011 TV-movie | |
Awards
1999 | MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance in Can't Hardly Wait |
2010 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in The Client List |