JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT
Name: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Born: 21 February 1979 Waco, Texas, U.S.A.
Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer-songwriter.
She is well-known for her television and film roles in the Fox television series
Party of Five, as Sarah Reeves, and also starred in I Know What You Did Last
Summer and its sequel, as Julie James. Hewitt can currently be seen on the CBS
television series Ghost Whisperer, as Melinda Gordon, a young newlywed who
communicates with the dead.
Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, 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 only sibling, Todd Hewitt, were brought up by her mother. Her first name
was given to her by her brother, after a girl he was fond of as a youngster,
while her middle name, "Love", was given to her by her mother after her best
friend in college.
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, she moved to Los Angeles, California, with her mother to pursue a career
in both acting and singing.
Jennifer Love Hewitt as one of the main dancers in the Dance! Workout With
Barbie video, released in 1992.
After moving to Los Angeles, Hewitt appeared in more than twenty television
commercials. Her first break came as a child actor on the Disney Channel variety
show Kids Incorporated (1989 – 1991), where she was credited as just Love Hewitt.
During this time she danced in and sang all the songs for a live action video
called "Dance! Workout With Barbie" released by Buena Vista.
In 1993, she played Pierce Brosnan's daughter in a pilot for NBC called Running
Wilde, which featured Brosnan as a reporter for Auto World magazine whose
stories cover his own wild auto adventures, but the series wasn't picked up and
the pilot never aired. She later played on television in several short-lived
series, such as Fox's Shaky Ground (1992 – 1993), ABC's Byrds of Paradise (1994),
and McKenna (1994 – 1995). Finally, Hewitt became a young star after landing the
role of Sarah Reeves on the popular Fox Television show Party of Five (1995 –
1999), joining the cast during its second season. She continued the same role in
the short-lived Party of Five spin-off, Time of Your Life (1999). Hewitt was
also one of the producers, but the show was cancelled after only half a season.
She made her film debut in the independent film Munchie (1992). Hewitt became a
film star after a lead role in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).
The film had great box-office success (125,000,000 U.S. dollars worldwide), and
Hewitt became one of the most popular young stars in the USA (together with her
co-stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe, and Sarah Michelle Gellar). She
also appeared in the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), which
was not as successful as the first film but brought in more money than the first
on its opening weekend. Other notable film roles included the high-school comedy
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and a starring role with Sigourney Weaver in the
romantic comedy Heartbreakers (2001).
In 2000, Hewitt appeared in The Audrey Hepburn Story. That same year, she was
the "most popular actress on television" due to her Q-rating (a measurement of a
celebrity's popularity) of thirty-seven. For that reason, Nokia chose her to
become its spokesperson, because of her "fresh image", and her being "a symbol
of youthfulness and wholesomeness".
In 2001, she appeared in the music video for the Enrique Iglesias song, "Hero",
as the singer's love interest.
Hewitt wrote I'm Gonna Love You for the movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
because, although she was a well-known singer at the time, her character
Madellaine was the only character who didn't sing in the movie. The song won an
award for Best Song on DVD Awards.
Since September 2005, Hewitt has starred in the television series Ghost
Whisperer. In Australia, Ghost Whisperer has been popular since its introduction;
in the United States, the show averages 9-11 million viewers for each new
episode. Hewitt has also auditioned for many roles. She lost the role of "Juliet"
in Romeo + Juliet to Claire Danes at the last moment. She also had to give up
the role of "Darlene" in Brokedown Palace because of scheduling conflicts.
Hewitt also auditioned for the role of "Elektra" in Daredevil.
Hewitt confirmed that she would not pose nude or do nude scenes in movies.
In 1991, Meldac funded the recording of Hewitt's first album, when she was just
12. The album was only released in Japan in 1992 where Hewitt became a pop star.
Her explanation for her success in Japan is that the Japanese "love perky music.
The poppier the music, the better."
After she joined the cast of Party of Five in 1995, she signed to Atlantic
Records, who rushed her first single and second album Let's Go Bang out in
October. Neither the single nor the album generated much public interest.
Juggling her music career with her acting career, she recorded her follow-up in
1996. The first single, "No Ordinary Love" failed to chart and led to the album
doing the same. Atlantic dropped Hewitt, who didn't return to the music scene
for 3 years.
In 1999, she recorded the single "How Do I Deal" for the I Still Know What You
Did Last Summer Soundtrack. The song became Hewitt's first charting single by
climbing to #59 on the Hot 100 and #36 on the Top 40 Mainstream. It also reached
#8 in Australia.
In 2002, Hewitt signed to Jive Records and recorded her fourth album with singer/songwriter/producer
Meredith Brooks. The first single, "BareNaked", became her biggest radio hit to
date when it peaked at #24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, #31 on the Adult
Top 40 and #25 on the Top 40 Mainstream. It also climbed to #6 in Australia. The
success of the single propelled her album of the same name to peak at #37 on the
Billboard 200 and #31 in Australia. However, it only remained on the chart for 3
weeks. The second single, "Can I Go Now", failed to chart in the US, while only
managing to peak at #12 in Australia.
Since 2003, Hewitt hasn't actively done anything in the music industry, but a
compilation called Cool with You: The Platinum Collection was released in Asia.
Name: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Born: 21 February 1979 Waco, Texas, U.S.A.
Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer-songwriter.
She is well-known for her television and film roles in the Fox television series
Party of Five, as Sarah Reeves, and also starred in I Know What You Did Last
Summer and its sequel, as Julie James. Hewitt can currently be seen on the CBS
television series Ghost Whisperer, as Melinda Gordon, a young newlywed who
communicates with the dead.
Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, 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 only sibling, Todd Hewitt, were brought up by her mother. Her first name
was given to her by her brother, after a girl he was fond of as a youngster,
while her middle name, "Love", was given to her by her mother after her best
friend in college.
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, she moved to Los Angeles, California, with her mother to pursue a career
in both acting and singing.
Jennifer Love Hewitt as one of the main dancers in the Dance! Workout With
Barbie video, released in 1992.
After moving to Los Angeles, Hewitt appeared in more than twenty television
commercials. Her first break came as a child actor on the Disney Channel variety
show Kids Incorporated (1989 – 1991), where she was credited as just Love Hewitt.
During this time she danced in and sang all the songs for a live action video
called "Dance! Workout With Barbie" released by Buena Vista.
In 1993, she played Pierce Brosnan's daughter in a pilot for NBC called Running
Wilde, which featured Brosnan as a reporter for Auto World magazine whose
stories cover his own wild auto adventures, but the series wasn't picked up and
the pilot never aired. She later played on television in several short-lived
series, such as Fox's Shaky Ground (1992 – 1993), ABC's Byrds of Paradise (1994),
and McKenna (1994 – 1995). Finally, Hewitt became a young star after landing the
role of Sarah Reeves on the popular Fox Television show Party of Five (1995 –
1999), joining the cast during its second season. She continued the same role in
the short-lived Party of Five spin-off, Time of Your Life (1999). Hewitt was
also one of the producers, but the show was cancelled after only half a season.
She made her film debut in the independent film Munchie (1992). Hewitt became a
film star after a lead role in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).
The film had great box-office success (125,000,000 U.S. dollars worldwide), and
Hewitt became one of the most popular young stars in the USA (together with her
co-stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe, and Sarah Michelle Gellar). She
also appeared in the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), which
was not as successful as the first film but brought in more money than the first
on its opening weekend. Other notable film roles included the high-school comedy
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and a starring role with Sigourney Weaver in the
romantic comedy Heartbreakers (2001).
In 2000, Hewitt appeared in The Audrey Hepburn Story. That same year, she was
the "most popular actress on television" due to her Q-rating (a measurement of a
celebrity's popularity) of thirty-seven. For that reason, Nokia chose her to
become its spokesperson, because of her "fresh image", and her being "a symbol
of youthfulness and wholesomeness".
In 2001, she appeared in the music video for the Enrique Iglesias song, "Hero",
as the singer's love interest.
Hewitt wrote I'm Gonna Love You for the movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
because, although she was a well-known singer at the time, her character
Madellaine was the only character who didn't sing in the movie. The song won an
award for Best Song on DVD Awards.
Since September 2005, Hewitt has starred in the television series Ghost
Whisperer. In Australia, Ghost Whisperer has been popular since its introduction;
in the United States, the show averages 9-11 million viewers for each new
episode. Hewitt has also auditioned for many roles. She lost the role of "Juliet"
in Romeo + Juliet to Claire Danes at the last moment. She also had to give up
the role of "Darlene" in Brokedown Palace because of scheduling conflicts.
Hewitt also auditioned for the role of "Elektra" in Daredevil.
Hewitt confirmed that she would not pose nude or do nude scenes in movies.
In 1991, Meldac funded the recording of Hewitt's first album, when she was just
12. The album was only released in Japan in 1992 where Hewitt became a pop star.
Her explanation for her success in Japan is that the Japanese "love perky music.
The poppier the music, the better."
After she joined the cast of Party of Five in 1995, she signed to Atlantic
Records, who rushed her first single and second album Let's Go Bang out in
October. Neither the single nor the album generated much public interest.
Juggling her music career with her acting career, she recorded her follow-up in
1996. The first single, "No Ordinary Love" failed to chart and led to the album
doing the same. Atlantic dropped Hewitt, who didn't return to the music scene
for 3 years.
In 1999, she recorded the single "How Do I Deal" for the I Still Know What You
Did Last Summer Soundtrack. The song became Hewitt's first charting single by
climbing to #59 on the Hot 100 and #36 on the Top 40 Mainstream. It also reached
#8 in Australia.
In 2002, Hewitt signed to Jive Records and recorded her fourth album with singer/songwriter/producer
Meredith Brooks. The first single, "BareNaked", became her biggest radio hit to
date when it peaked at #24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, #31 on the Adult
Top 40 and #25 on the Top 40 Mainstream. It also climbed to #6 in Australia. The
success of the single propelled her album of the same name to peak at #37 on the
Billboard 200 and #31 in Australia. However, it only remained on the chart for 3
weeks. The second single, "Can I Go Now", failed to chart in the US, while only
managing to peak at #12 in Australia.
Since 2003, Hewitt hasn't actively done anything in the music industry, but a
compilation called Cool with You: The Platinum Collection was released in Asia.