Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer Love Hewitt
	Hewitt at the premiere of 27 Dresses in 2008
Born	February 21, 1979 (age 44); Waco, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress • television producer • writer • television director • singer • songwriter
Years active	1989–present (actress); 1992–2002 (singer)
Known for	Party of Five • Ghost Whisperer
Spouse(s)	Brian Hallisay
Partner(s)	Jamie Kennedy (2009-2010)
Children	3
	Musical career
Genres	Pop; pop rock;
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Template:Meldac Template:Atlantic Records Template:Jive Records

Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She is most known for playing "Sarah Reeves" in the Fox television series Party of Five from (1995-1999), and as "Julie James" in the I Know What You Did Last Summer movies. She also played "Melinda Gordon" on the CBS television series Ghost Whisperer.

Biography

Early life and career

Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas. Her father is Herbert Daniel Hewitt. Her mother was Patricia Mae (née Shipp, died 2012). She moved to Garland, Texas in 1987. Hewitt grew up in Killeen, Texas. After the divorce of her parents, Hewitt and her only sibling, Todd Hewitt, grew up with her mother.

As a young girl, Hewitt liked music. At the age of three, she sang The Greatest Love of All at a livestock show. By the time she was five, Hewitt did tap dancing and ballet. At the age of ten she moved to Los Angeles, California, with her mother for a career in both acting and singing.

After moving to Los Angeles, Hewitt was in more than twenty television commercials. She was a child actor on the Disney Channel variety show Kids Incorporated (1989–1991). Hewitt became a young star after getting the role of 'Sarah Reeves' on the Fox Television show Party of Five (1995–1999). She joined the cast during its second season.

Movie and music career

Hewitt's first movie role was in the independent movie Munchie (1992). Hewitt became very well known after a lead role in the horror movie I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). She also played in the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). Other movie roles included the high school comedy Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and the romantic comedy Heartbreakers (2001). In 2002, she worked with Jackie Chan in the action comedy The Tuxedo.

She has released four albums with some success, mostly in Europe and Japan. Her first album was released in Japan, where she is widely known.

Personal life

Hewitt married actor Brian Hallisay in 2013. The couple's daughter named Autumn James Hallisay, born on November 26, 2013. Their son named Atticus James Hallisay, born on June 24, 2015, Their second son named Aidan James Hallisay, born on September 2021.

Hewitt's movies

Year	Title	Character	Other notes
1992	Munchie	Andrea Kurtz
1993	Little Miss Millions	Heather Lofton	Also known as Home for Christmas
1993	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Margaret
1996	House Arrest	Brooke Figler
1997	Trojan War	Leah Jones
1997	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Julie James
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Amanda Beckett
	Telling You	Deb Freidman
	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Julie James
1999	The Suburbans	Cate
2001	Heartbreakers	Page Conners
2002	The Hunchback of Notre Dame II	Madellaine	(direct-to-video) (voice)
	The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina	Thumbelina	(direct-to-video) (voice)
	The Tuxedo	Del Blaine
2004	The Truth About Love	Alice Holbrook
	If Only	Samantha Andrews
	Garfield	Liz
2006	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	Liz
2007	Shortcut to Happiness	The Devil
2008	Tropic Thunder	Herself	cameo
2008	Delgo	Princess Kyla	voice