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Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt, January 2008

Born February 21, 1979 (1979-02-21) (age 29)

Waco, Texas, U.S.A.[1]

Occupation actress, singer-songwriter

Years active 1989 — present

Official website

[show]Awards won

Other awards

Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television

2006 Ghost Whisperer

2007 Ghost Whisperer

Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Hewitt began her acting career as a child by appearing in television commercials, as well as Robin on the Disney Channel television series Kids Incorporated. She rose to fame in teenage popular culture via her roles in the Fox series Party of Five, as Sarah Reeves, and the 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.[2] She is primarily known for her recordings in the pop genre. To date, her most successful single is the 2002 release "BareNaked". In addition, she has contributed music to the promotion or soundtracks of acting projects.[3]

Hewitt's physical appearance has been the subject of much media attention throughout her career. Named the sexiest woman in the world in 1999[4] and the sexiest woman on television in 2008,[5] she has been repeatedly honored by publications such as Maxim, TV Guide, FHM, and numerous readers of these periodicals. 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.[6]

In addition to acting, Hewitt has also served as a producer on certain film or television projects.[7] Currently, she can be seen on the CBS television program Ghost Whisperer as Melinda Gordon, a young woman who can communicate with the ghosts of the dead.

Contents [hide]

1 Biography

1.1 Early life and career

1.2 Film career

1.3 Music career

1.4 Personal life

2 Magazine listings

2.1 FHM

2.2 Maxim

2.3 TV Guide

3 Filmography

4 Television work

4.1 Commercials

5 Production credits

6 Discography

6.1 Albums

6.2 Singles

6.3 Soundtracks

7 Awards

8 References

9 External links

Biography

Early life and career

Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, the daughter of Patricia Mae (née Shipp), a speech-language pathologist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a medical technician.[8] 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. 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 and winning the title of Texas Our Little Miss Talent Winner, she moved to Los Angeles, California, with her mother to pursue a career in both acting and singing.

Film career

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. However, the series wasn't picked up and the pilot never aired. Hewitt later had roles in several short-lived television series, such as Fox's Shaky Ground (1992–1993), ABC's The Byrds of Paradise (1994), and McKenna (1994–1995), and finally became a young star after landing the role of Sarah Reeves on the popular Fox Television show Party of Five (1995–1999). She assumed the role of Sarah after joining that show during its second season and continued it on the short-lived Party of Five spin-off, Time of Your Life (1999), which she also co-produced. The show was cancelled after only half a season.

Hewitt made her film debut in the independent film Munchie (1992). She became a film star after a lead role in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), which enjoyed great box-office success (125,000,000 U.S. dollars worldwide). The film made Hewitt and her co-stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe, and Sarah Michelle Gellar some of the most popular young stars in the USA. She also appeared in the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), which, though ultimately not as successful as the first film, took in more money on its opening weekend. Other notable film roles have 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 was asked to play Juliet in Romeo + Juliet, but the director felt she wasn't modern looking. The role went to Claire Danes. 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.

Music career

Hewitt in 2002In 1991, Meldac funded the recording of Hewitt's first album 'Love Songs', 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."[9]

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.

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 and #33 in the Netherlands. The moderate 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 managing to peak at #8 in the Netherlands and #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.

In addition to starring in the 2004 film If Only, Hewitt also co-wrote and performed two songs for its soundtrack: "Love Will Show You Everything" and "Take My Heart Back".

She also appeared in the 2004 made-for-television musical A Christmas Carol, performing the singing role of Ebenezer Scrooge's fiance Emily.

Personal life

Hewitt is an honorary godparent of the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.[10]

Hewitt began dating Scottish actor Ross McCall in January 2006 after he made an appearance on Ghost Whisperer. In November 2007, while vacationing in Hawaii, the couple became engaged.[11] Some paparazzi photographs secretly taken during this vacation show Hewitt with a slightly higher weight than previously and were subsequently criticized by bloggers. Hewitt responded: "I've sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women's bodies are constantly scrutinized.... What I should be doing is celebrating some of the best days of my life and my engagement to the man of my dreams, instead of having to deal with photographers taking invasive pictures from bad angles."[12]

She has also dated singer-guitarist John Mayer,[13] talk show host Carson Daly, actor/model Kip Pardue, writer Chris Benson, singer-songwriter Rich Cronin, actor and singer Joey Lawrence, professional kayaker Brad Ludden, and actor Will Friedle.

Magazine listings

Between the years of 1997 and 2008, Hewitt was rated one of the sexiest women in the world by the magazine FHM, and in 1999 and 2006 by Maxim magazine.

FHM

91 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (1997)

91 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (1998)

31 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (1999)

13 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2000)

50 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2001)

13 in FHM-USA's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2001)

15 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2002)

7 in FHM-USA's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2002)

7 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2003)

12 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2004)

19 in FHM's 50 Sexiest Women from 1995-2004

12 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2005)

16 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2006)

14 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2007)

Maxim

1 in Maxim's Sexiest Women In The World (Reader Voted) (1999)[4]

29 in Maxim's Hot 100 List (2006)

20 in Maxim's Hot 100 list (2008)

TV Guide

1 (female) in TV Guide's "Sexiest on TV" (May 5-11, 2008 issue)[5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Other notes

1992 Munchie Andrea Kurtz

1993 Little Miss Millions Heather Lofton Also known as Home for Christmas

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Margaret

1996 House Arrest Brooke Figler

1997 Trojan War Leah Jones

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

Delgo Princess Kyla voice

2009 She Had Brains, a Body, and the Ability to Make Men Love Her

Television work

Dance! Workout with Barbie

Kids Incorporated (cast member from 1989–1991)

Running Wilde (1992) (unsold pilot)

Shaky Ground (1992–1993)

The Byrds of Paradise (1994) (canceled after 13 episodes)

McKenna (1994–1995)

Party of Five (cast member from 1995–1999)

Boy Meets World (Feb 27, 1998) episode "And Then There Was Shawn"

Time of Your Life (1999–2000)

Disney's Hercules (1999) Medusa

The Weekenders (2000)

The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)

Family Guy (Jan. 31, 2002) episode "Stuck Together, Torn Apart"

A Christmas Carol (2004)

American Dreams (2004)

In the Game (2004) (1st unsold pilot)

In the Game (2005) (2nd unsold pilot)

Ghost Whisperer (2005–present)

Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005)

Magic 7 (2008) Voice

Upcoming:

Angry Little Girls (set to air in 2008) (voice)

Commercials

In 2005, Hewitt appeared in a Hanes advertising campaign titled "Look who we've got our Hanes on now". The campaign also featured other celebrities such as Michael Jordan, Charlie Sheen, Cuba Gooding Jr., Marisa Tomei, Damon Wayans, Kevin Bacon, Hugh Hefner, Matthew Perry, and on Spanish-language advertising, Aracely Arambula, and Pablo Montero. In 2006, the campaign added Christina Applegate to their lineup.

Hewitt has appeared in a "Don't Mess With Texas" commercial. This commercial also features fellow Texans: Matthew McConaughey, Los Lonely Boys, LeeAnn Womack, Lance Armstrong, Owen Wilson, and Erykah Badu. Seattle Seahawks running back Julius Jones, Chuck Norris (star of Walker Texas Ranger), and Janine Turner are also seen in the DMWT commercial.

She also appears in a commercial for Rodan & Fields acne medication Proactiv.

Production credits

Time of Your Life (1999)

The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)

Bunny (2000)

Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Discography

Albums

Year Album Chart positions

U.S. AUS

1992 Love Songs NR NR

1995 Let's Go Bang - -

1996 Jennifer Love Hewitt - -

2002 BareNaked 37 31[14]

2006 Cool with You: The Platinum Collection NR NR

2007 Hey Everybody NR NR

NR indicates the album was not released in that country.

Singles

Year Single Chart peak positions[15][16][17][18] Album

U.S. U.S. Adult AUS NZ NL SWI

1995 "Couldn't Find Another Man" — — — — — — Let's Go Bang

1996 "No Ordinary Love" — — — — — — Jennifer Love Hewitt

1999 "How Do I Deal" 59 — 8 5 — — I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Soundtrack

2002 "BareNaked" 124 31 6 26 33 — BareNaked

2003 "Can I Go Now" — — 12 — 8 69

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtracks

From House Arrest:

1996: "It's Good To Know I'm Alive"

From I Still Know What You Did Last Summer:

1998: "How Do I Deal?"

From Disney's Superstars Hits:

2002: "I'm Gonna Love You"

From If Only:

2003: "Love Will Show You Everything", "Take My Heart Back"

Awards

Year Group Award Result Film/Show

1990 Young Artist Award Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast Nominated Kids Incorporated

1993 Young Artist Award Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Youth Series or Variety Show Nominated

1994 Young Artist Award Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Cable or Off Primetime Series Won

1996 Young Artist Award Best Professional Actress/Singer Nominated

1997 YoungStar Award Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series Nominated Party of Five

1998 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress Nominated I Know What You Did Last Summer

Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Female Newcomer Won

Favorite Actress - Horror Nominated

1999 MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance Nominated Can't Hardly Wait

Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actress - Horror Won I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Actress Won

Film - Most Disgusting Scene Nominated

TV - Choice Actress Nominated Party of Five

Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress Nominated Can't Hardly Wait

2000 Kid's Choice Award Favorite Television Actress Nominated Party of Five

People's Choice Award Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series Won Time of Your Life

2003 DVD Exclusive Award Best Original Song Won "I'm Gonna Love You (Madellaine's Love Song)" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame II