Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress,
producer and singer. Hewitt began her career as a child actress and
singer, appearing in national television commercials before joining
the cast of the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated (1989â€"1991).
She had her breakthrough as Sarah Reeves Merrin on the FOX teen drama
Party of Five (1995â€"1999) and rose to fame as a teen star for her
role as Julie James in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer
(1997) and its 1998 sequel, as well as Amanda Beckett in the teen
comedy film Can't Hardly Wait (1998).Hewitt's other notable films
include Heartbreakers (2001), The Tuxedo (2002) and the two Garfield
live-action films (2004â€"2006). She has starred as Melinda Gordon on
the CBS supernatural drama Ghost Whisperer (2005â€"2010), Riley Parks
on the Lifetime drama series The Client List (2012â€"2013), Special
Agent Kate Callahan on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds
(2014â€"2015), and since 2018, Maddie Buckley on the FOX police
procedural 9-1-1. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for
Best Actress â€" Miniseries or Television Film for The Client List
pilot film (2010).In music, Hewitt has released four studio albums to
date. After her debut album, Love Songs (1992), was released at age 12
exclusively in Japan, she went on to record Let's Go Bang (1995),
Jennifer Love Hewitt (1996) and BareNaked (2002), the latter of which
became her first album to chart in the United States, peaking at
number 37 on the Billboard 200 chart. Her most successful single on
the Billboard Hot 100 chart was the 1999 release "How Do I Deal",
which peaked at number 59. In addition to music and acting, Hewitt has
served as a producer on some of her film and television projects. She
has appeared in several magazines' lists of the world's most beautiful
women.
producer and singer. Hewitt began her career as a child actress and
singer, appearing in national television commercials before joining
the cast of the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated (1989â€"1991).
She had her breakthrough as Sarah Reeves Merrin on the FOX teen drama
Party of Five (1995â€"1999) and rose to fame as a teen star for her
role as Julie James in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer
(1997) and its 1998 sequel, as well as Amanda Beckett in the teen
comedy film Can't Hardly Wait (1998).Hewitt's other notable films
include Heartbreakers (2001), The Tuxedo (2002) and the two Garfield
live-action films (2004â€"2006). She has starred as Melinda Gordon on
the CBS supernatural drama Ghost Whisperer (2005â€"2010), Riley Parks
on the Lifetime drama series The Client List (2012â€"2013), Special
Agent Kate Callahan on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds
(2014â€"2015), and since 2018, Maddie Buckley on the FOX police
procedural 9-1-1. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for
Best Actress â€" Miniseries or Television Film for The Client List
pilot film (2010).In music, Hewitt has released four studio albums to
date. After her debut album, Love Songs (1992), was released at age 12
exclusively in Japan, she went on to record Let's Go Bang (1995),
Jennifer Love Hewitt (1996) and BareNaked (2002), the latter of which
became her first album to chart in the United States, peaking at
number 37 on the Billboard 200 chart. Her most successful single on
the Billboard Hot 100 chart was the 1999 release "How Do I Deal",
which peaked at number 59. In addition to music and acting, Hewitt has
served as a producer on some of her film and television projects. She
has appeared in several magazines' lists of the world's most beautiful
women.
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