Cast & creator
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Daily Show
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 (1989–1991). She had her breakthrough as Sarah Reeves Merrin on the Fox teen drama Party of Five (1995–1999) and rose to fame as a teen star for her role as Julie James in the horror films I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its 1998 sequel, as well as her role 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 (2004–2006). She has starred as Melinda Gordon on the CBS supernatural drama Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010), Riley Parks on the Lifetime drama series The Client List (2012–2013), Special Agent Kate Callahan on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds (2014–2015), and since 2018, Maddie Buckley on the Fox first-responder procedural 9-1-1. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Love Hewitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Love, JLove, Jennifer Hallisay
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film credits
59
television credits
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1944–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (114)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Vicki Sayers
1999
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
Family Guy
Jennifer Love Hewitt (voice)
1999
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Criminal Minds
Kate Callahan
2005
Conan
Self - Guest
2010Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
9-1-1
Maddie Buckley
2018
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Project Runway
Self
2004
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Ghost Whisperer
Melinda Gordon
2005Ghost Whisperer
Director
2005Ghost Whisperer
Producer
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
The Talk
Self
2010
Tony Awards
Self - Audience Member
1956
Party of Five
Sarah Reeves
1994
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
2020
Hot in Cleveland
Emmy Chase
2010The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Boy Meets World
Jennifer Love Fefferman
1993
Punk'd
Self
2003The Reichen Show
Self
2005
American Dreams
Nancy Sinatra
2002
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
2004
Live from E!
Self
2002
The Client List
Riley Parks
2012The Client List
Director
2012The Client List
Executive Producer
2012The Client List
Story
2012
Tropic Thunder
Jennifer Love Hewitt
2008
The Tuxedo
Del Blaine
2002
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Julie James
2025
The Weekenders
2000
Love Bites
Jennifer Love Hewitt
2011
Kids Incorporated
Robin
1983
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Liz
2006
The Early Show
Self
1999
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Margaret
1993
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Madellaine (voice)
2002
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Julie James
1997
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Julie James
1998
Time of Your Life
Sarah Reeves
1999Time of Your Life
Producer
1999
Garfield
Liz
2004
Heartbreakers
Page Conners
2001
Making the Cut
Production Executive
2020
This Morning
Self
1988
Can't Hardly Wait
Amanda Beckett
1998
Shaky Ground
Bernadette Moody
1992
Vietnam in HD
Anne Purcell
2011
The Client List
Samantha Horton
2010The Client List
Executive Producer
2010
The Byrds of Paradise
Franny Byrd
1994
If Only
Samantha Andrews
2004If Only
Producer
2004If Only
Lyricist
2004If Only
Theme Song Performance
2004If Only
Songs
2004
A Killer Among Friends
Narrator (voice)
2025A Killer Among Friends
Executive Producer
2025
Trojan War
Leah Jones
1997
Pups Alone
Gidget (voice)
2021
The Lost Valentine
Susan Allison
2011The Lost Valentine
Executive Producer
2011
The Truth About Love
Alice Holbrook
2005
Shortcut to Happiness
The Devil
2007
McKenna
Cassidy
1994
House Arrest
Brooke Figler
1996
Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber
Katya Livingston
2005Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber
Executive Consultant
2005
The Suburbans
Cate
1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
The Audrey Hepburn Story
Audrey Hepburn
2000The Audrey Hepburn Story
Co-Executive Producer
2000
Delgo
Princess Kyla (voice)
2008
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
2020
A Christmas Carol
Emily
2004
Café
Claire
2011
Yes, Virginia
Mrs. Laura O'Hanlon (voice)
2009
Betty White: A Celebration
Self
2022
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Thumbelina (voice)
2003
Jewtopia
Alison Marks
2012
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self
2018
Groove Squad
Chrissy (voice)
2002Fast Incorporated
2006
Telling You
Deb Freidman
1998Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
2012
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
Self
2004
Zoomates
Helen (voice)
1998
The Grammys
Self
1959
Jamie Kennedy: Uncomfortable
Herself
2010
The Holiday Junkie
Andie
2024The Holiday Junkie
Director
2024The Holiday Junkie
Story
2024The Holiday Junkie
Executive Producer
2024
Little Miss Millions
Heather Lofton
1993
Dance! Workout with Barbie
Herself
1992
Munchie
Andrea Kurtz (as Love Hewitt)
1992
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
In the Game
Riley Reed
2004In the Game
Writer
2004