Jennifer Love Hewitt

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 notes1992MunchieAndrea Kurtz1993Little Miss MillionsHeather LoftonAlso known as Home for ChristmasSister Act 2: Back in the HabitMargaret1996House ArrestBrooke Figler1997Trojan WarLeah JonesI Know What You Did Last SummerJulie James1998Can't Hardly WaitAmanda BeckettTelling YouDeb FreidmanI Still Know What You Did Last SummerJulie James1999The SuburbansCate2001HeartbreakersPage Conners2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame IIMadellaine(direct-to-video) (voice)The Adventures of Tom Thumb and ThumbelinaThumbelina(direct-to-video) (voice)The TuxedoDel Blaine2004The Truth About LoveAlice HolbrookIf OnlySamantha AndrewsGarfieldLiz2006Garfield: A Tail of Two KittiesLiz2007Shortcut to HappinessThe Devil2008Tropic ThunderHerselfcameoDelgoPrincess Kylavoice2011	CaféClaire2012JewtopiaAlison Marks2021Pups Alone	GidgetVoice2022	Betty White: A CelebrationHerself	Documentary	2025I Know What You Did Last SummerJulie James

References

 Other websites 
 Jennifer Love Hewitt Bio at CBS - Ghost Whisperer

Category:Actors from Texas
Category:American child actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:American movie producers
Category:American pop musicians
Category:American television actors
Category:American television producers
Category:American voice actors
Category:People from Waco, Texas
Category:Singers from Texas
Category:1979 births
Category:Living people