Jennifer Love Hewitt
Biography
Jennifer Love Hewitt is an American actress and singer who also works as a producer and director, starting out as a child in national television commercials and later joining the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated, which brought her a Young Artist Award. After Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), her breakthrough came on the Fox teen drama Party of Five, and she played Julie James in the horror hit I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and two of its sequels. Her films also include Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Heartbreakers (2001), The Tuxedo (2002) and Garfield (2004). On television she was Melinda Gordon in Ghost Whisperer, and she later led The Client List, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for its 2010 pilot film, appeared in Criminal Minds, and since 2018 has played Maddie Buckley on 9-1-1. She has released four studio albums and has produced some of her own projects.
47years old
Turns 48 on February 21in 102 days
- Born Waco
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 29
- Career span
- 33 years1992 to 2025
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A first
At age 12, Hewitt recorded her debut studio album, Love Songs, which Meldac funded. Released in 1992 exclusively in Japan, the album made her a pop star there.
Big break
Hewitt was originally cast for a nine-episode arc on Party of Five, but positive reception led to her becoming a series regular through the final season.
Big break
Hewitt was cast as Julie James in I Know What You Did Last Summer based on her ability to project vulnerability, a quality the producers, director, and writer all agreed on.
Behind the camera
Hewitt wrote the comic book anthology Jennifer Love Hewitt's Music Box, based on her ideas, which was published by IDW in five issues.
A first
Hewitt's 1999 single "How Do I Deal" was recorded for the I Still Know What You Did Last Summer soundtrack. It reached No. 59 on the Hot 100, her first song to chart.
Jennifer Love Hewitt movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer1998 Horror, Mystery, Thrilleras Julie James
IMDb rating 4.889K votes
Most often with
Jim Wynorski directed two of these films. Freddie Prinze Jr. appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Freddie Prinze Jr.'s page
Malcolm McDowell's page
Peter Stormare's page
Bill Murray's page
Anne Bancroft's page
Daniel Roebuck's page
All films by Jim Wynorski
Also two films together14 more actors
- Jason AlexanderA Christmas Carol (2004) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
- Wendie MalickJewtopia (2012) and Trojan War (1997)
- Breckin MeyerGarfield 2 (2006) and Garfield (2004)
- Jimmy KimmelBetty White: First Lady of Television (2018) and Garfield (2004)
- Muse WatsonI Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Betty WhiteBetty White: First Lady of Television (2018) and The Lost Valentine (2011)
- Sarah Michelle GellarI Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Bridgette Wilson-SamprasThe Suburbans (1999) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Sonja BennettThe Client List (2010) and Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005)
- Brandy NorwoodI Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
- Ace MaskLittle Miss Millions (1993) and Munchie (1992)
- Lenny JulianoLittle Miss Millions (1993) and Munchie (1992)
- Toni NaplesLittle Miss Millions (1993) and Munchie (1992)
- Paul HertzbergLittle Miss Millions (1993) and Munchie (1992)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jennifer Love Hewitt's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$867 million
14 of the 29 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 29 films: 14 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$201M23.2% of the total
- 2$142M16.4% of the total
- 3$126M14.5% of the total
- 4$104M12.0% of the total
- 5$84M9.7% of the total
- 6$65M7.5% of the total
- 7$58M6.7% of the total
- 8$57M6.6% of the total
$30.1 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total