
Jennifer Love Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, to Patricia Mae (Shipp), a speech-language pathologist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a medical technician. She has English, Scottish, and German ancestry. She got her first name from her older brother Todd Daniel Hewitt (b. November 8, 1970), who picked the name after a little blonde girl he then had a crush on. Her mother selected her middle name, Love, which she goes by offstage from her best friend at college. Her parents separated when she was six months old. She was raised by her mother in Harker Heights, Texas. She made her official performing debut at age 3 where she sang at a livestock show. At age 5, she was taking tap, jazz, and ballet lessons which led her to joining the Texas Show Team, which toured the Soviet Union and Europe. At age 10, the family moved to L.A. with the encouragement of talent scouts, while Todd stayed behind to finish high school in Texas. Jennifer quickly found commercial work and a role on Disney's Kids Incorporated (1984) in 1984. She went through a series of television flops before finally hitting it big on Party of Five (1994) in 1995.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 23 nominations.
The Client List | Riley Parks 25 episodes, 2011-2013 | 2012 |
Love Bites | Self 2 episodes, 2011 | 2011-06-02 |
Vietnam in HD | Anne Purcell 6 episodes, 2011 | 2011-11-06 |
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! | Unknown | 2010-02-01 |
Conan | Unknown | 2010-11-08 |
Hot in Cleveland | Unknown | 2010-06-16 |
RuPaul's Drag Race | Unknown | 2009-02-02 |
Watch What Happens: Live | Unknown | 2009-06-16 |
The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-05-14 |
Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
Dancing with the Stars | Unknown | 2005-06-01 |
Ghost Whisperer | Melinda Gordon 107 episodes, 2005-2010 | 2005-09-23 |
Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
The Soup | Unknown | 2004-07-30 |
Project Runway | Unknown | 2004-12-01 |
Punk'd | Unknown | 2003-03-17 |
American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
American Dreams | Unknown | 2002-09-29 |
Dr. Phil | Unknown | 2002-08-08 |
The Weekenders | Unknown | 2000-02-26 |
Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Hercules | Unknown | 1998-08-31 |
The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Party of Five | Sarah Reeves / ... 100 episodes, 1995-1999 | 1994-09-12 |
Boy Meets World | Unknown | 1993-09-24 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |