Jennifer Love Hewitt is an American actress, director, producer, author, singer and songwriter who has won the Saturn Award for ‘Best Actress’ for playing Ghost Whisperer. One of her notable film is ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’.
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Personal life
Jennifer Love Hewitt was born on 21st February, 1979 in Texas to parents Herbert Daniel Hewitt and Patricia Mae. Her mother was a speech-language pathologist while her father was a medical technician. Jennifer was raised in Nolanville in Central Texas. She has an elder brother named Todd who, along with Jennifer, was raised by their mother after their parents divorced. Sadly, Jennifer’s mother Patricia passed away at the age of 67 due to cancer.
Jennifer Hewitt took keen interest in music from a very young age which paved the way for her career in entertainment industry. She sang at a livestock show at a small age of three. When she was four, she sang at a restaurant and left the audience enthralled. By the age of five, she began ballet and tap dancing as well. Then at nine, Jennifer became a part of the Texas Show Team. At the age of ten, after being suggested by several talent scouts, Jennifer moved to Los Angeles to pursue singing and acting.
Jennifer Hewitt got engaged to Scottish actor Ross McCall in November 2007 whom she met on the show ‘Ghost Whisperer’. Sadly, the engagement was called off in 2008. Jennifer began dating actor Brian Hallisay in March 2012 and got married him the following year in November. The couple has two children named Autumn and Atticus. Jennifer is very active on instagram and can be searched by the username @jenniferlovehewitt.
Career
Jennifer Love Hewitt’s career in acting started when she decided to move to Los Angeles at the age of ten. Subsequently, she began appearing in many television commercials and movies. She got her big break while working as a child actor on ‘Kids Incorporated’ during the years 1989-1991. Jennifer enacted as the daughter of Pierce Brosnan in ‘Running Wilde’. This series, however, was not aired on the television. Later, Jennifer got to play small roles in various TV series including ‘Shaky Ground’, ‘McKenna’, ‘Party of Five’ and ‘The Byrds of Paradise’.
Jennifer has had a flourishing career of twenty-eight years in the Hollywood industry. She has done countless number of films and television shows. Apart from that, she is also a renowned producer and director. She has succeeded in establishing herself as a skilled musician as well. She also writes her own songs and novels.
She wrote a book called ‘The Day I Shot Cupid’ in the year 2010 which chronicles her experiences with love and romance. The book was so good that it became a New York Times Bestseller within the first week of it’s release. Being a multi-talented woman, it is of no surprise that Jennifer Hewitt earns a hefty amount of money. Her net worth as of now is $18 million.
Last Modified: Mar 7, 2020
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