Jennifer Love Hewitt

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Gender:: Female

Birthplace:: Waco, Texas, USA

Birth Name:: Jennifer Love Hewitt

AKA:: Love Hewitt, Jennifer "Love" Hewitt, Jennifer Hewitt, J. Love

Born in Waco, Texas in 1979, Jennifer was given her first name by her older brother Todd, who named his little sister after a girl he then had a crush on. After her parents got divorced she grew up with her mother in Harker Heights, also in Texas.

At an early age, Jennifer displayed a passion for singing and performing. At age five, she took jazz, tap, and ballet lessons which resulted in her joining the Texas Show Team, which toured through Europe and the (former) Soviet Union. Five years later, her family moved to Los Angeles, where Jennifer

… More quickly found commercial work and a role on Disney's Kids Incorporated in 1984. Following this memorable event, she attempted a series of TV roles without much success.

Jennifer then made a leap into acting in movies, making her film debut in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit co-starring Whoopi Goldberg. After appearing in two short-lived network shows and releasing two music albums, Jennifer finally got her break when she was cast in Party of Five in 1995.

While the FOX family drama launched her career on television, it was the horror flick I Know What You Did Last Summer which finally put her on the Hollywood map. Her popularity rose as she made several more movies, recorded more albums, was featured in men's and women's magazines, and appeared in music videos.

In 2005, she landed the role of Melinda Gordon in the CBS drama Ghost Whisperer. In 2007, Jennifer got engaged to her long-time boyfriend Ross McCall while vacationing in Hawaii.

In 2010, Jennifer starred in the Lifetime tv movie The Client List. The success of the film prompted the network to order a series to be made around the story. Jennifer will return to the role of Sam Horton.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt arrives at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton hotel on January 16, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sean Faris on The Lost Valentine .

Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt on The Lost Valentine .

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Jennifer Love Hewitt Projects

Lifetime is adapting its 2010 film The Client List into a TV series starring and produced by Jennifer Love Hewitt, Deadline reports. The network has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which will launch sometime next year. Lifetime has also signed a development deal for both potential series and… More movies with Hewitt's production company, Fedora Films, which also include Hewitt directing an upcoming Lifetime movie. "Beloved by viewers, Jennifer Love Hewitt is an amazing talent on and off the screen and we are very excited about continuing our relationship with her on The Client List," said Lifetime Networks' president and general manager, Nancy Dubuc, told the site. "This project falls in line with our strategy to article here . Jennifer Love Hewitt is returning to TV in a familiar -- and racy -- role. The 32-year-old Ghost Whisperer actress will reprise her role as Texas housewife-turned-stripper Samantha Horton in a TV version of Lifetime's popular 2010 movie The Client List. The 10-episode series will follow Hewitt's Horton as she resorts to prostitution to support her family through the recession. Hewitt -- who prepped for her TV movie role by taking pole dancing lessons -- said she found some unlikely support when taking on the project. article here .

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Jennifer Love Hewitt on Twitter

"Holy tweet you guys! This is my first day on twitter! So excited and scared! This really Jennifer love…. Let's be friends!" This is her Twitter account: http://twitter.com/TheReal_Jlh

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what was your favorite jennifer love hewitt movie?

i just list some i know and i saw. heartbreaker-love it i know what u did last summer-love it i still know what u did last summer-love it the truth about love-didn't like it can't hardly wait-like it and if u know anymore just named them please.

ashleym1

21 comments, last one Nov 22, 2010 + Add Comment
JLH favorite song

I like Love's song from If Only, Love will show you everything.

oth_fan_4_life

4 comments, last one Nov 22, 2010 + Add Comment
Fan since... ?

When did you become a Love fan? :) Me, since the first episode season 2 of Party of Five!

Dina-M

7 comments, last one Feb 28, 2009 + Add Comment