Jennifer Love Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas to Patricia Mae and Herbert Daniel Hewitt. After her parents divorce, Hewitt and her brother Todd were raised by her mother. Jennifer was attracted to music at a very young age. At the age of ten, she moved to Los Angeles, California with her mother to pursue in a career for both acting and singing.
After appearing in more than twenty commercials, her first break was her role on the Disney Channel variety show Kids Incorporated. She began a film star after her leading role in I Know What You Did Last Summer. In 2000 she was voted the most popular actress on television, and hence became Nokia’s spokesperson. After many tries in the music industry, her first single “BareNaked” off her fourth album became her biggest radio hit.
After meeting Scottish actor Ross McCall on Ghost Whisperer, the two began dating in January 2006. The two engaged in November 2007.
Did you know...
- Hewitt is an honorary godparent of the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.
- Jennifer appeared in Enrique Iglesias’s Music Video “Hero” as his love interest.
- Jennifer wrote a story for the book Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul.
- Jennifer did a Barbie commercial in 1992.
- Jennifer sent 3 dozen pink roses to Gwyneth Paltrow the night before Paltrow won the Oscar in 1999. Hewitt also wrote her a 2 page letter praising her as a role model and admiring her work. Paltrow sent a reply a week later, and Hewitt framed it - "it's my favorite thing". When the 2 actresses met for the first time at the 2000 Golden Globes, "she came up to me and gave me a hug for the flowers. I thought I was going to pass out. I was absolutely going to have a heart attack."
- Jennifer once dated singer John Mayer, who wrote "Your Body is a Wonderland" about Jennifer.
