Jennifer Love Hewitt
The Teen Choice Award-winning actress and singer Jennifer Love Hewitt is one of the most celebrated names in Hollywood. She began her career as a child actress/ singer, featuring in national TV commercials. From 1989-1991, she appeared in a Disney series Kids Incorporated. She later in numerous television and films including Telling You, If Only, Tropic Thunder and Family Guy. She appeared in the TV series Criminal Minds from 2014-15. She has also released four studio albums. Her first album Love Songs released in 1992.
The actress has been married actor Brian Hallisay since 2013. And the two are blessed with two children.
Raised By Single Mother With Brother
Jennifer Love Hewitt was born on February 21, 1979, in Waco, Texas. She was born to medical professionals’ parents who divorced when she was 6 months old, her parents divorced. After the separation of her parents, she spent her childhood days in Nolanville, Central Texas with her mother and brother.
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After that, Hewitt was raised by her mother with her older brother Tod in Nolanville, in Central Texas. She began performing at the age of three, she sang The Greatest Love of All at a livestock show.
At the age of ten, she won the title of Texas Our Little Miss Talent. She later moved to Los Angeles and attended Lincoln High School. Eventually, she started appearing in the commercial for companies like Mattel Toys and LA Gear.
Career From Disney's Kids Star to Hollywood Star
After moving LA, Jennifer Love Hewitt featured in few commercials. In 1989, she made her big break in Disney’s series Kids Incorporated- a musical drama show that catered perfectly to Hewitt’s talents.
Her skills were also on full display for the 1991 release of the Dance! Workout With Barbie video which featured the young actress.
In 1992, she stepped up her profile as a singer when she released her first album, Love Songs, a saccharine-sweet collection of romantic teen ballads.
In 1993, she enacted in the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Lauryn Hill. In 1995, she appeared in the Fox drama, Party of Five. She then continued appearing in the film in Hollywood. In 1996, she was a part of the film House Arrest and Trojan War next year. She also became one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.
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In 2000, she got a mainstream role in the TV movie, The Audrey Hepburn Story. A year later, she featured alongside Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman in Heartbreakers. Following year, she enacted as Jackie Chan’s love interest in the action-comedy film The Tuxedo.
In 2004, she was a part of the family comedy film Garfield: The Movie and she reprised in the sequel to the film, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kittles.
In 2012, she appeared in the film Jewtopia. Since then, she has not seen in any feature film. She even played a guest role in a few TV series. Her last television performance in a mainstream role in the series Criminal Minds in 2014-15. She has been the star in the TV series 9-1-1 along with Angela Ba s sett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, and Aisha Hinds.
Music Career
Love Hewitt is also a music enthusiast. She was one of the backup singers in Matrika’s single, Toy Soldiers in 1989. At the age of 12, Melden invested the recording of Hewitt’s debut studio album, Love Songs (1992). It was released exclusively in Japan, where she became a pop star.
In 1995, she released her second studio album Let’s Go Bang. It was not succeeded as her first album. She juggled her music career with an acting career. Despite that, she released her third album, Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1996.
After three years, she released the single How Do I Dear for the film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. It was her first charting single, reached to the no. 59 on the Hot 100 and no. 36 on the Top 40 Mainstream.
In 2001, Hewitt featured in Enrique Iglesias’ music video of his single Hero. Following year, she released her fourth studio album BareNaked. The album went at no. 37 on the Billboard 200 and no. 31 in Australia.
Since then, Hewitt has remained inactive in the music industry, but she released the compilation albums Cool with You: The Platinum Collection (2006) in Asia. In 2013, she recorded a cover of I am a Woman to promote the second season of The Client List.
Hewitt won a Saturn Award (2007) in the CBS TV program Ghost Whisperer as Melinda Gordon. She has served as a producer, in addition to acting on some of her television projects and films. "How Do I Deal" is her most successful single on Billboard Hot 100 (1999 release) which was picked at No. 59. She was named as the sexiest woman on television in 2008 by TV Guide. She was nominated for many awards and has won many of them too.
Earn $7 Million Annually and Has Collected $18 Million Net Worth
Jennifer Love Hewitt’s net worth is $18 million, according to The Richest. She has earned the hefty amount from her acting/singing and producing career plus endorsing several brands including Nokia and Proactive.
It is little unclear how much Hewitt is paid for her work in many hit movies and TV series, but we can say with no doubt that she makes a considerable sum from her work.
Her annual income is $7 million which comes from her roles in both movies and TV series. She resides in a lavish house of $3.25 million in Pacific Palisades, CA with her husband and two sons. The house features 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.
Hewit sold her La's Toluca Lake mansion to Jessica Simpson's mom at a ma s sive loss as Hewitt bought for $5.5 million in January 2006 with a selling price of $4.1 million.
Car Collection
The actress also has four lavishes cars of different brands.
- Bentley Continental GTC ($218,395)
- Smart Fortwo ($14,020)
- CLK63 AMG- Mercedes-Benz ($66,175)
- CLS-Mercedes-Benz- ($70K)
| Year | Annual Income |
| 2001 | $4 million |
| 2005 | $225K from each episode salary from Ghost Whisper |
| 2008 | $6.5 million |
| 2009 | $7 million |
| 2010 | $7 million |
Other Income Sources
Jennifer also has released a number of charter buster albums. It is another major source of income. On the other hand, the photo-sharing app Instagram has also been becoming an essential medium of income for the last few years. As of 2019, the actress has over 741k Instagram followers. She can command over $500 a sponsored post.
Jennifer Love Hewitt's Husband, Kids, And Relationship
Jennifer Love Hewitt is a married woman. She is married to actor Brian Hallisay since 2013. They began dating in March 2012 and engaged in June 2013. After a few months of being engaged to each other, they got married before the birth of their daughter Autumn James Hallisay in November.
In January 2015, they announced that they were expecting their second child. Their son, Atticus James Hallisay was born in June 2016.
Hallisay and Hewitt met each other on the sets of the TV movie The Client List in 2010. Later, they announced their dating in 2012. Hallisay has also appeared in numerous films and TV programs.
Jenniffer's Dating History
In late 2005, Hewitt started dating Scottish actor Ross McCall after he made a guest appearance on her show Ghost Whisper. The pair became engaged in November 2007, while vacationing in Hawaii. But, in 2008, People Magazine announced that they called off their engagement.
In 2002, a conspiracy theorist and former social worker, Diana Napolis, was arrested for uttering death threats against Hewitt and Steven Spielberg. Then, Napolis pleaded guilty and released on bail after a year with a condition that she was barred from any contact with both Speilberg and Hewitt.
In 2016, Hewitt was named the worst-reviewed actress in Hollywood. Her record highlights at Rotten Tomatoes showed the lack of love she has received from the industry. Sixteen of her feature films have Tomatometer scores and every single one has been deemed Rotten.
This is one reason that she has not appeared in the big-budget movies these days. According to Nicki Swift, she looks like a 90-year-old woman. She is also a huge fan of the Scottish football team Glasgow Celtic.
Hewitt has 741k followers on her Instagram account, in 2019.
Jennifer Love Hewitt's Height, Age, And Other Facts
- Jennifer Love Hewitt's Height: she stands at the height of 5′ 2'' (1.57 m)
- Weight: Her body weight is around 53 kg (117 pounds).
- Body Measurement: She has a perfectly curved shaped body with the perfect measurements of 38-25-38 inches.
- Hip Size: 38 inches
- Bra Cup Size: 34 D
- Hair Color: Her eyes are dark brown in color.
- Eye Color: She has beautiful brown color eyes.
- Waist Size: 25 inches
- Age: February 21, 1979 (age 40).
- She has an effervescent smile.
- She has a Jennifer Love Hewitt.
- She has a Lisp, breathless voice.
Ten interesting facts about Jennifer Love Hewitt