Jennifer Love Hewitt is an American actress, singer, producer and director. Hewitt began her career as a child, appearing in national television commercials before joining the cast of the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated (1989–1991), which won her a Young Artist Award. She had her breakthrough on the Fox teen drama Party of Five (1995–1999) and rose to fame as a teen star and scream queen for her role as Julie James in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and two of its three sequels.
Hewitt's other films include the comedies Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Heartbreakers (2001), The Tuxedo (2002), and the two Garfield live-action films (2004–2006). She portrayed Melinda Gordon on the CBS supernatural drama Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010), and starred on the Lifetime drama series The Client List (2012–2013), the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds (2014–2015), and the Fox/ABC first-responder procedural 9-1-1 (2018–present). She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for The Client List pilot film (2010).
In music, Hewitt has released four studio albums.