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Born Feb. 21st, 1979 in Waco, Texas Mother: Pat Hewitt Hair Color: Brown Jennifer Love Hewitt prefers to be called Love. Her mother named her after her college friend and roommate whom Love has never met. Her mom had told her friend (who was gorgeous and really sweet) that if she ever had a little girl, she would name her Love. Born in Waco, Texas, and raised in nearby Killeen, Hewitt has had show business in her blood since an early age. When she was only three years old, she got away from her mother at a dinner club, and was found on stage, singing "Help Me Make It Through The Night." Two years later, Love started taking dance lessons. At the age of nine, she became a member of the Texas Show Team, accompanying the troupe on a special goodwill performance tour of the U.S.S.R. and Denmark. At age ten, after moving to Los Angeles, Love began appearing in several commercials for the Mattel Toy company (Barbie dolls), Circuit City, Ross Department Stores, Chex Cereal, and Mrs. Smith's Pies. She landed her first television role as Robin on "Kids Incorporated" in 1989. She also became a series regular on "McKenna," "The Byrds of Paradise," and "Shaky Ground." On a 1991 episode of "Kids Incorporated," Love sang a song about saving the environment called "Please Save Us the World." This song became the theme song of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (where she performed it along with other child stars). Love then put out an album in Japan called "Love Songs" in 1992 which featured the hit song. From this album, she released a single called "Dancing Queen" with the song "I'll Find You" on the flipside. Love co-wrote one song called "90's Kids" and had Debbie Gibson singing backup vocals on a song Debbie wrote called "Bedtime Stories." Her career took off when she landed the role of Sarah Reeves on Fox TV's "Party of Five" beginning in the second season. She's been with the show for about 3 years now, and possibly will be starting her own spin-off series, sometime next fall. She has also appeared in numerous films, including "Sister Act 2," "House Arrest," "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Can't Hardly Wait," and "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer." In addition, she has released two more albums, "Let's Go Bang" in 1995 and "Jennifer Love Hewitt" in 1996, both on Atlantic Records. Love lives in Los Angeles with her mother and two cats Haylie and Don Juan DeMarco (named after her favorite movie). Filmography (from the IMDb) Actress filmography Cupid's Love (1999) Producer filmography Cupid's Love (1999) (executive) Writer filmography Cupid's Love (1999) (story) Notable TV guest appearances "Boy Meets World" (1993) playing "Jennifer Love Fefferman" in episode: "And Then There Was Shawn" 2/27/1998 |