American actress and producer

Jennifer Love Hewitt

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. After appearing in the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), she had a career breakthrough with the Fox teen drama Party of Five (1995–1999) and became known as a 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.

Born

1979

February 21

Died

Living

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1970s

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Key dates

1979 Born

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1245 Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
1440 The Prussian Confederation is formed.
1613 Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
1797 A force of 1,400 French soldiers invade Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.

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The world in 1979

When Jennifer arrived

april 1 Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
april 10 Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people.
april 11 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
april 14 The Progressive Alliance of Liberia stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting in over 70 deaths and over 500 injuries.

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Bob Rafelson 1933– American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) Claudia Jones 1915–1964 Trinidad-British journalist and activist (born 1915) Douglas Bader 1910–1982 English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982) Goscombe John 1860– Welsh-English sculptor and academic (died 1952) Robert Mugabe 1924–2019 Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (died 2019) Thelma Estrin 1924–2014 American computer scientist and engineer (born 1924) Vitaly Churkin 1952–2017 Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (born 1952) W. H. Auden 1907–1973 English-American poet, playwright, and composer (died 1973)

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Aaliyah 1979–2001 American singer and actress (born 1979) Ahmed Tantawi 1979– Egyptian politician and journalist Alex Greenwald 1979– American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Aloe Blacc 1979– American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist Ben Gillies 1979– Australian drummer and songwriter Butterfly Boucher 1979– Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Caitríona Balfe 1979– Irish actress Chris Daughtry 1979– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris O'Dowd 1979– Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter

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