Hewitt got her first name from her older brother Todd (b. 1971), who picked then name for a little blonde girl he had a crush on. Her mother selected her middle name, Love, which she goes by offstage from her best friend at college. Her mother, Pat, is a speech pathologist and her father, Danny, is a medical technician article continued below....

Her parents separated when she was six months old. Born in Waco, Texas, she was raised by her mother in Killeen. She made her official performing debut at age 3 where she sang at a livestock show. At age 5, she was taking tap, jazz, and ballet lessons which led her to joining the Texas Show Team, which toured the Soviet Union and Europe. At age 10, the family moved to L.A. with the encouragement of talent scouts, while Todd stayed behind to finish high school in Texas. Love quickly found commercial work and a role on Disney's "Kids Incorporated". She went through a series of television flops before finally hitting it big on "Party Of Five" in 1995.

• 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."
• Went to Luarel Springs high school via correspondance while doing Party of Five. Graduaated in 1998. Graduated from Luarel Springs high school for young actors.
• (1997-1999) Dated MTV VJ Carson Daly.
• Lost the role of Juliet in Romeo + Juliet (1996) to Claire Danes because the director felt she wasn't "modern" enough.
• Lost the role of Darlene in Brokedown Palace (1999) to Kate Beckinsale because of scheduling conflicts.
• Auditioned for the role of Tricia Jones in Mallrats (1995), and almost got it, but lost out at the last second to actress Renee Humphrey.
• Dated Victor Tate (1997)
• Dated Will Friedle from TGIF's Boy Meet World
• Was considered for the role of Helen in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) before being cast as Julie.
• At the age of 4 while at a restaurant-dance hall she disappeared. She was found on the stage singing "Help Me make It Through The Night"
• Cat named Don Juan; got the name "Love" from mothers college roommate; mothers name is Pat, older brother is Todd
• (August 1996) Dated Joey Lawrence.
• Love Hewitt's first job was on kids inc. little did she know that one of the guest stars would turn out to be her future co-worker on party of five, Scott Wolf. Has a television show in the works that follows the life of her Party of Five character Sarah Reeves.
• (1995) Dated Jason Geddert
• Did commercials for Victoria Golf with Japanese Baseball Great, Sadaharu Oh (1991)
• (1999) Dating LFO band member Rich Cronin Went on one date with Jonathan Brandis and decided to never speak to him again after he "didn't walk her to the door"
• Was considered for the title role in Lolita (1997).
• Attended school with actress Christine Lakin. Both graduated from Laurel Springs High School, class of 1997.