01of 06Jennifer Love Hewitt as Amanda BeckettColumbia Pictures / Everett; AFF-USA/ShutterstockJennifer Love Hewittlit up the screen inCan’t Hardly Wait(1998) as the cool cheerleader and crushable prom queen Amanda Beckett. Before scoring the role,Hewitt already had a great deal of teen-star cloutfrom her four-year stint on Fox’s coming-of-age dramaParty of Five.Since the ’90s, the actress has remained a multi-faceted industry mainstay.She followed the 1998 cult classic with other hits likeHeartbreakers(2001), costarringSigourney Weaver; Garfield: The Movie (2004) and a cameo inTropic Thunder(2008). Hewitt also landed the lead roles on CBS' The Ghost Whispererand Lifetime’sThe Client List,as well as appeared in a season-long arc onCriminal Minds.Since 2018, she has played Maddie Buckley, a strong-willed but sensitive 9-1-1 dispatcher on Fox’s9-1-1.The pop culture icon has had her fair share of success with music and writing. In the years afterCan’t Hardly Wait,she released the well-received single “How Do I Deal” on theI Still Know What You Did Last Summer(1998) soundtrack, with the song reached No. 59 on theBillboardHot 100. Despite her popularity, she hasn’t been particularly active in music since 2004. She penned her first book,The Day I Shot Cupid,in 2010 and joinedTheNew York Timesbest seller list thanks to her playfully raunchy takes on love and dating.Hewitt had a slew of highly-publicized relationships throughout the ’90s with celebrities includingCarson Daly,Patrick Wilson,John Mayerand Jamie Kennedy.She has been married to her formerClient Listcostar, Brian Hallisay, since November 2013, and the couple share a daughter,Autumn, and two sons —AtticusandAidan.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt as Amanda Beckett
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Jennifer Love Hewittlit up the screen inCan’t Hardly Wait(1998) as the cool cheerleader and crushable prom queen Amanda Beckett. Before scoring the role,Hewitt already had a great deal of teen-star cloutfrom her four-year stint on Fox’s coming-of-age dramaParty of Five.Since the ’90s, the actress has remained a multi-faceted industry mainstay.
She followed the 1998 cult classic with other hits likeHeartbreakers(2001), costarringSigourney Weaver; Garfield: The Movie (2004) and a cameo inTropic Thunder(2008). Hewitt also landed the lead roles on CBS' The Ghost Whispererand Lifetime’sThe Client List,as well as appeared in a season-long arc onCriminal Minds.Since 2018, she has played Maddie Buckley, a strong-willed but sensitive 9-1-1 dispatcher on Fox’s9-1-1.
The pop culture icon has had her fair share of success with music and writing. In the years afterCan’t Hardly Wait,she released the well-received single “How Do I Deal” on theI Still Know What You Did Last Summer(1998) soundtrack, with the song reached No. 59 on theBillboardHot 100. Despite her popularity, she hasn’t been particularly active in music since 2004. She penned her first book,The Day I Shot Cupid,in 2010 and joinedTheNew York Timesbest seller list thanks to her playfully raunchy takes on love and dating.
Hewitt had a slew of highly-publicized relationships throughout the ’90s with celebrities includingCarson Daly,Patrick Wilson,John Mayerand Jamie Kennedy.
She has been married to her formerClient Listcostar, Brian Hallisay, since November 2013, and the couple share a daughter,Autumn, and two sons —AtticusandAidan.
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Ethan Embry as Preston Meyers
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He married actress Amelinda Smith in 1998, and they welcomed a son, Cogeian Sky, the following year. The couple divorced in 2002, and Embry married actress Sunny Mabrey in 2005. They divorced in 2012 but remarried in 2015.
In 2017, Embryopened up on Twitter about his opiate addiction, encouraging others to seek help when they need it. He revealed he had been drug-free for six years.
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Seth Green as Kenny Fisher
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Back in 1998,Seth Greenamused America as Kenny Fisher, a high school senior with big plans to lose his virginity before graduation. Today, the multitalented actor is pretty much everywhere.
Besides his iconic part as werewolf Daniel “Oz” Osbourne onBuffy the Vampire Slayer,Green’s résumé standouts are primarily voice-acting roles. Since 1999, he has provided the voice forFamily Guy’s dorky son, Chris Griffin. In 2005, Green co-created the Emmy award-winning adult stop-motion sketch comedy show,Robot Chicken,where he voices various characters, produces, directs and writes.
Other voice-over credits includePhineas and Ferb,theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesreboot and Howard the Duck in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2019, Green wrote and starred inChangeland, his feature directorial debut, starringBrenda Song and Macaulay Culkin.
Green has been married to actress, model and his creative collaboratorClare Grantsince 2010.
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Peter Facinelli as Mike Dexter
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On the film-front, Facinelli is known for playin Dr. Carlisle Cullen, the patriarch of the found family of vegetarian vampires at the center ofThe Twilight Saga, appearing in all five movies of the blockbuster franchise from 2008 to 2012.
The multihyphenate star runs his own production company, Facinelli Films, and he wrote and produced Hallmark’sAccidentally in Lovein 2011. In 2015, he co-wrote a futuristic sci-fi novel,After the Red Rain.
Facinelli is divorced from actressJennie Garth,with whom he shares three children: Luca Bella,Lola Rayand Fiona Eve. In 2020, Facinellibecame engaged to fiancée Lily Anne Harrison, and in 2022, they welcomed a son,Jack Cooper.
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Lauren Ambrose as Denise Fleming
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Lauren Ambroseplayed Denise Fleming, who begrudgingly attends the high school bash with her best pal Preston and unexpectedly falls into an intimate conversation (and more) with Kenny. Ambrose is an Emmy and Tony Award nominee for her work onSix Feet Underand Broadway’sMy Fair Lady.She is also known for her voice work inWhere the Wild Things Are(2007) and costarring in Mike Birbiglia’sSleepwalk with Me(2012).
Ambrose has been married to writer Sam Handel since 2001, and the coupleshare two children, a son born in 2012 and a daughter in 2016.
06of 06Charlie Korsmo as William LichterColumbia Pictures / Everett; Joe Marquette/AP/ShutterstockCharlie Korsmo played a determined nerd, William Lichter, seeking revenge on bully Mike before getting a little too tipsy as his mission goes awry. In the early ’90s, he was known for his parts inDick Tracy(1990) andHook(1991). SinceCan’t Hardly Wait,Korsmo has only held one role — Herr Director in 2018’sChained for Life.In 2006, the actor made a 180 and received his Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School, and subsequently becamea law professor at Case Western Reserve Universityin Cleveland.Korsmo is married to his wife, Adrienne, with whom he shares son William and daughter Lilah.
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Charlie Korsmo as William Lichter
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Charlie Korsmo played a determined nerd, William Lichter, seeking revenge on bully Mike before getting a little too tipsy as his mission goes awry. In the early ’90s, he was known for his parts inDick Tracy(1990) andHook(1991). SinceCan’t Hardly Wait,Korsmo has only held one role — Herr Director in 2018’sChained for Life.
In 2006, the actor made a 180 and received his Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School, and subsequently becamea law professor at Case Western Reserve Universityin Cleveland.
Korsmo is married to his wife, Adrienne, with whom he shares son William and daughter Lilah.
source: people.com
