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Jessica Hecht(I)

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Jessica Hecht
After a devastating loss, witty and proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein, 94, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own.
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Eleanor the Great (2025)
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Jessica Hecht is an American actress and singer who played Gretchen Schwartz on Breaking Bad, Susan Bunch on Friends, and Carol on The Boys. She has also made numerous Broadway appearances. Hecht was born in Princeton, New Jersey. When she was three, she moved with her parents and sister to Bloomfield, Connecticut. After her parents divorced, her mother married psychiatrist Howard Iger, and they raised Jessica and her sister Elizabeth. Hecht attended Connecticut College for a year and a half before graduating from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1987 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama.
BornJune 28, 1964
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Larry David in Whatever Works (2009)
    Whatever Works
    7.1
    • Helena
    • 2009
    Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)
    Friends
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Susan Bunch
    Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life (2007)
    Dan in Real Life
    6.8
    • Amy
    • 2007
    Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, and Naomi Watts in Stay (2005)
    Stay
    6.7
    • Boy's Mother
    • 2005

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    Actress



    • American Classic
      • Polly
      • Post-production
      • TV Series



    • Reg Rogers, Dylan T Jackson, Michael Cyril Creighton, Delilah Napier, Brittany Bradford, and Elsie Hewitt in Floating Carousel (2025)
      Floating Carousel
      • Marlena
      • 2025
    • John Glover, Anastas N. Michos, Bruce Altman, Pete Davidson, James DeMonaco, Todd E. Miller, Ethan Phillips, Sébastien K. Lemercier, Bill Block, Nathan Whitehead, Adam Cantor, Marilee Talkington, and Mary Lena Colston in The Home (2025)
      The Home
      5.4
      • Sylvia
      • 2025
    • Dead Serious
      Short
      • Debbie
      • 2025
    • June Squibb in Eleanor the Great (2025)
      Eleanor the Great
      6.6
      • Lisa
      • 2025
    • Rinko Kikuchi, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Ansel Elgort, and Shô Kasamatsu in Tokyo Vice (2022)
      Tokyo Vice
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Willa Adelstein
      • Jake's Mother
      • 2022–2024
    • Gunfighter Paradise (2024)
      Gunfighter Paradise
      8.9
      • The Mother (voice)
      • 2024
    • Uma Thurman, Kyle Chandler, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Super Pumped (2022)
      Super Pumped
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Amy Gurley
      • 2022
    • 10 Days (2021)
      10 Days
      7.6
      Podcast Series
      • Cheryl Miles
      • 2021
    • Bill Pullman and Alice Kremelberg in The Sinner (2017)
      The Sinner
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Sonya Barzel
      • 2020–2021
    • Hudson Falls (2021)
      Hudson Falls
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Laura Walsh
      • 2021
    • Ryan O'Connell in Special (2019)
      Special
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Karen Hayes
      • 2019–2021
    • Younger (2015)
      Younger
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Susan Abbott
      • 2021
    • Hailee Steinfeld in Dickinson (2019)
      Dickinson
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Aunt Lavinia
      • 2019–2021
    • Jessica Hecht and Mike Faist in The Atlantic City Story (2020)
      The Atlantic City Story
      5.7
      • Jane
      • 2020
    • Laz Alonso, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jack Quaid, Tomer Capone, and Karen Fukuhara in The Boys (2019)
      The Boys
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Carol
      • 2020

    Soundtrack



    • Lin-Manuel Miranda at an event for The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016)
      The 70th Annual Tony Awards
      8.1
      TV Special
      • performer: "Sunrise, Sunset"
      • 2016

    Videos38

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    Gray Matter
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    Gray Matter
    Gray Matter
    Clip 2:02
    Gray Matter
    ... And the Bag's In the River
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    ... And the Bag's In the River
    Dan in Real Life
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    Dan in Real Life
    Dan in Real Life
    Clip 1:23
    Dan in Real Life
    Dan in Real Life
    Clip 1:45
    Dan in Real Life

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
    • Born
      • June 28, 1964
      • Princeton, New Jersey, USA
    • Spouse
      • Adam BernsteinJuly 2, 1995 - present (2 children)
    • Children
        Stella Rose Bernstein
    • Parents
        Richard Hecht
    • Relatives
      • Elizabeth Hecht(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Played Callie in "Stop Kiss" play by Diana Son (Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York City, USA)
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      • 1 Article

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      She was a nanny to George Wendt's 3 children when she first arrived in Los Angeles in 1993.

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      60 years old
    • When was Jessica Hecht born?
      June 28, 1964
    • Where was Jessica Hecht born?
      Princeton, New Jersey, USA
    • What is Jessica Hecht's birth name?
      Jessica Anne Hecht
    • How tall is Jessica Hecht?
      5 feet 8 inches, or 1.73 meters

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