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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.[2]

Jessica Hecht
Hecht in 2015
Born	1964/1965 (age 57–58)[1] Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Connecticut College (attended) New York University (BFA)
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Adam Bernstein ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	2

Early life and education

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.[3][4]

Hecht was raised in a culturally Jewish family, with a secular socialist father, but nonetheless expressed interest in religion and had a Bat Mitzvah.[5][6] She has stated that she is Reconstructionist Jewish and "fairly spiritual".[7]

Career

Hecht has appeared in numerous television series, including Dickinson, Bored to Death, Red Oaks, Jessica Jones, The Loudest Voice, and Succession. In 2020 she played Sonya Barzel on The Sinner, and was nominated for an Emmy in 2019 for her role as Karen in the Netflix series Special. She is known for her roles as Gretchen Schwartz on Breaking Bad (5 episodes) and Susan Bunch, the wife of Ross Geller's ex-wife Carol Willick, on Friends (12 episodes).[8] She was also a featured cast member in the Jonathan Silverman sitcom The Single Guy.[1][9]

Hecht had the supporting role of Amy Burns in the comedy drama Dan in Real Life (2007), with Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche. She also appeared in Whatever Works, Sideways, and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for her role in A View from the Bridge on Broadway with Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber, which closed on April 4, 2010. In 2012, she performed on Broadway with Jim Parsons in Harvey.[10] In 2016, she played Golde in the 2015 Bartlett Sher-directed revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Broadway Theatre, and was in The Price with Mark Ruffalo, in 2017. In 2018 she won an Obie for her performance in Admissions at Lincoln Center.^{[citation needed]}

With producer Jenny Gersten, she runs The Campfire Project, a theatre based wellness project that creates plays in refugee camps.[11]

Personal life

Hecht has been married to director Adam Bernstein since 1995. The couple has two children together, Stella and Carlo Bernstein.[5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Joe's Rotten World	Annie
1995	Kicking and Screaming	Airline ticket saleswoman
1998	Anarchy TV	Natalie
1999	Jump	Carol
2004	Saving Face	Randi
	Sideways	Victoria Cortland
	The Forgotten	Eliot
2005	At Last	Laura
2006	Rabbits	Wife	Short film
2007	Starting Out in the Evening	Sandra Bennett
	Dan in Real Life	Amy Burns
2008	Quid Pro Quo	Edie
	Calling It Quits	Cynthia
2009	The Winning Season	Stacey
	Reunion	Beth
	Whatever Works	Helena
2010	Helena from the Wedding	Lynn
	Fair Game	Sue
	My Soul to Take	May Hellerman
2011	J. Edgar	Emma Goldman
	The Sitter	Sandy Griffith
2012	The Arm	Mrs. Bearmush	Short film
	The Magic of Belle Isle	Karen Loop
	The Composer	Piccolo Player	Short film
	Good Sister	Helene Shuster	Short film
2013	Northern Borders	Liz Kittredge
	Space Cadet	Linda Agnello
	The English Teacher	Principal Trudie Slocum
2014	Le Refuge	Gemma	Short film
	The Sisterhood of Night	Sue Parris
2015	Anesthesia	Jill
2018	Write When You Get Work	Ellen Hazard
	Banana Split	Susan
2019	The Sunlit Night	Mirela
	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Lila Vogel
2020	The Atlantic City Story	Jane

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Lois & Clark	Female Staffer	Episode: "Madame Ex"
	Seinfeld	Lindsay	Episodes: "The Couch", "The Gymnast"
	Party of Five	Amanda	Episode: "Something Out of Nothing"
1994–2000	Friends	Susan Bunch	12 episodes
1995	The Wayans Bros.	Agent Johnson	Episode: "First Class"
	The Heidi Chronicles	Chloe	Television film
	Aphrodisia	Rachel's Friend	Episode: "Dominatrix"
1995–1996	The Single Guy	Janeane Percy-Parker	Main role; 22 episodes
1996	Harvey	Miss Ruth Kelly	Television film
	The Christmas Tree	Sister Mary	Television film
	Intimate Betrayal	Katie	Television film
1997	Promised Land	Marie	Episode: "Independence Day"
	Early Edition	Abby	Episode: "A Bris Is Just a Bris"
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Miss Kreutzer	Episode: "Uncivilized"
	Homicide: Life on the Street	Sister Mary Catherine	Episode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
2001	What About Joan?	Betsy Morgan	Main role; 13 episodes
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Meredith Breen	Episode: "Undaunted Mettle"
2004	Century City	Rose Krell	Episode: "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Lose"
	The Jury	Mrs. Sheridan	Episode: "Three Boys and a Gun"
2005	ER	Stephanie Lowenstein	2 episodes
2006	3 lbs	Rebecca Ellis	Episode: "Heart Stopping"
2008	Eleventh Hour	Mrs. Beatrice Brown	Episode: "Cardiac"
2008–2013	Breaking Bad	Gretchen Schwartz	5 episodes
2009	Law & Order	Miriam Johnson	Episode: "Chattel"
	Jesse Stone: Thin Ice	Stephanie Morton	Television film
	U.S. Attorney	Dr. Amy Webber	Unaired pilot
2010	The Good Wife	Carla Browning	Episode: "Infamy"
	Medium	Judy Bennette	Episode: "The Match Game"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Carly Beck	Episode: "Cold Blooded"
	Bored to Death	Dr. Donna Kenwood	3 episodes
2011	Nurse Jackie	Mimi	Episode: "Enough Rope"
	Spring/Fall	Unknown	Unaired pilot
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jillian Webster	Episode: "Vanity's Bonfire"
2013	Elementary	Patricia Ennis	Episode: "The Deductionist"
2013–2015	Person of Interest	Beth Bridges / Psychiatrist	3 episodes
2014	Manhattan	Miriam Rubins	Episode: "The Second Coming"
2015	Limitless	Ubient Worker	Episode: "Side Effects May Include..."
	Jessica Jones	Audrey Eastman	Episode: "AKA 99 Friends"
2016	The Interestings	Lois Jacobson	Television film
	Falling Water	Miranda	2 episodes
2016–2017	Red Oaks	Rebecca Horowitz	10 episodes
2017	Madam Secretary	Julia MacDonald	Episode: "Persona Non Grata"
	Blindspot	Dr. Margaret Palmer	Episode: "Fix My Present Havoc"
	The Tap	Sophie Butler	Unaired pilot
2018	High Maintenance	Laurie	Episode: "Ghost"
	Quantico	Elizabeth Nutting	Episode: "The Blood of Romeo"
2019	The Loudest Voice	Nancy Erika Smith	2 episodes
	Succession	Michelle Pantsil	2 episodes
	The Affair	Carolina	Episode: "505"
2019–2021	Dickinson	Aunt Lavinia	4 episodes
	Special	Karen Hayes	Main role; 16 episodes
2020	Little America	Professor	Episode: "The Cowboy"
	High Fidelity	Rob's Mom	Episode: "Fun Rob"
	The Boys	Carol Mannheim	5 episodes
2020–2021	The Sinner	Sonya Barzel	Main role; 13 episodes
2021	Younger	Susan Abbott	Episode: "Fallout"
	Hudson Falls	Laura Walsh	Episode #1
	10 Days	Cheryl Miles	Main role
2022	Super Pumped	Amy Gurley	1 episode
2022	Tokyo Vice	Jake's Mother	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire	Wendolyn
	The Dark Eye	Unknown

Theatre roles

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1990	Othello	Bianca	Classic Stage Company
1997	Plunge	Val Nyquist	Playwrights Horizons
	The Last Night of Ballyhoo	Lala Levy	Helen Hayes Theatre
1998	Stop Kiss	Callie	The Public Theater
	The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told	Mabel	Williamstown Theatre Festival
1999	Lobster Alice	Alice Horowitz	Playwrights Horizons
2002	The Fourth Sister	Wiera	Vineyard Theater
2003	Flesh and Blood [12]	Susan	New York Theatre Workshop
2004	After the Fall	Louise	American Airlines Theater
2006	The House in Town	Amy Hammer	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
2005	Julius Caesar	Portia / Ensemble	Belasco Theater
2007	Howard Katz	Jess	Laura Pels Theater
2009	Brighton Beach Memoirs	Blanche Morton	Nederlander Theater
	The Torch-Bearers	Mrs. Ritter	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2010	A View from the Bridge	Beatrice	Cort Theater
2011	Three Sisters	Olga Prozorov	Classic Stage Company
2012	Harvey	Veta Louise Simmons	Studio 54
2013	The Assembled Parties	Julie Bascov	Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
2014	Stage Kiss	She	Playwrights Horizons
	King Lear	Regan	Delacorte Theater
2015	Fiddler on the Roof	Golde	Broadway Theater
2017	The Price	Esther Franz	American Airlines Theater
2018	Admissions	Sherri Rosen-Mason	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
2022	The Orchard	Lyubov Ranevskaya	Baryshnikov Arts Center

References

External links

• Jessica Hecht at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Jessica Hecht

Jessica Anne Hecht (* 28. Juni 1965 in Princeton, New Jersey) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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[es] Jessica Hecht

Jessica Anne Hecht (Princeton, Nueva Jersey; 28 de junio de 1965) es una actriz estadounidense.

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[ru] Хект, Джессика

Дже́ссика Хект (англ. Jessica Hecht; 28 июня 1965, Принстон, Нью-Джерси, США) — американская актриса, наиболее известная по ролям Сьюзан Банч в сериале «Друзья», Гретхен Шварц в «Во все тяжкие» и Кэрол Мангейм в «Пацаны».

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