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Jessica Hecht(I)

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Jessica Hecht
Jane Carver is an unhappily married woman who runs away from home in a moment of crisis and goes to Atlantic City for the weekend. While there, she meets a young gambler and an unlikely bond grows between them. However, they soon realize they cannot run from their problems forever, and together they must find the strength to go on.
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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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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

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Dead Serious
      • Debbie
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2025
    • Floating Carousel
      • Marlena
      • Post-production
    • American Classic
      • Polly
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series



    • June Squibb in Eleanor the Great (2025)
      Eleanor the Great
      8.3
      • 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
      8.8
      • 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
      8.1
      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
      7.9
      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
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Aunt Lavinia
      • 2019–2021
    • The Atlantic City Story (2020)
      The Atlantic City Story
      5.8
      • 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
    • Zoë Kravitz in High Fidelity (2020)
      High Fidelity
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Rob's Mom
      • 2020
    • Conphidance in Little America (2020)
      Little America
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Professor
      • 2020
    • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
      The Affair
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Carolina
      • 2019

    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

    Videos37

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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
    Clip 1:35
    ... 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)
    • Publicity listings
      • 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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    • How old is Jessica Hecht?
      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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