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BIO

JESSICA HECHT last appeared on Broadway in MTC’s production of Summer, 1976, receiving a Tony Award nomination for her performance. Her previous Broadway credits include The Price, Fiddler on the Roof, The Assembled Parties, Harvey, After the Fall, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Julius Caeser, and her Tony Award-nominated performance in A View from the Bridge. Off-Broadway, she has appeared in King Lear, Stage Kiss, Three Sisters, The Orchard, Letters from Max, and Admissions (Obie Award & Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination). Her recent television appearances include the Netflix series “Special,” for which she received an Emmy Award Nomination, and her roles on “Tokyo Vice,” “Super Pumped,” “The Sinner,” “The Loudest Voice,” “Dickinson,” “The Boys,” and “Succession.” She is also recognizable to television audiences from her roles in the beloved series “Friends” and “Breaking Bad.” Her film performances include A+, Anesthesia, J. Edgar, The Grey Zone, The Sitter, My Soul to Take, Dan in Real Life, Sideways, The Atlantic City Story, The Sunlit Night, Home, and the recently completed Eleanor the Great directed by Scarlett Johansson.

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STAGE CREDITS

Eureka Day Eureka Day
[Broadway]
MTC Original Broadway Production, 2024
Suzanne
Summer, 1976 Summer, 1976
[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club World Premiere Broadway Production, 2023
Performer
Letters From Max Letters From Max
[Off-Broadway]
Signature Theatre Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2023
Sarah
Nassim Nassim
[Off-Broadway]
Barrow Street Theatricals Off-Broadway Production, 2018
Performer
Admissions Admissions
[Off-Broadway]
Lincoln Center Theater Off-Broadway Production, 2018
Sherri Rosen-Mason
The Clean House The Clean House
[Williamstown, MA (Regional)]
Williamstown Theatre Festival Revival, 2017
Virginia
The Price The Price
[Broadway]
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival, 2017
Esther Franz
Fiddler on the Roof Fiddler on the Roof
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2015
Golde
King Lear King Lear
[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, 2014
Regan
Stage Kiss Stage Kiss
[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons Production, 2014
She
The Assembled Parties The Assembled Parties
[Broadway]
Manhattan Theater Club Production, 2013
Julie
Harvey Harvey
[Broadway]
Roundabout Theatre Production, 2012
Veta Louise Simmons
Three Sisters Three Sisters
[Off-Broadway]
Classic Stage Company Revival, 2011
Olga
A View From The Bridge A View From The Bridge
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2010
Beatrice
Broadway Bound Broadway Bound
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival [Cancelled], 2009
Blanche
Brighton Beach Memoirs Brighton Beach Memoirs
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2009
Howard Katz
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Jess
The House in Town
[Off-Broadway]
2006
Amy Hammer
Julius Caesar Julius Caesar
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2005
Ensemble
Portia
Ensemble
Portia
After The Fall After The Fall
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2004
Louise
Flesh and Blood
[Off-Broadway]
2003
Susan
The Fourth Sister
[Off-Broadway]
2002
Wiera
Lobster Alice
[Off-Broadway]
1999
Alice Horowitz
Stop Kiss
[Off-Broadway]
1998
Callie
Plunge
[Off-Broadway]
1997
Val Nyquist
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
[Broadway]
1997
Lala Levy
Othello
[Off-Broadway]
1990
Bianca

Movies

Joe's Rotten World
[ 1995 ] Annie
Kicking and Screaming
[ 1995 ] Ticket Woman
Anarchy TV
[ 1998 ] Natalie
Seven Girlfriends
[ 1999 ] Architect's Receptionist
Jump
[ 1999 ] Carol
The Grey Zone
[ 2001 ] Man's Wife
The Forgotten
[ 2004 ] Eliot
Saving Face
[ 2004 ] Randi - Hospital Co-Worker
Sideways
[ 2004 ] Victoria
Stay
[ 2005 ] Boy's Mother
At Last
[ 2005 ] Laura
Dan in Real Life
[ 2007 ] Amy
Starting Out in the Evening
[ 2007 ] Sandra Bennett
Calling It Quits
[ 2008 ] Cynthia
Quid Pro Quo
[ 2008 ] Edie
Reunion
[ 2009 ] Beth
Whatever Works
[ 2009 ] Helena
The Winning Season
[ 2009 ] Stacey
Helena from the Wedding
[ 2010 ] Lynn
My Soul to Take
[ 2010 ] May
Fair Game
[ 2010 ] Sue
J. Edgar
[ 2011 ] Emma Goldman
The Sitter
[ 2011 ] Sandy Griffith
The Magic of Belle Isle
[ 2012 ] Karen Loop
Northern Borders
[ 2013 ] Liz Kittredge James
The English Teacher
[ 2013 ] Principal Trudie Slocum
The Sisterhood of Night
[ 2014 ] Sue Parris
Anesthesia
[ 2015 ] Jill
Write When You Get Work
[ 2018 ] Ellen Hazard
Banana Split
[ 2018 ] Susan
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
[ 2019 ] Lila Vogel
The Sunlit Night
[ 2019 ] Mirela
The Atlantic City Story
[ 2020 ] Jane
Gunfighter Paradise
[ 2024 ] The Mother
Eleanor the Great
[ 2025 ] Lisa
The Home
[ 2025 ] Sylvia

TV Shows

Breaking Bad
Gretchen Schwartz
Dickinson
Aunt Lavinia
Friends
Susan Bunch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jillian Webster, Miss Kreutzer
Person of Interest
Beth Bridges, Psychiatrist
Red Oaks
Rebecca Horowitz
Special
Karen Hayes
The Single Guy
Janeane Percy-Parker
The Sinner
Sonya Barzel
Tokyo Vice
[ 2022-2024 ] Willa Adelstein

Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2025 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day

Tony Awards - 2023 - Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976


winner
Obie Awards - 2018 - Performance Award

Jessica Hecht, Admissions

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Jessica Hecht, Admissions

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Jessica Hecht, Stage Kiss

Drama League Awards - 2013 - Distinguished Performance Award

Jessica Hecht, Harvey

Drama League Awards - 2013 - Distinguished Performance Award

Jessica Hecht, The Assembled Parties

Tony Awards - 2010 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Jessica Hecht, A View from the Bridge

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Jessica Hecht been in?

Jessica Hecht has appeared on Broadway in 12 shows.

How many West End shows has Jessica Hecht been in?

Jessica Hecht has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Jessica Hecht been nominated for?

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Eureka Day, Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Summer, 1976, Performance Award (Obie Awards) for Admissions, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Admissions, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Stage Kiss, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Harvey, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Assembled Parties and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for A View from the Bridge.

What awards has Jessica Hecht won?

Jessica Hecht won the Performance Award at the Obie Awards for her role in Admissions.

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