Jessica Hecht

Actor Jun 28 (age 60) Princeton, New Jersey, USA 1989–2026 (37 year career)

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Biography

Jessica Hecht is an American stage and screen actress and singer, best known for her recurring roles as Susan Bunch on the television show "Friends" and Gretchen Schwartz on "Breaking Bad". She holds an BA in Drama from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Known For

Film

Sideways

Victoria

Film

Whatever Works

Helena

Film

The Sinner

Sonya Barzel

Film

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Lila Vogel

Film

J. Edgar

Emma Goldman

Film

Stay

Boy's Mother

Film

Dan in Real Life

Amy

Film

Fair Game

Sue

Filmography

Acting (92)

Movies (46)

Eleanor the Great

as Lisa

The Home

as Sylvia

Floating Carousel

as Marlena

Dead Serious

2025

as Debbie

Gunfighter Paradise

2024

as The Mother

Harvey

2021

as Veta Louise Simmons

The Atlantic City Story

as Jane

The Sunlit Night

as Mirela

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2019

as Lila Vogel

7.0

Write When You Get Work

as Ellen Hazard

Banana Split

as Susan

Anesthesia

as Jill

Northern Borders

as Liz Kittredge James

5.8

The Sisterhood of Night

2015

as Sue Parris

6.2

The English Teacher

2013

as Principal Trudie Slocum

5.6

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012

as Jessica Hecht

7.0

Harvey

2012

as Veta Louise Simmons

The Arm

as Mrs. Bearmush

J. Edgar

as Emma Goldman

The Sitter

as Sandy Griffith

Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews

2011

as Self

Fair Game

as Sue

My Soul to Take

as May

Helena from the Wedding

2010

as Lynn

4.1

Calling It Quits

2009

as Cynthia

Reunion

2009

as Beth

Whatever Works

as Helena

The Winning Season

as Stacey

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

as Stephanie Morton

Quid Pro Quo

as Edie

Dan in Real Life

as Amy

Starting Out in the Evening

as Sandra Bennett

Stay

as Boy's Mother

Sideways

as Victoria

The Forgotten

as Eliot

Saving Face

as Hospital Co-Worker

The Grey Zone

as Man's wife

Seven Girlfriends

as Architect's Receptionist

Jump

as Carol

Anarchy TV

as Natalie

The Christmas Tree

as Sister Mary

Intimate Betrayal

as Katie

Harvey

as Miss Ruth Kelly

The Heidi Chronicles

as Chloe

Joe's Rotten World

as Annie

Kicking and Screaming

1995

as Ticket Woman

6.2

Television (46)

American Classic

2026

as Polly

10.0

Tokyo Vice

2022

as Jake's Mother (voice)

7.8

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

as Amy Gurley

Little America

as Professor

High Fidelity

as Rob's Mom

The Boys

as Carol

Dickinson

as Aunt Lavinia

The Loudest Voice

as Nancy Erika Smith

Special

as Karen Hayes

Succession

as Michelle Pantsil

The Sinner

as Sonya Barzel

Blindspot

as Dr. Margaret Palmer

7.4

Quantico

2015

as Professor Elizabeth Nutting

6.5

Younger

2015

as Susan Abbott

6.8

Marvel's Jessica Jones

as Audrey Eastman

Madam Secretary

as Julia MacDonald

The Affair

as Carolina

Manhattan

as Miriam Rubins

Red Oaks

as Rebecca Horowitz

Elementary

as Patricia Ennis

Person of Interest

as Beth Bridges

The Good Wife

as Carla Browning

Bored to Death

as Donna Kenwood

Breaking Bad

as Gretchen Schwartz

Eleventh Hour

as Beatrice Brown

3 lbs

as Rebecca Ellis

Medium

as Judy Bennette

The Jury

Century City

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Meredith Breen

The Agency

as Amalia Lutz

What About Joan?

as Betsy Morgan

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Carly Beck

The Beat

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Attorney Kreutzer

7.9

Harvey

1999

as Miss Ruth Kelly

Early Edition

as Abby

The Wayans Bros.

as Agent Johnson

The Single Guy

as Janeane Percy-Parker

Friends

as Susan Bunch

as Stephanie Lowenstein

7.8

Party of Five

1994

as Amanda

7.0

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

as Female Staffer

6.9

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Sister Mary Catherine

Law & Order

as Miriam Johnson

Seinfeld

as Lindsay