JESSICA HECHT most recently finished an acclaimed production of Manhattan Theatre Club’s SUMMER, 1976, where she starred opposite Laura Linney, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. She also plays a supporting role in the upcoming Miramax film, THE HOME.

Other recent television appearances include her Emmy nominated performance in the Netflix series SPECIAL, and a series regular role on THE SINNER, as well as recurring roles on TOKYO VICE, SUPER PUMPED, THE LOUDEST VOICE, DICKINSON, THE BOYS, and SUCCESSION. She is also recognizable to television audiences as "Susan Bunch" on the iconic television series FRIENDS and "Gretchen Schwartz" on BREAKING BAD, and has played memorable roles on BORED TO DEATH, HIGH MAINTENANCE, FALLING WATER, THE SINGLE GUY, and RED OAKS.

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 and THE SUNLIT NIGHT.  

An acclaimed stage actress, Hecht has appeared on Broadway in productions of THE PRICE opposite Mark Ruffalo, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF opposite Danny Burstein, THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES opposite Judith Light, HARVEY opposite Jim Parsons, AFTER THE FALL opposite Carla Gugino, THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO opposite Paul Rudd, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS opposite Laurie Metcalf, JULIUS CAESAR opposite Denzel Washington, and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE opposite Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance. Off-Broadway, she has appeared in KING LEAR opposite John Lithgow and Annette Bening, STAGE KISS opposite Sandra Oh, THREE SISTERS opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, Lincoln Center Theater in ADMISSIONS for which she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination and an Obie Award, THE ORCHARD with Mikhail Baryshnikov at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, and LETTERS FROM MAX at the Signature Theatre.