Jessica Hecht Last updated August 25, 2025 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 the Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Series in 2019 for her role as Karen in the Netflix series Special . [ 7] 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 . [ 2] [ 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 .
At the 2010 Tony Awards , she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play , for her role in A View from the Bridge . 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. At the 2018 Obie Awards for Off-Broadway productions, she won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her performance in Admissions at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater . [ 11] At the 2023 Tony Awards , she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in Summer, 1976 . [ 12] At the 2025 Tony Awards , she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Eureka Day . [ 13]
In 2017, she and producer Jenny Gersten founded The Campfire Project, a theatre based wellness project that creates plays in refugee camps. [ 14]
Personal life Hecht has been married to director Adam Bernstein since August 1995. [ 2] The couple have two children together, Stella and Carlo, who were both teenagers as of 2013. [ 4] [ 5]
Filmography Stage Hecht in 2023 outside the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway Video games Year Title Role Notes 1995 Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire Wendolyn The Dark Eye Unknown
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