[4] Hewitt was married to American actor Jessie Pavelka and they have a son, Rowan, who was born in 2010.

[2] In Canada Hewitt starred on CBC Television's Little Mosque on the Prairie as Dr. Rayyan Hamoudi for 6 seasons.

She was a recurring on CBS's The Young and the Restless as well as on All Rise and plays the lead in several Hallmark Movies.

She was also a co-host on the Comedy Network's pop-culture game show You Bet Your Ass.

Hewitt also hosted TV shows for Sportsnet and TSN while studying acting in Toronto and trained with World Wrestling Entertainment in the United States.