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. 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). She was also a featured cast member in the
Jonathan Silverman sitcom
The Single Guy. Hecht had the supporting role of Amy Burns in the
comedy drama film
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. 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. At the
2023 Tony Awards, she was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in
Summer, 1976. 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. In 2017, she and producer Jenny Gersten founded The Campfire Project, a theatre-based wellness project that creates plays in refugee camps. ==Personal life==