Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis

Biography

Juliette Lake Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her portrayals of offbeat characters, often in films with dark themes. Lewis became an "it girl" of American cinema in the early 1990s, appearing in various independent and arthouse films. Her accolades include a Pasinetti Award, one Academy Award nomination, one Golden Globe nomination, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

The daughter of character actor Geoffrey Lewis, Lewis began her career in television at age 14 before being cast in her first major film role as Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989). She garnered international notice for her role in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear (1991), which saw Lewis nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as the Golden Globe in the same category.

Following the success of Cape Fear, Lewis had a supporting role in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1992), followed by the thriller Kalifornia (1993) in which she portrayed a childlike woman whose boyfriend is a serial killer. She appeared in the drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape (also 1993), playing a young drifter. Lewis gained further notice for her lead role as Mallory Knox in Oliver Stone's controversial satirical crime film Natural Born Killers (1994), which earned her the Pasinetti Award for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. She subsequently starred in Kathryn Bigelow's science fiction film Strange Days (1995), and Robert Rodriguez's vampire film From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). In 1999, Lewis had a leading role in the drama The Other Sister as a woman with mental disabilities.

The 2000s saw Lewis appearing in a series of supporting roles in independent features and studio films, and in 2003 she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role in Hysterical Blindness (2002). She went on to appear in supporting parts in such comedies as Old School (2003) and Starsky & Hutch (2004), and embarked on a musical career in 2003, forming the rock band Juliette and the Licks; in 2009, Lewis began releasing material as a solo artist. Subsequent film roles include the sports comedy Whip It (2009), the biographical crime film Conviction (2010), an American romantic comedy The Switch (2010) and the drama August: Osage County (2013). Starting in the later 2010s, Lewis worked more frequently in television, appearing in lead roles on the series The Firm (2012), Wayward Pines (2015), Secrets and Lies (2015–2016), The Act (2019), and Yellowjackets (2021).

Personal info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1973-06-21

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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Cast

Strange Days

Strange Days

1995

7.00

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991

7.26

Renegade

Renegade

2004

4.80

Enough

Enough

2002

6.66

Kalifornia

Kalifornia

1993

6.60

Whip It

Whip It

2009

6.70

Grilled

Grilled

2006

5.00

Mixed Nuts

Mixed Nuts

1994

5.40

Old School

Old School

2003

6.59

The Thicket

The Thicket

2024

6.42

That Night

That Night

1992

6.40

The Switch

The Switch

2010

6.22

Due Date

Due Date

2010

6.38

Metropia

Metropia

2009

6.07

Conviction

Conviction

2010

7.10

Hick

Hick

2012

5.70

Bronco Billy

Bronco Billy

1980

6.30

Some Girl

Some Girl

1998

5.10

Open Road

Open Road

2013

5.10

Kelly & Cal

Kelly & Cal

2014

6.30

Hellion

Hellion

2014

5.80

Music

Music

2021

5.40

Opus

Opus

2025

5.31

Nerve

Nerve

2016

7.02

Room to Rent

Room to Rent

2001

6.40

Back Roads

Back Roads

2019

6.00

Ma

Ma

2019

5.82

Dreamland

Dreamland

2019

5.20

Foreverland

Foreverland

2011

6.50

Mayday

Mayday

2021

5.00

Home Fires

Home Fires

1987

10.00

By Design

By Design

2025

0.00