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Juliette Lewis

Name in Native Language: "Juliette Lake Lewis" (English/EN)
Actress / Musician / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 06/21/1973 (50) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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Juliette Lake Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her portrayals of offbeat characters, often in projects 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 nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and two Primetime Emmys. The daughter of actor Geoffrey Lewis, Lewis began her career in television at age 14 before Making her film debut with a small part in My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988). This was followed by a more prominent role in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989). She came to prominence with her portrayal of Danielle Bowden in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Subsequent credits included ()
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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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Awards & Nominations for Juliette Lewis

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Juliette Lewis as Actress(72)

as Cut Throat Bill2023 The Thicket
2023 Opus
as June2021 Mayday
as Evelyn2021 Music
as Gloria Michaels2021 Breaking News in Yuba County
as Bonnie Altmyer2019 Back Roads
as Erica2019 Ma
as Countess2019 Dreamland
as herself2016 Hard Lovin' Woman
as Lady Billionaire2016 The Second Sound Barrier
as Nancy Delmonico2016 Nerve
as Erica Raymond2015 Jem and the Holograms
as Kelly2014 Kelly & Cal
as Pam Noonan2014 Hellion
as Jill2013 Open Road
as Karen Weston2013 August: Osage County
as Tammy2011 Hick
as Vicky2011 Foreverland
as Debbie2010 The Switch
as Ariel Lee2010 Sympathy for Delicious
as Heidi2010 Due Date
as Roseanna Perry2010 Conviction
as Iron Maven2009 Whip It
as Nina (voice)2009 Metropia
as Joleen2006 The Darwin Awards
as Suzanne2006 Grilled
as Maureen Monette2006 Catch and Release
as Flora2005 Daltry Calhoun
as Kate2005 Aurora Borealis
as Libby2004 Chasing Freedom
as Kitty2004 Starsky & Hutch
as Maria Sullivan2004 Renegade
as Ruby2003 Cold Creek Manor
as Heidi2003 Old School
as Ginny2002 Enough
as herself2002 Assembling Armitage
as Linda2001 Room to Rent
as Dorie Kay2001 My Louisiana Sky
as Claire Beaucage2001 Picture Claire
as Robin2000 The Way of the Gun
as Jane Emelin1999 The 4th Floor
as Carla Tate1999 The Other Sister
as April1998 Some Girl
as herself1997 Full Tilt Boogie
as Kate Fuller1996 From Dusk Till Dawn
as Self (archive footage)1996 Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Melanie Horton1996 The Evening Star
as Diane Moody1995 The Basketball Diaries
as Faith Justin1995 Strange Days
as Mallory Knox1994 Natural Born Killers
as Gracie Barzini1994 Mixed Nuts
as Adele Corners1993 Kalifornia
as Sheri1993 Romeo Is Bleeding
as Sheryl O'Connor1992 That Night
as Rain1992 Husbands and Wives
as Danielle Bowden1991 Cape Fear
as Cassie Warren1991 Crooked Hearts
as Amanda Sue Bradley1990 Too Young to Die
as Amy Curtis1989 The Runnin' Kind
as Cindy Hollowhead1989 Meet the Hollowheads
as Mary Ash1987 Home Fires
as Child Spectator1980 Bronco Billy

TV Shows/Series with Juliette Lewis as Actress(31)

as Judy2022 Queer as Folk
as Natalie Scatorccio2021 Yellowjackets
as Juliette2020 Filthy Rich
as Nedra Frank2020 I Know This Much Is True
as Kathy2019 The Act
as Jandice2018 Camping
as Blue2018 The Conners
as Det. Andrea Cornell2015 Secrets and Lies
as Beverly Brown2015 Wayward Pines
as Tammy2012 The Firm
as herself2009 Live from Studio Five
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge (archive footage)2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Jesse2005 My Name Is Earl
as herself2004 My Coolest Years
as Paula Wisconsin2003 Free for All
as herself1999 TV Total
as September1997 Dharma & Greg
as herself1993 GMTV
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Holly Bankston1990 A Family for Joe
as Delores1988 The Wonder Years
as Kate Farrell1987 I Married Dora

Additional Information

Full Name: Juliette Lewis
Born: Thursday, 06/21 1973 (June) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 50 years + 282 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Member of: Juliette and the New Romantiques, Juliette and the Licks, SAG-AFTRA
Record Label: Roadrunner Records
Spouses (current/former): Steve Berra
Other names for Juliette Lewis (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Julliete Lewis"
"Juliette & The Licks"
"Juliette and The Licks"
"Juliette and the Licks"
Juliette Lewis frequently works together with these people:
Todd Phillips (11x, Crew)
Kim Cattrall (9x, Actress)
Jake Gyllenhaal (8x, Actor)
Daniel Radcliffe (7x, Actor)
Emma Thompson (7x, Actress)
Jennifer Garner (7x, Actress)
Helen Mirren (7x, Actress)
Robert Rodriguez (7x, Crew)
Dick Ziker (7x, Crew)
Quentin Tarantino (6x, Actor)
Tate Taylor (6x, Crew)
Sia (6x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2243, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024