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Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis

Birthday: 1973-06-21 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Music

as    Evelyn

2021
Breaking News in Yuba County

as    Gloria Michaels

2021
Mayday

as    June

2019
Back Roads

as    Bonnie Altmyer

2019
Ma

as    Erica

2019
A Million Little Pieces

as    Joanne

2019
2018
Sacred Lies

as    Harper

2018
Camping

as    Jandice

2016
Hard Lovin' Woman

as    Herself

2016
Nerve

as    Nancy Delmonico

2015
Secrets and Lies

as    Det. Andrea Cornell

2015
Jem and the Holograms

as    Erica Raymond

2014
Kelly & Cal

as    Kelly

2014
Hellion

as    Pam Noonan

2013
Open Road

as    Jill

2013
August: Osage County

as    Karen Weston

2012
The Firm

as    Tammy

2012
Hick

as    Tammy

2010
Sympathy for Delicious

as    Ariel Lee

2010
The Switch

as    Debbie

2010
Due Date

as    Heidi

2010
Metropia

as    Nina (voice)

2009
Whip It

as    Iron Maven

2006
Grilled

as    Suzanne