Juliette Lewis Biography

Juliette Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress and singer. She gained fame for her role in the 1991 thriller Cape Fear for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. This followed with major roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Natural Born Killers, Strange Days, The Evening Star, Kalifornia, From Dusk Till Dawn, and The Other Sister. Her work in television has resulted in two Emmy nominations.

Lewis launched a career as a singer and musician, leading the American rock band, Juliette and the Licks, until 2009.

Early life

Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California, to Geoffrey Lewis, an actor, and Glenis Duggan Batley, a graphic designer. She has four siblings " brothers Lightfield (an actor who starred in The New WKRP in Cincinnati) and Peter; and sisters Deirdre and Brandy.

Career

Acting

Lewis appeared in The Wonder Years as Wayne's girlfriend in Episodes 24, 34 and 36. She also played Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Lewis first garnered international attention and acclaim in 1991 with her turn as Danielle Bowden in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1991. Over the next few years, she appeared in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives, Peter Medak's Romeo Is Bleeding, and opposite Brad Pitt in Kalifornia. In 1993, she acted alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp in the drama film What's Eating Gilbert Grape. She played Mallory Knox in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. She played a rock singer in the film Strange Days, doing her own singing on covers of two songs written by PJ Harvey, revealing her musical ability.

She received an Emmy nomination for her performance in Hysterical Blindness in 2003. She also appeared in the HIM music video for "Buried Alive By Love" in 2003.

Lewis appeared in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV, providing the voice of "Juliette", the host of fictional radio station "Radio Broker" (on which appears the Juliette and the Licks song 'Inside the Cage)'. She appeared in a GAP commercial in which she was dancing with Daft Punk to the tune of the song "Digital Love". She also appeared in the movie Renegade with Vincent Cassel, a Jan Kounen film. In 2012 she starred in the short-lived series The Firm, on NBC as Tammy, assistant to lead character Mitch McDeere (Josh Lucas).

Reprised her role as Audry Griswold in 2012 in a series of Old Navy holiday commercials featuring the Griswold family.

Music

Lewis launched a career as a solo singer and musician, leading American rock band Juliette and the Licks until 2009. She then formed a new band, with which she has recorded and released the album entitled Terra Incognita.

Lewis features on the track "Bad Brother" by the band The Infidels, from The Crow: Salvation Soundtrack album, which was released on April 2000. Lewis has also appeared on three tracks by Electronic Music group The Prodigy's 2004 CD Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned ("Spitfire", "Get Up Get Off", and "Hot Ride"). In 2006, Blender magazine included her in their hottest women of rock music list.

In 2009, Lewis performed at the Przystanek Woodstock in Poland. In 2010, she played at the Rock for People festival in the Czech Republic. In December 2010, Lewis hosted the game television show Never Mind the Buzzcocks and repeated in January 2012.

In 2013, Lewis contributed backing vocals to the track, "Saint of Impossible Causes", on Joseph Arthur's tenth studio album, The Ballad of Boogie Christ.

Personal life

Dropping out of high school, she got into trouble with the law for driving illegally at age 15, then was arrested for illegally patronizing a nightclub when she was 16. While in her 20s she went into rehabilitation for drug addiction. From 1990 to 1993 Lewis dated Brad Pitt, who is ten years older. Lewis married professional skateboarder Steve Berra in 1999; they divorced in 2003.

Lewis is Christian and a member of the Church of Scientology.

In October 2010, she was the victim of a hit-and-run car accident in which an unknown driver T-boned the Lincoln Town Car in which she was traveling.

Discography

• ?Like a Bolt of Lightning (2004)
• You're Speaking My Language (2005)
• Four on the Floor (2006)
• Terra Incognita (2009)

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	I Married Dora	Kate Farrell	TV series Nominated "? Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Comedy Series
1987	Home Fires	Maty	TV movie
1988	My Stepmother Is an Alien	Lexie, Jessie's Friend #1
1988	The Facts of Life	Terry Rankin	TV series
1989	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	Audrey Griswold
1989	Meet the Hollowheads	Cindy Hollowhead
1989	The Runnin' Kind	Amy Curtis
1989	The Wonder Years	Delores	TV Series
1990	A Family for Joe	Holly Bankston #2	TV Series
1990	Too Young to Die?	Amanda Sue Bradley
1991	Cape Fear	Danielle Bowden	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress " Motion Picture Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Robert De Niro) Nominated "? National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (2nd place) Nominated "? New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (2nd place)
1991	Crooked Hearts	Cassie
1992	That Night	Sheryl O'Connor
1992	Husbands and Wives	Rain
1993	What's Eating Gilbert Grape	Becky
1993	Romeo Is Bleeding	Sheri
1993	Kalifornia	Adele Corners
1994	Mixed Nuts	Gracie Barzini
1994	Natural Born Killers	Mallory Knox	Pasinetti Award for Best Actress Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Woody Harrelson) Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Woody Harrelson)
1995	Strange Days	Faith Justin
1995	The Basketball Diaries	Diane Moody
1996	The Evening Star	Melanie Horton	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama
1996	From Dusk till Dawn	Kate Fuller	Nominated "? Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1998	Some Girl	April
1999	The Other Sister	Carla Tate
1999	The 4th Floor	Jane Emelin
2000	Room to Rent	Linda
2000	The Way of the Gun	Robin
2001	Picture Claire	Claire Beaucage
2001	My Louisiana Sky	Dorie Kay	TV movie Nominated "? Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
2001	Gaudi Afternoon	April
2002	Enough	Ginny
2002	Armitage: Dual Matrix	Armitage, Naomi (voice)
2002	Dharma & Greg	September	TV series (1 episode: "Try To Remember This Kind Of September")
2002	Hysterical Blindness	Beth	TV movie Nominated "? Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress " Miniseries or a Movie Nominated "? Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
2003	Cold Creek Manor	Ruby Ferguson
2003	Free for All	Paula
2003	Old School	Heidi
2004	Renegade	Maria Sullivan	aka Blueberry
2004	Starsky & Hutch	Kitty
2004	Chasing Freedom	Libby	TV movie
2005	Daltry Calhoun	Flora Flick
2005	The Darwin Awards	Joleen
2005	Lightfield's Home Videos
2005	Aurora Borealis	Kate
2005	Grilled	Suzanne
2006	My Name Is Earl	Jesse "? Bounty Hunter	TV series (1 episode: "The Bounty Hunter")
2007	Catch and Release	Maureen
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	Herself as a radio DJ	(Video game)
2009	Whip It!	Iron Maven
2009	Metropia	Nina (voice)
2010	Sympathy for Delicious	Ariel Lee
2010	The Switch	Debbie Epstein
2010	Conviction	Roseanna Perry	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010	Due Date	Heidi
2010	Memphis Beat	Cleo	TV Series (1 episode: "Baby, Let's Play House")
2011	Hick	Tammy
2012	The Firm	Tammy	TV Series Nominated "? Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
2013	Open Road	Jill
2013	August: Osage County	Karen Weston