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).

Known For

Mallory Knox

Natural Born Killers

Faith Justin

Strange Days

Sheri

Romeo Is Bleeding

Becky

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Danielle Bowden

Cape Fear

Robin

The Way of the Gun

Kate Fuller

From Dusk Till Dawn

Maria Sullivan

Blueberry

Ginny

Enough

Diane Moody

The Basketball Diaries

Adele Corners

Kalifornia

Amanda Sue Bradley

Too Young to Die

Melanie Horton

The Evening Star

Flora

Daltry Calhoun

Iron Maven

Whip It

Audrey Griswold

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Suzanne

Grilled

Gracie Barzini

Mixed Nuts

Heidi

Old School

Lexie

My Stepmother Is an Alien

Ruby

Cold Creek Manor

Cut Throat Bill

The Thicket

Kitty

Starsky & Hutch

Sheryl O'Connor

That Night

Maureen Monette

Catch and Release

Kate

Aurora Borealis

Claire Beaucage

Picture Claire

Rain

Husbands and Wives

Self

Assembling Armitage

Debbie

The Switch

Heidi

Due Date

Self

Full Tilt Boogie

Nina (voice)

Metropia

Beth

Hysterical Blindness

Roseanna Perry

Conviction

Carla Tate

The Other Sister

Joleen

The Darwin Awards

Cindy Hollowhead

Meet the Hollowheads

Jane Emelin

The 4th Floor

Cassie Warren

Crooked Hearts

Dorie Kay

My Louisiana Sky

Mando Diao: MTV Unplugged - Above and Beyond

Tammy

Hick

Self (archive footage)

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Ariel Lee

Sympathy for Delicious

Self

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

Child Spectator (uncredited)

Bronco Billy

Karen Weston

August: Osage County

April

Some Girl

Jill

Open Road

Kelly

Kelly & Cal

Pam Noonan

Hellion

Evelyn

Music

April

Gaudi Afternoon

Erica Raymond

Jem and the Holograms

Amy Curtis

The Runnin' Kind

Clara Armstrong

Opus

Self - Singer

Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor

Libby

Chasing Freedom

Lips Like Sugar

Nancy Delmonico

Nerve

Lona Rey

Future Relic 03

Linda

Room to Rent

Nurse Chapman

DreamQuil

Herself

Hard Lovin' Woman

Lady Billionaire

The Second Sound Barrier

Mary

Anthem of a Teenage Prophet

Bonnie Altmyer

Back Roads

Erica

Ma

Countess

Dreamland

Joanne

A Million Little Pieces

Narrator

Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash

Vicky

Foreverland

Gloria Michaels

Breaking News in Yuba County

June

Mayday

Mary Ash

Home Fires

Self (archive footage)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Camille

By Design

Over Your Dead Body

Medicine

Scorsese's Women

Untitled Weezer Film

Ruth

Jesus Land