Life and career
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 and Peter, and sisters Dierdre and Brandy.
Juliette Lewis wanted to act since she was six years old, and has appeared in over forty films and made-for-TV movies. She appeared in
The Wonder Years
as Wayne's girlfriend in Episodes 24, 34 and 36. 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 1992. Over the next few years, she won further critical support in
Peter Medak's Romeo Is Bleeding
, and as 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
.
[2] She played a rock singer in the film
Strange Days
, doing her own singing on covers of two songs written by
PJ Harvey, giving fans an early look at her musical prowess.
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". She starred in the video for the
Melissa Etheridge song "Come To My Window", and has also appeared in a
GAP commercial which she was dancing with
Daft Punk to the tune of the song "
Digital Love".
Music career
Lewis launched a career as a solo singer and musician, leading a group called
Juliette and the Licks until 2009. After splitting with the Licks, she has formed a new band called The New Romantiques, with whom she has recorded a new album entitled
Terra Incognita
.
[3] [4]
She is working with rock songwriter
Linda Perry, among others. 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")
[5]. In 2006,
Blender
magazine included her in their hottest women of rock music list while saying,
"[She] delivered sonically varnished melodic punk replete with purring vocals and lyrics that bash porn, pharmaceutical companies and rotten lovers. (in no particular order)".
[6]
Personal life
Lewis was engaged to actor
Brad Pitt and co-starred with him in the films
Kalifornia
and
Too Young to Die?
.
[7] [8] [9]
She also dated Michael Dewitt, the
nanny employed by musicians
Kurt Cobain and
Courtney Love. She married professional
skateboarder Steve Berra in 1999; they divorced in 2005. She is a member of the
Church of Scientology.
[10] [11] [12]
Filmography
| Year
| Film
| Role
| Notes
|
| 1987
| I Married Dora
| Kate Farrell
| (TV series)
|
| Home Fires
| Maty
| (TV)
|
| 1988
| My Stepmother Is an Alien
| Lexie, Jessie's Friend #1
|
|
| The Facts of Life
| Terry Rankin
| (TV series)
|
| 1989
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
| Audrey Griswold
|
|
| Meet the Hollowheads
| Cindy Hollowhead
|
|
| The Runnin' Kind
| Amy Curtis
|
|
| The Wonder Years
| Delores
| (TV Series)
|
| 1990
| A Family for Joe
| Holly Bankston #2
| (TV Series)
|
| 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 — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
|
| Crooked Hearts
| Cassie
|
|
| 1992
| That Night
| Sheryl O'Connor
|
|
| Husbands and Wives
| Rain
|
|
| 1993
| What's Eating Gilbert Grape
| Becky
|
|
| Romeo Is Bleeding
| Sheri
|
|
| Kalifornia
| Adele Corners
|
|
| 1994
| Mixed Nuts
| Gracie Barzini
|
|
| Natural Born Killers
| Mallory Knox
| Pasinetti Award for Best Actress
|
| 1995
| Strange Days
| Faith Justin
|
|
| The Basketball Diaries
| Diane Moody
|
|
| 1996
| The Evening Star
| Melanie Horton
|
|
| From Dusk till Dawn
| Kate Fuller
| Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
|
| 1998
| Some Girl
| April
|
|
| 1999
| The Other Sister
| Carla Tate
|
|
| The 4th Floor
| Jane Emelin
|
|
| 2000
| Room to Rent
| Linda
|
|
| The Way of the Gun
| Robin
|
|
| 2001
| Picture Claire
| Claire Beaucage
|
|
| My Louisiana Sky
| Dorie Kay
| (TV)
Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
|
| Gaudi Afternoon
| April
|
|
| 2002
| Enough
| Ginny
|
|
| ''Armitage: Dual Matrix
|
| (Anime)
|
| Dharma & Greg
| September
| "Try To Remember This Kind Of September" episode
|
| Hysterical Blindness
| Beth
| (TV)
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
|
| 2003
| Cold Creek Manor
|
|
|
| Free for All
| Paula
|
|
| Old School
| Heidi
|
|
| 2004
| Renegade
| Maria Sullivan
| aka Blueberry
|
| Starsky & Hutch
| Kitty
|
|
| Chasing Freedom
| Libby
| (TV)
|
| 2005
| Daltry Calhoun
| Flora Flick
|
|
| The Darwin Awards
| Joleen
|
|
| Lightfield's Home Videos
|
|
|
| Aurora Borealis
| Kate
|
|
| Grilled
| Suzanne
|
|
| 2006
| My Name Is Earl
| Jesse - Bounty Hunter
| in "The Bounty Hunter" episode
|
| 2007
| Catch and Release
| Maureen
|
|
| 2008
| Grand Theft Auto IV
|
| (video game)
|
| 2009
| Whip It!
| Dinah Might
|
|
| Metropia
| Nina
| (voice)
|
| Betty Anne Waters
|
|
|
| Sympathy for Delicious
| Ariel Lee
| Post-production
|
| 2010
| The Baster
|
| Post-production
|
|
References
- According to the State of California. ''California Birth Index, 1905-1995''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California, as per Ancestry.com website
- Juliette Lewis Biography
- Juliette Lewis Explains Why She Sacked Her Old Band NME.com, March 4, 2009
- http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/22/juliette-and-the-new-romantiques-king-kha
- The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
- Hottest Women of…Rock!
- Brad Pitt
- Brad Pitt
- Spotlight: Brad Pitt
- The Science of Celebrity: Religion to Non-Believers, It Seems Barmy. But to the Faithful, Like John Travolta and Tom Cruise, Scientology is Life-Affirming, Empowering and the Secret of Their Success. What Do They Know That We Don't? William Shaw Reports
- Inside Scientology
- Juliette Lewis gets her kicks with Licks