Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis

Birthdate
June 21, 1973 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
June 21, 1973 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting

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).

Juliette Lewis's LGBTQ+ Titles

Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk
Judy
A Million Little Pieces
A Million Little Pieces
Joanne

Acting (117)

DreamQuil as Nurse Chapman
Lips Like Sugar
The Trip
2025
Opus
2025
By Design as Camille
2024
It's Florida, Man. as Kim (1 episode)
2024
The Thicket as Cut Throat Bill
2022
Welcome to Chippendales as Denise (8 episodes)
2022
Queer as Folk as Judy (3 episodes)
2021
Yellowjackets as Natalie Scatorccio (29 episodes)
2021
Yellowjackets as Self - Adult Nat (2 episodes)
2021
Mayday as June
2021
Breaking News in Yuba County as Gloria Michaels
2021
Music as Evelyn
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020
Filthy Rich as Juliette (3 episodes)
2020
I Know This Much Is True as Nedra Frank (2 episodes)
2019
Back Roads as Bonnie Altmyer
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 episode)
2019
2019
Ma as Erica
2019
Dreamland as Countess
2019
The Act as Kathy (1 episode)
2019
Anthem of a Teenage Prophet as Mary
2018
The Conners as Blue (3 episodes)
2018
Camping as Jandice (8 episodes)
2018
Sacred Lies as Harper (10 episodes)
2016
Nerve as Nancy Delmonico
2016
Hard Lovin' Woman as Herself
2016
The Second Sound Barrier as Lady Billionaire
2015
Jem and the Holograms as Erica Raymond
2015
Wayward Pines as Beverly Brown (3 episodes)
2015
Future Relic 03 as Lona Rey
2015
Secrets and Lies as Det. Andrea Cornell (20 episodes)
2014
Hellion as Pam Noonan
2014
Kelly & Cal as Kelly
2013
August: Osage County as Karen Weston
2013
Open Road as Jill
2012
Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash as Narrator
2012
The Firm as Tammy (22 episodes)
2011
Foreverland as Vicky
2011
Hick as Tammy
2011
Portlandia as Darcy (1 episode)
2010
Mando Diao: MTV Unplugged - Above and Beyond
2010
Due Date as Heidi
2010
Conviction as Roseanna Perry
2010
The Switch as Debbie
2010
Sympathy for Delicious as Ariel Lee
2009
Metropia as Nina (voice)
2009
Live from Studio Five as Self (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2009
Whip It as Iron Maven
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge (archive footage) (1 episode)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
Catch and Release as Maureen Monette
2006
Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor as Self - Singer
2006
Grilled as Suzanne
2006
The Darwin Awards as Joleen
2005
Daltry Calhoun as Flora
2005
My Name Is Earl as Jesse (1 episode)
2005
Aurora Borealis as Kate
2004
My Coolest Years as Herself (1 episode)
2004
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show as self - segment (2 episodes)
2004
Starsky & Hutch as Kitty
2004
Renegade as Maria Sullivan
2004
Chasing Freedom as Libby
2003
Cold Creek Manor as Ruby
2003
Free for All as Paula Wisconsin (7 episodes)
2003
Old School as Heidi
2002
Enough as Ginny
2002
Through the Night with... as Self (1 episode)
2002
Hysterical Blindness as Beth
2002
Assembling Armitage as Self
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self
2001
Picture Claire as Claire Beaucage
2001
Room to Rent as Linda
2001
My Louisiana Sky as Dorie Kay
2001
Gaudi Afternoon as April
2000
The Way of the Gun as Robin
1999
The 4th Floor as Jane Emelin
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1999
TV total as Self (1 episode)
1999
The Other Sister as Carla Tate
1998
Full Tilt Boogie as Self
1998
Some Girl as April
1997
Dharma & Greg as September (1 episode)
1996
The Evening Star as Melanie Horton
1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Host (1 episode)
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn as Kate Fuller
1995
Strange Days as Faith Justin
1995
The Basketball Diaries as Diane Moody
1994
Mixed Nuts as Gracie Barzini
1994
Natural Born Killers as Mallory Knox
1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Becky
1993
Romeo is Bleeding as Sheri
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1993
Kalifornia as Adele Corners
1993
GMTV as Self (1 episode)
1992
Husbands and Wives as Rain
1992
That Night as Sheryl O'Connor
1991
Cape Fear as Danielle Bowden
1991
Crooked Hearts as Cassie Warren
1990
A Family for Joe as Holly Bankston (9 episodes)
1990
Too Young to Die as Amanda Sue Bradley
1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Audrey Griswold
1989
Meet the Hollowheads as Cindy Hollowhead
1989
The Runnin' Kind as Amy Curtis
1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien as Lexie
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 episode)
1988
The Wonder Years as Delores (4 episodes)
1987
I Married Dora as Kate Farrell (13 episodes)
1987
Home Fires as Mary Ash
1980
Bronco Billy as Child Spectator
1979
The Facts of Life (2 episodes)