Juliette Lewis
born on 21/6/1973 in Los Angeles, CA, United States
Links www.myspace.com (English)
Juliette Lewis
| Juliette Lewis | |
| Born | June 21 1973 |
| Years active | 1987present |
| Spouse(s) | Stephen Berra (1999-2005; divorced) |
Juliette Lewis (born June 21, 1973)[1] is an American actress and musician.
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 dated actor Brad Pitt and co-starred with him in the films Kalifornia and Too Young to Die?.[7][8] 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.
Lewis is a member of the Church of Scientology.[9][10][11]
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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! | Iron Maven | |
| 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. Yahoo! Movies (December 2006). Retrieved on 2008-07-11.
- Juliette Lewis Explains Why She Sacked Her Old Band NME.com, 2009-03-04.
- http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/22/juliette-and-the-new-romantiques-king-khan-and-the-shrines-bring-heat-to-rolling-stones-sxsw-party/
- Bansal, Vik (2004). The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. musicOMH.
- Errico, Mike (December 2006). Hottest Women ofRock!. Blender. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- Brad Pitt. People Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- Brad Pitt. channel4.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- Shaw, William, 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, The Sunday Telegraph, 2008-02-17, p. 26.
- Reitman, Janet, Inside Scientology, Rolling Stone, 2006-02-23. URL accessed on 2006-06-28.
- Freeman, Paul, Juliette Lewis gets her kicks with Licks, Redwood City Daily News, 2007-11-30. URL accessed on 2008-05-25.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Juliette Lewis
- Juliette Lewis at the Internet Movie Database
- Juliette Lewis band (music)
- Juliette Lewis at MusicBrainz
- 2006 Interview with Juliette Lewis on Theatre.com
- Juliette Lewis Explains Her "Dark" New Album
| Juliette and the Licks | |
|---|---|
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Juliette Lewis Emilio Cueto Craig Fairbaugh Ed Davis Jason Womack Todd Morse Kemble Walters Paul III Jason Morris | |
| Studio albums and EPs | ...Like a Bolt of Lightning You're Speaking My Language Four on the Floor |
| Related articles | Dave Grohl |
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