
Juliette Lewis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1973-06-21 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
Acting
DreamQuil
as Nurse Chapman
(2025)
Opus
as Clara Armstrong
(2025)
By Design
as Camille
(2024)
The Thicket
as Cut Throat Bill
(2021)
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Gloria Michaels
(2021)
Music
as Evelyn
(2021)
Mayday
as June
(2021)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Ma
as Erica
(2019)
Back Roads
as Bonnie Altmyer
(2019)
A Million Little Pieces
as Joanne
(2019)
Dreamland
as Countess
(2019)
Anthem of a Teenage Prophet
as Mary
(2016)
Nerve
as Nancy Delmonico
(2016)
The Second Sound Barrier
as Lady Billionaire
(2016)
Hard Lovin' Woman
as Herself
(2015)
Jem and the Holograms
as Erica Raymond
(2015)
Future Relic 03
as Lona Rey
(2014)
Hellion
as Pam Noonan
(2014)
Kelly & Cal
as Kelly
(2014)
Scorsese's Women
as Medicine
(2013)
August: Osage County
as Karen Weston
(2013)
Open Road
as Jill
(2012)
Hick
as Tammy
(2012)
(2011)
Foreverland
as Vicky
(2010)
Due Date
as Heidi
(2010)
The Switch
as Debbie
(2010)
Conviction
as Roseanna Perry
(2010)
Sympathy for Delicious
as Ariel Lee
(2010)
(2009)
Whip It
as Iron Maven
(2009)
Metropia
as Nina (voice)
(2006)
Catch and Release
as Maureen Monette
(2006)
Grilled
as Suzanne
(2006)
The Darwin Awards
as Joleen
(2006)
Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor
as Self - Singer
(2005)
Aurora Borealis
as Kate
(2005)
Daltry Calhoun
as Flora
(2004)
Starsky & Hutch
as Kitty
(2004)
Renegade
as Maria Sullivan
(2004)
Chasing Freedom
as Libby
(2003)
Old School
as Heidi
(2003)
Cold Creek Manor
as Ruby
(2002)
Enough
as Ginny
(2002)
Hysterical Blindness
as Beth
(2002)
Assembling Armitage
as Self
(2001)
Gaudi Afternoon
as April
(2001)
Picture Claire
as Claire Beaucage
(2001)
My Louisiana Sky
as Dorie Kay
(2001)
Room to Rent
as Linda
(2001)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self
(2000)
The Way of the Gun
as Robin
(1999)
The Other Sister
as Carla Tate
(1999)
The 4th Floor
as Jane Emelin
(1998)
Full Tilt Boogie
as Self
(1998)
Some Girl
as April
(1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Kate Fuller
(1996)
The Evening Star
as Melanie Horton
(1996)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
(1995)
The Basketball Diaries
as Diane Moody
(1995)
Strange Days
as Faith Justin
(1994)
Natural Born Killers
as Mallory Knox
(1994)
Mixed Nuts
as Gracie Barzini
(1993)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Becky
(1993)
Kalifornia
as Adele Corners
(1993)
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Sheri
(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)
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
(1987)
Home Fires
as Mary Ash
(1980)
Bronco Billy
as Child Spectator