Juliette Lewis
Born: 1973-06-21 in 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).
Filmography
2026
- By Design as Camille
- Over Your Dead Body
2025
- Opus as Clara Armstrong
2024
- The Thicket as Cut Throat Bill
- It's Florida, Man. as Kim
2023
- I'm a Virgo as Justin (Voice)
2022
- Welcome to Chippendales as Denise
- Queer as Folk as Judy
2021
- Yellowjackets as Natalie Scatorccio
- Mayday as June
- Breaking News in Yuba County as Gloria Michaels
- Music as Evelyn
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020
- I Know This Much Is True as Nedra Frank
- Filthy Rich as Juliette
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Ma as Erica
- Back Roads as Bonnie Altmyer
- The Act as Kathy
- Anthem of a Teenage Prophet as Mary
- Dreamland as Countess
- A Million Little Pieces as Joanne
2018
- The Conners as Blue
- Sacred Lies as Harper
- Camping as Jandice
2016
- Nerve as Nancy Delmonico
- The Second Sound Barrier as Lady Billionaire
- Graves as Bailey Todd
- Hard Lovin' Woman as Herself
2015
- Wayward Pines as Beverly Brown
- Jem and the Holograms as Erica Raymond
- Secrets and Lies as Detective Andrea Cornell
- Future Relic 03 as Lona Rey
2014
- Hellion as Pam Noonan
- Kelly & Cal as Kelly
- Scorsese's Women as Medicine
2013
- Open Road as Jill
- August: Osage County as Karen Weston
2012
- Hick as Tammy
- The Firm as Tammy
- Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash as Narrator
2011
- Portlandia as Darcy
- Foreverland as Vicky
2010
- The Switch as Debbie
- Conviction as Roseanna Perry
- Due Date as Heidi
- Mando Diao: MTV Unplugged - Above and Beyond
- Sympathy for Delicious as Ariel Lee
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- Metropia as Nina (voice)
- Whip It as Iron Maven
- Live from Studio Five as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- The Darwin Awards as Joleen
2006
- Grilled as Suzanne
- Catch and Release as Maureen Monette
- Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor as Self - Singer
2005
- My Name Is Earl as Jesse
- Daltry Calhoun as Flora
- Aurora Borealis as Kate
2004
- Starsky & Hutch as Kitty
- Renegade as Maria Sullivan
- Chasing Freedom as Libby
- Sarah Kuttner – Die Show as self - segment
- My Coolest Years as Herself
2003
- Old School as Heidi
- Cold Creek Manor as Ruby
- Free for All as Paula Wisconsin
2002
- Hysterical Blindness as Beth
- Enough as Ginny
- Through the Night with... as Self
- Assembling Armitage as Self
2001
- Gaudi Afternoon as April
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self
- Picture Claire as Claire Beaucage
- My Louisiana Sky as Dorie Kay
- Room to Rent as Linda
2000
- The Way of the Gun as Robin
1999
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- The Other Sister as Carla Tate
- The 4th Floor as Jane Emelin
- TV total as Self
1998
- Full Tilt Boogie as Self
- Some Girl as April
1997
- Dharma & Greg as September
1996
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Host
- From Dusk Till Dawn as Kate Fuller
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self (archive footage)
- The Evening Star as Melanie Horton
1995
- The Basketball Diaries as Diane Moody
- Strange Days as Faith Justin
1994
- Mixed Nuts as Gracie Barzini
- Natural Born Killers as Mallory Knox
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- GMTV as Self
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Becky
- Romeo Is Bleeding as Sheri
- Kalifornia as Adele Corners
1992
- That Night as Sheryl O'Connor
- Husbands and Wives as Rain
1991
- Crooked Hearts as Cassie Warren
- Cape Fear as Danielle Bowden
1990
- Too Young to Die as Amanda Sue Bradley
- A Family for Joe as Holly Bankston
1989
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Audrey Griswold
- The Runnin' Kind as Amy Curtis
- Meet the Hollowheads as Cindy Hollowhead
1988
- The Wonder Years as Delores
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- My Stepmother Is an Alien as Lexie
1987
- I Married Dora as Kate Farrell
- Home Fires as Mary Ash
1980
- Bronco Billy as Child Spectator (uncredited)