Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis


Juliette Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress and musician. She gained international fame for her role in the 1991 thriller Cape Fear for which she received an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. This followed with major roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Natural Born Killers, The Evening Star, and From Dusk Till Dawn. Her work in television has resulted in two Emmy nominations.

Juliette Lewis & The Licks - Hot Kiss



Juliette Lewis "Terra Incognita" OFFICIAL New Music Video!



Juliette and The Licks - "Sticky Honey"


"Fantasy Bar" 2009 Juliette Lewis Music Video!





Early life

Juliette 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 Deirdre and Brandy.


Career

[edit]Acting
Lewis 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 1991.[7] Over the next few years, she won further critical support in Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives", Peter Medak's Romeo Is Bleeding,[8] and opposite Brad Pitt in Kalifornia. In 1993, she acted alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp in the drama film What's Eating Gilbert Grape.[9] She played Mallory Knox in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers.[10] She played a rock singer in the film Strange Days, doing her own singing on covers of two songs written by PJ Harvey, revealing her musical ability.[11]
She received an Emmy nomination for her performance in Hysterical Blindness in 2003.[12] She also appeared in the HIM music video for "Buried Alive By Love" in 2003.[13]
Lewis appeared in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV, providing the voice of "Juliette", the host of fictional radio station "Radio Broker".[14] She starred in the video for the Melissa Etheridge song "Come To My Window",[citation needed] and has also appeared in a GAP commercial in which she was dancing with Daft Punk to the tune of the song "Digital Love".[15] She also hosted the UK pop quiz show "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" in 2010.
She will star in the mid-season replacement, The Firm, on NBC as Tammy, assistant to lead character Mitch McDeere (Josh Lucas).[16] .
[edit]Music


Lewis performing with the Licks at the Eurockéennes 2007
Lewis launched a career as a solo singer and musician, leading American rock band Juliette and the Licks until 2009. After splitting with the Licks, she has formed a new band The New Romantiques, with whom she has recorded an album entitled Terra Incognita.[17]
Lewis features on the track "Bad Brother" by the band The Infidels, from The Crow: Salvation Soundtrack album, which was released on April 2000. 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").[18] 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)".[19]
Lewis says of her acting and music, "I was always using music in my acting to prepare for roles. To me, cinema and music go hand in hand. Now I’m just giving attention to the other side of my art.”[20]
In 2009, Juliette played at Przystanek Woodstock[21] in Poland.
[edit]Personal life

At fourteen, she left her parents and went to live with family friend and actress, Karen Black, before moving into her own apartment. Dropping out of high school, she got into trouble with the law for driving illegally at age fifteen and then for illegally patronizing a nightclub when she was sixteen. While in her twenties, she eventually went into rehab for drug addiction.[22]
Lewis married professional skateboarder Steve Berra in 1999; they divorced in 2003.[23]
Lewis is a Christian and a member of the Church of Scientology.[24][25][26]
In October 2010, she was the victim of a hit-and-run car accident in which an unknown driver T-boned the Lincoln Town Car she was traveling in.[27]
[edit]Discography

…Like a Bolt of Lightning (2004)
You're Speaking My Language (2005)
Four on the Floor (2006)
Terra Incognita (2009)
[edit]Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1987 I Married Dora Kate Farrell (TV series)
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Comedy 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 — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (Shared with Robert De Niro)
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
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (Shared with Woody Harrelson)
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (Shared with Woody Harrelson)
1995 Strange Days Faith Justin
The Basketball Diaries Diane Moody
1996 The Evening Star Melanie Horton Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama
From Dusk till Dawn Kate Fuller Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1998 Some Girl April
1999 The Other Sister Carla Tate Nominated — Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
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 Herself as a radio DJ (video game)
2009 Whip It! Iron Maven
Metropia Nina (voice)
2010 Sympathy for Delicious Ariel Lee
The Switch Debbie Epstein
Conviction Roseanna Perry Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Due Date Heidi
Memphis Beat Cleo (TV Series) "Baby, Let's Play House"
2012 The Firm Tammy (TV Series) Principle character
References from Wikipedia.com

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