Juliette Lewis
Acting • Born 1973-06-21
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
122 credits
Natural Born Killers
Movie • 1994
Mallory Knox
Strange Days
Movie • 1995
Faith Justin
Romeo Is Bleeding
Movie • 1993
Sheri
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Movie • 1993
Becky
Cape Fear
Movie • 1991
Danielle Bowden
The Way of the Gun
Movie • 2000
Robin
From Dusk Till Dawn
Movie • 1996
Kate Fuller
Renegade
Movie • 2004
Maria Sullivan
Enough
Movie • 2002
Ginny
The Basketball Diaries
Movie • 1995
Diane Moody
Kalifornia
Movie • 1993
Adele Corners
Too Young to Die
Movie • 1990
Amanda Sue Bradley
The Evening Star
Movie • 1996
Melanie Horton
Daltry Calhoun
Movie • 2005
Flora
Whip It
Movie • 2009
Iron Maven
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Movie • 1989
Audrey Griswold
Grilled
Movie • 2006
Suzanne
Mixed Nuts
Movie • 1994
Gracie Barzini
Old School
Movie • 2003
Heidi
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Movie • 1988
Lexie
Cold Creek Manor
Movie • 2003
Ruby
The Thicket
Movie • 2024
Cut Throat Bill
Starsky & Hutch
Movie • 2004
Kitty
That Night
Movie • 1992
Sheryl O'Connor
Catch and Release
Movie • 2006
Maureen Monette
Picture Claire
Movie • 2001
Claire Beaucage
Aurora Borealis
Movie • 2005
Kate
Husbands and Wives
Movie • 1992
Rain
Assembling Armitage
Movie • 2002
Self
The Switch
Movie • 2010
Debbie
Due Date
Movie • 2010
Heidi
Full Tilt Boogie
Movie • 1998
Self
Metropia
Movie • 2009
Nina (voice)
Hysterical Blindness
Movie • 2002
Beth
Conviction
Movie • 2010
Roseanna Perry
The Other Sister
Movie • 1999
Carla Tate
The Darwin Awards
Movie • 2007
Joleen
Meet the Hollowheads
Movie • 1989
Cindy Hollowhead
The 4th Floor
Movie • 1999
Jane Emelin
Crooked Hearts
Movie • 1991
Cassie Warren
My Louisiana Sky
Movie • 2001
Dorie Kay
Mando Diao: MTV Unplugged - Above and Beyond
Movie • 2010
Hick
Movie • 2012
Tammy
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Sympathy for Delicious
Movie • 2010
Ariel Lee
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Movie • 2001
Self
Bronco Billy
Movie • 1980
Child Spectator (uncredited)
August: Osage County
Movie • 2013
Karen Weston
Some Girl
Movie • 1998
April
Open Road
Movie • 2013
Jill
Kelly & Cal
Movie • 2014
Kelly
Hellion
Movie • 2014
Pam Noonan
Music
Movie • 2021
Evelyn
Gaudi Afternoon
Movie • 2001
April
Jem and the Holograms
Movie • 2015
Erica Raymond
The Runnin' Kind
Movie • 1989
Amy Curtis
Opus
Movie • 2025
Clara Armstrong
Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor
Movie • 2006
Self - Singer
Chasing Freedom
Movie • 2004
Libby
Lips Like Sugar
Movie
Nerve
Movie • 2016
Nancy Delmonico
Future Relic 03
Movie • 2015
Lona Rey
Room to Rent
Movie • 2001
Linda
DreamQuil
Movie • 2026
Nurse Chapman
Hard Lovin' Woman
Movie • 2016
Herself
The Second Sound Barrier
Movie • 2016
Lady Billionaire
Anthem of a Teenage Prophet
Movie • 2019
Mary
Back Roads
Movie • 2019
Bonnie Altmyer
Ma
Movie • 2019
Erica
Dreamland
Movie • 2019
Countess
A Million Little Pieces
Movie • 2019
Joanne
Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash
Movie • 2012
Narrator
Foreverland
Movie • 2011
Vicky
Breaking News in Yuba County
Movie • 2021
Gloria Michaels
Mayday
Movie • 2021
June
Home Fires
Movie • 1987
Mary Ash
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
By Design
Movie • 2026
Camille
Over Your Dead Body
Movie • 2026
Scorsese's Women
Movie • 2014
Medicine
Weezer: Security Threat
Movie
Jesus Land
Movie
Ruth
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Guest
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Jesse
Dharma & Greg
TV • 1997
September
Sacred Lies
TV • 2018
Harper
Filthy Rich
TV • 2020
Juliette
The Wonder Years
TV • 1988
Delores
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
I Married Dora
TV • 1987
Kate Farrell
Free for All
TV • 2003
Paula Wisconsin
A Family for Joe
TV • 1990
Holly Bankston
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
The Firm
TV • 2012
Tammy
Secrets and Lies
TV • 2015
Detective Andrea Cornell
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
Yellowjackets
TV • 2021
Natalie Scatorccio
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Portlandia
TV • 2011
Darcy
Through the Night with...
TV • 2002
Self
I Know This Much Is True
TV • 2020
Nedra Frank
Queer as Folk
TV • 2022
Judy
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Camping
TV • 2018
Jandice
My Coolest Years
TV • 2004
Herself
The Conners
TV • 2018
Blue
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self - Host
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Welcome to Chippendales
TV • 2022
Denise
TV total
TV • 1999
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Wayward Pines
TV • 2015
Beverly Brown
The Act
TV • 2019
Kathy
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
TV • 2004
self - segment
It's Florida, Man.
TV • 2024
Kim
I'm a Virgo
TV • 2023
Justin (Voice)
Graves
TV • 2016
Bailey Todd
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest