Jenny Lewis
Acting • Born 1976-01-08
Biography
Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child actress, appearing in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989) and The Wizard (1989) and the television series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–93). In the mid-1990s, Lewis semi-retired from acting to focus on her musical career, and formed Rilo Kiley in 1998 with fellow former child actor Blake Sennett. Rilo Kiley released four albums before they disbanded in 2014. Lewis has released five solo albums.
Filmography
63 credits
The Wizard
Movie • 1989
Haley
Troop Beverly Hills
Movie • 1989
Hannah Nefler
Don's Plum
Movie • 2002
Sara
My Father, My Son
Movie • 1988
Maya
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Movie • 1992
Corinne
Foxfire
Movie • 1996
Rita Faldes
Runaway Daughters
Movie • 1994
Laura Cahn
Jenny Lewis - 2022 XPoNential Music Festival
Movie • 2022
Self
Shannon's Deal
Movie • 1989
Neala Shannon
American Misfits
Movie • 2003
Self
A Friendship in Vienna
Movie • 1988
Inge Dournenvald
Daddy
Movie • 1991
Melissa Watson
kid 90
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie • 1987
Evangeline "Little Eva" St. Claire
Some Idealistic Future
Movie • 2013
Herself
The Postal Service: Everything Will Change
Movie • 2014
Self
Sweet Temptation
Movie • 1996
Jade Larson
Trading Hearts
Movie • 1988
Yvonne Rhonda Nottingham
A Very Murray Christmas
Movie • 2015
The Waitress
A Place at the Table
Movie • 1988
Rachel Singer
Who Gets the Friends?
Movie • 1988
Runaway Father
Movie • 1991
Marcia
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Movie • 1991
Ellie
Suburban Beat
Movie • 1985
Pleasantville
Movie • 1998
Christin
Convicted
Movie • 1986
Shelley Forbes
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Movie • 1990
Melanie Benson
Jenny Lewis' On The Line Online
Movie • 2019
Self
Little Boy Blue
Movie • 1997
Traci / Jimmy's girlfriend
Bolt
Movie • 2008
Assistant Director (voice)
It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown
Movie • 1983
Ruby (voice)
Talk to Me
Movie • 1996
Kelly Reilly
The Postal Service Zoom Auditions
Movie • 2020
Self
Coachella
Movie • 2006
Self (Interviewee)
G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief
Movie • 2025
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
Movie • 2025
Self
Growing Pains
TV • 1985
Judy Jones
Mr. Belvedere
TV • 1985
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Leslie Walden
Life with Lucy
TV • 1986
Becky McGibbon
Once and Again
TV • 1999
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Daisy
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "If She Dies")
Just the Ten of Us
TV • 1988
Gossip Girl
TV • 2007
Self
Get Real
TV • 1999
Meg O'Donnell
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
Free Spirit
TV • 1989
The Charmings
TV • 1987
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Judge Isabel Fisher
Brooklyn Bridge
TV • 1991
Katie Monahan
Hell Town
TV • 1985
The Cleveland Show
TV • 2009
Shannon's Deal
TV • 1990
Neala Shannon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Baywatch
TV • 1989
Alex
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Austin City Limits
TV • 1975
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Amy (voice)
Baby M
TV • 1988
Tuesday
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Laura Cahn