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