Who is Juliette Lewis?
Juliette Lewis is an alternative rock singer and actress from the United States. She is renowned for portraying eccentric characters, frequently in movies with gloomy themes. In the early 1990s, Lewis rose to fame as a “it girl” of American cinema after starring in a number of indie and arthouse productions.
Juliette Lewis bio
Geoffrey Lewis, an actor, and Glenis (née Duggan) Batley, a graphic designer, welcomed their first child, Juliette Lake Lewis, on June 21, 1973 in Los Angeles, California.
Juliette Lewis siblings
She has seven siblings or half-siblings, including Dierdre, Peter, Miles, Matthew, Brandy, Hannah, and Lightfield (an actor who starred in The New WKRP in Cincinnati). Emily Colombier, her stepsister, is another relative.
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Juliette Lewis career
Lewis made her cinematic debut with a credit in the 1987 television movie “Home Fires,” and the same year, she was chosen for the one-season drama “I Married Dora.” She appeared in a few episodes of “Facts of Life” and the Kim Basinger and Dan Ackroyd-starring movie “My Stepmother Is an Alien” the following year.
She appeared in the comedies “The Running Kind,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” the science fiction comedy “Meet the Hollowheads,” and she made guest appearances on the television program “The Wonder Years” in 1989.
In the 1990 television film “Too Young to Die?,” she co-starred with Brad Pitt and was partially based on the true story of Attina Marie Cannaday, who abducted and murdered a US Air Force Sergeant. She had just been detained for underage drinking in a bar while the video was being made, and she was sixteen at the time.
Lewis first attracted recognition for her appearance in the 1991 Martin Scorsese adaptation of the movie “Cape Fear,” in which she played the daughter of a family that a psychotic criminal targeted. In addition to receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, she also received a Golden Globe nomination.
The next year, she appeared in a supporting part in both Katherine Heigl’s theatrical debut movie “That Night” and the Woody Allen movie “Husbands and Wives.” 1993 saw three film releases for her. She appeared in the thrillers “Kalifornia” and “Romeo is Bleeding” with Brad Pitt and David Duchovny.
In the critically acclaimed drama “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” she played a supporting role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio to close out the year.
In “Natural Born Killers,” an Oliver Stone thriller, she co-starred with Woody Harrelson. She and Harrelson were nominated for two MTV Movie Awards for Best On-Screen Duo and Best Kiss.
She collaborated with DiCaprio once again on the drama “Basketball Diaries” in 1995, and she also acted in “Strange Days,” directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
She finished the decade with parts in the comedies “Some Girl” (1998; directed by Robert Rodriguez) and “The Other Sister” (1999; starring George Clooney; and “The 4th Floor” (1999; directed by Robert Rodriguez).
Then made her cinematic debut in the thriller “The Way of the Gun” in 2001, and she went on to star in the criminal drama “Picture Claire” and the independent lesbian-themed picture “Gaudi Afternoon” the following year.
She appeared in cameos on several television programs in the early 2000s, such as “Dharma and Greg,” “Free for All,” “My Name Is Earl,” “Pancake Mountain,” and “Memphis Beat.”
In 2003, she was nominated for both an Independent Spirit Award and an Emmy Award for her performance in the television film “Hysterical Blindness,” which also starred Uma Thurman.
She also appeared in the comedies “Starsky And Hutch” (2004), “Daltry Calhoun” (2005), and “The Darwin Awards” (2006).
Lewis founded the band Juliette and the Licks, had her singing debut, and added comic actress to her list of accomplishments in the 2000s. The band’s debut album, “You’re Speaking My Language,” was released in May 2005 and received positive reviews.
Lewis continued to pursue a career in music and released her debut solo album “Terra Incognita” in 2009. They followed its release with an international tour and their second and final album “Four on the Floor” in 2007. Critics gave it a range of opinions.
She made an appearance in the 2010 comedies “Due Date” and “Sympathy for Delicious,” which were both directed by Mark Ruffalo and starred Zac Galifianakis.
The independent drama “Hick,” in which she co-starred with Chloe Grace Moretz, garnered unfavorable reviews from critics the year after. She and Josh Lucas co-starred in the NBC drama “The Firm,” which had one season, in 2012.
The comedy-drama movie “August: Osage County” featured her alongside Meryl Strep and Julia Roberts the next year.
Strep and Roberts each received nominations for Academy Awards and Golden Globes, and the movie was a financial triumph, earning over $74 million globally.
She had a recurring part on the science fiction drama “Wayward Pines” in 2015, and she started playing Detective Andrea Collins on the drama “Secrets and Lies,” a position she played for the whole first season’s twenty-two episodes.
She made a cameo on “The Graves” in 2017, and the year after that witnessed the release of three significant drama films: “Back Roads,” “A Million Little Pieces,” and “Anthem of a Teenage Prophet.”
Juliette Lewis net worth
American actress and singer Juliette Lewis has a $5 million dollar net worth. In movies and television shows including “Natural Born Killers,” “Starsky and Hutch,” “Wayward Pines,” “Old School,” and “Hysterical Blindness,” Juliette Lewis is best recognized for portraying eccentric characters.
Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis
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