Everything about Juliette Lewis totally explained
Juliette L. Lewis (born
June 21,
1973) is an
Academy Award-nominated
American actress and musician.
Biography
Early life
Lewis was born in
Los Angeles, California. Her father is actor
Geoffrey Lewis and her mother, Glenis Batley (
née Duggan), is a
graphic designer. They divorced when she was two years old. She has two brothers, Lightfield and Peter, and two sisters, Dierdre and Brandy. Her uncle is the late composer,
Peter Tod Lewis. She wanted to act since she was six years old, and got her start in TV at the age of twelve.
Career
Lewis has appeared in over forty films and made-for-TV movies. She starred in the video for the
Melissa Etheridge song "Come To My Window", and has also appeared in a
GAP commercial which she was dancing with
Daft Punk to the tune of the song "
Digital Love." She was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1992 for
Cape Fear. In
1995 she starred in
Kathryn Bigelow's
Strange Days; in the movie she sings
PJ Harvey's
Rid Of Me from the eponymous album, anticipating her later work as a singer. She received an
Emmy nomination for her performance in "Hysterical Blindness" in 2003. She also appeared in the
HIM music video for "
Buried Alive By Love" in 2003.
Lewis has also launched a career as a solo singer and musician, leading a group called
Juliette and the Licks which has released a number of recordings. 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"). 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)".
Lewis made an appearance in
Rockstar Games'
Grand Theft Auto IV, providing the voice of "Juliette", the host of fictional radio station 'Radio Broker'.
Personal life
Lewis dated actor
Brad Pitt for several years and co-starred with him in the movies
Kalifornia and
Too Young to Die?. She also dated the nanny employed by musicians
Kurt Cobain and
Courtney Love, Michael Dewitt. She married professional skateboarder
Steve Berra in 1999, but they're now divorced. She is a member of the
Church of Scientology.
Lewis' sister, Brandy, is married to
My Name Is Earl star
Ethan Suplee. Lewis guest-starred on
My Name Is Earl in 2006.
Filmography
Further Information
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