Juliette Lewis
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| Juliette Lewis | |
 Lewis at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in 2008 |
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| Born | June 21, 1973 Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| Spouse(s) | Stephen Berra (1999–2005; divorced) |
Juliette Lewis (born June 21, 1973)[1] is an American actress and musician.
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[edit] Life and career
Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California to Geoffrey Lewis, an actor, and Glenis Duggan Batley, a graphic designer. She has four siblings – brothers Lightfield and Peter, and sisters Dierdre and Brandy.
Juliette Lewis wanted to act since she was six years old, and has appeared in over forty films and made-for-TV movies. She appeared in "The Wonder Years" as Wayne's girlfriend in Episodes 24, 34 and 36. Lewis first garnered international attention and acclaim in 1991 with her turn as Danielle Bowden in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1992. Over the next few years, she won further critical support in Peter Medak's Romeo Is Bleeding, and as opposite Brad Pitt in Kalifornia. She played Mallory Knox in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers.[2]
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 appeared in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV, providing the voice of "Juliette", the host of fictional radio station "Radio Broker". 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".
[edit] Music career
Lewis launched a career as a solo singer and musician, leading a group called Juliette and the Licks until 2009. After splitting with the Licks, she has formed a new band called The New Romantiques, with whom she has recorded a new album entitled Terra Incognita.[3]
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")[4]. 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)".[5]
[edit] Personal life
Lewis was engaged to actor Brad Pitt and co-starred with him in the films Kalifornia and Too Young to Die?.[6][7][8]
She also dated Michael Dewitt, the nanny employed by musicians Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. She married professional skateboarder Steve Berra in 1999; they divorced in 2005. She is a member of the Church of Scientology.[9][10][11]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
- ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California, as per Ancestry.com website
- ^ "Juliette Lewis Biography". Yahoo! Movies. December 2006. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019350/bio. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.
- ^ Juliette Lewis Explains Why She Sacked Her Old Band NME.com, March 4, 2009
- ^ Bansal, Vik (2004). "The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned". musicOMH. http://www.musicomh.com/albums/prodigy.htm.
- ^ Errico, Mike (December 2006). "Hottest Women of…Rock!". Blender. http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2295&src=blender_ed. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ "Brad Pitt". People Magazine. http://www.people.com/people/brad_pitt. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ "Brad Pitt". channel4.com. http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/person.jsp?id=15123. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ "Spotlight: Brad Pitt". movies.aol.com. http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/brad-pitt/56988/main. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ Shaw, William (February 17, 2008). "The Science of Celebrity: Religion to Non-Believers, It Seems Barmy. But to the Faithful, Like John Travolta and Tom Cruise, Scientology is Life-Affirming, Empowering and the Secret of Their Success. What Do They Know That We Don't? William Shaw Reports". The Sunday Telegraph: p. 26.
- ^ Reitman, Janet (2006-02-23). "Inside Scientology". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9363363/inside_scientology. Retrieved on 2006-06-28.
- ^ Freeman, Paul (2007-11-30). "Juliette Lewis gets her kicks with Licks". Redwood City Daily News. http://www.redwoodcitydailynews.com/article/2007-11-30-lewis-and-licks. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Juliette Lewis |
- Juliette Lewis at the Internet Movie Database
- Juliette Lewis band (music)
- Juliette Lewis discography at MusicBrainz
- 2006 Interview with Juliette Lewis on Theatre.com
- Juliette Lewis Explains Her "Dark" New Album
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