Juliette Lewis
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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).
Known for
Credits
Over Your Dead Body (2026)
as Allegra
Old School (2003)
as Heidi
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
as Kate Fuller
Cape Fear (1991)
as Danielle Bowden
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
as Audrey Griswold
Due Date (2010)
as Heidi
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
as Becky
Natural Born Killers (1994)
as Mallory Knox
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
as Diane Moody
Strange Days (1995)
as Faith Justin
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
as Lexie
Ma (2019)
as Erica
August: Osage County (2013)
as Karen Weston
Enough (2002)
as Ginny
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
as Kitty
Catch and Release (2006)
as Maureen Monette
Kalifornia (1993)
as Adele Corners
The Switch (2010)
as Debbie
Nerve (2016)
as Nancy Delmonico
Whip It (2009)
as Iron Maven
Jem and the Holograms (2015)
as Erica Raymond
The Way of the Gun (2000)
as Robin
The Thicket (2024)
as Cut Throat Bill
Blueberry (2004)
as Maria Sullivan
Conviction (2010)
as Roseanna Perry
Mixed Nuts (1994)
as Gracie Barzini
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
as Sheri
Weezer: Security Threat (—)
Actor
Cold Creek Manor (2003)
as Ruby
Hick (2012)
as Tammy
Sympathy for Delicious (2010)
as Ariel Lee
A Million Little Pieces (2019)
as Joanne
Opus (2025)
as Clara Armstrong
Music (2021)
as Evelyn
By Design (2026)
as Camille
Bronco Billy (1980)
as Child Spectator (uncredited)
Hellion (2014)
as Pam Noonan
Metropia (2009)
as Nina (voice)
The Other Sister (1999)
as Carla Tate
The Darwin Awards (2007)
as Joleen
Too Young to Die (1990)
as Amanda Sue Bradley
Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
as Gloria Michaels
The 4th Floor (1999)
as Jane Emelin
The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001)
as Self
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
as Beth
That Night (1992)
as Sheryl O'Connor
Husbands and Wives (1992)
as Rain
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Some Girl (1998)
as April
Aurora Borealis (2005)
as Kate
Lips Like Sugar (—)
Actor
Grilled (2006)
as Suzanne
Back Roads (2019)
as Bonnie Altmyer
Crooked Hearts (1991)
as Cassie Warren
My Louisiana Sky (2001)
as Dorie Kay
The Evening Star (1996)
as Melanie Horton
Anthem of a Teenage Prophet (2019)
as Mary
Daltry Calhoun (2005)
as Flora
Picture Claire (2001)
as Claire Beaucage
Room to Rent (2001)
as Linda
The Runnin' Kind (1989)
as Amy Curtis
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Full Tilt Boogie (1998)
as Self
Dreamland (2019)
as Countess
Foreverland (2011)
as Vicky
DreamQuil (2026)
as Nurse Chapman
Mayday (2021)
as June
Gaudi Afternoon (2001)
as April
Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
as Cindy Hollowhead
Kelly & Cal (2014)
as Kelly
Open Road (2013)
as Jill
Chasing Freedom (2004)
as Libby
Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash (2012)
as Narrator
The Second Sound Barrier (2016)
as Lady Billionaire
Jesus Land (—)
as Ruth
Mando Diao: MTV Unplugged - Above and Beyond (2010)
Actor
Hard Lovin' Woman (2016)
as Herself
HIM vs BAM (2005)
Actor
Scorsese's Women (2014)
as Medicine
Home Fires (1987)
as Mary Ash
Assembling Armitage (2002)
as Self
Future Relic 03 (2015)
as Lona Rey
Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor (2006)
as Self - Singer