Juliette Lewis

Juliette L. Lewis was born on June 21, 1973, in Los Angeles, United States. She is an actress and singer from America. She gained  fame in 1991 having started in the year 1987. Lewis is an accomplished singer and leads a rock band.

Early Life

Juliette Lewis was born and brought up in Los Angeles. She was born to Geoffrey Lewis Geoffrey Lewis was an American artist who appeared >> Read More... and Glenis Batley. Her father was an actor himself and mother, a graphic designer. She has eight siblings. Her brother Lightfield has also acted in the movie, The New WKRP. Lewis dropped out from high school at an early age. She was always in trouble during her early days. She was caught for driving at the age of 15. She also got arrested when she was 16 for patronizing a nightclub. She went through a rehabilitation course for drug addiction in her 20s. She later went along with a career in acting.

Work

Lewis started her career featuring in a television series, I Married Dora for which she was nominated for many awards as a young artist. She featured in many television series from 1987 to 1990. She got international attention and popularity in 1991 when she acted for the remake of Cape Fear directed by Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese is one of the most celebra >> Read More... . Her performance got her nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress.  She was nominated for MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss and by Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her role as Danielle Bowden won her a total eight nominations and two awards. Her next success was in Natural Born Killers, a 1994 film. She was again nominated for MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss and Best On-Screen Duo. She won the Pasinetti Awards for Best Actress for her role as Mallory Knox.

She worked with Leonardo DiCaprio He’s one of the most searched icons in the web for >> Read More... and Johnny Depp An iconic award-winning-actor that doesn’t watches >> Read More... in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. In 1995, she played the role of a rockstar in Strange Days, where she published her singing on the cover. She was praised by the Saturn Awards for her role in From Dusk Till Dawn. In 2003, she was also nominated for an Emmy Awards for her acting in Hysterical Blindness. She was a part of a commercial by GAP. In 2012, she did the TV series, The Firm. She later featured in August Osage County and Open Road Open Road is a travel show aired on Kappa TV. Kapp >> Read More... . Juliette Lewis launched herself as a singer, leading the band Juliette and the Licks but she went solo with the release of Terra Incognita. She appeared with The Prodigy’s in 2004 for three tracks. Lewis was included in the list of hottest women of rock music by Blender Magazine. She has performed at many rock music festivals across Europe. Juliette Lewis has lived rock music to the fullest. She has been successful in her acting as well as singing. She continues to back vocals to many tracks. She supported a non-profitable trust to raise money by auctioning a guitar. Juliette Lewis is still going strong with her work across both fields.

Upcoming Projects

She was last featured backing vocals for Stickup by Karma in 2015. She presently is working for TV series Secrets and Lies. In 2016, she will be seen in Nerve for which she is still filming.