JULIETTE LEWIS
Name: Juliette Lewis
Born: 21 June 1973 Los Angeles, California, United States
Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an Academy Award-nominated American
actress and musician.
Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is actor Geoffrey Lewis
and her mother, Glenis Batley (née Duggan), is a graphic designer; her parents
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.
Juliette Lewis with Juliette and the Licks at the Eurockéennes 2007
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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. 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)".
Name: Juliette Lewis
Born: 21 June 1973 Los Angeles, California, United States
Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an Academy Award-nominated American
actress and musician.
Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is actor Geoffrey Lewis
and her mother, Glenis Batley (née Duggan), is a graphic designer; her parents
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.
Juliette Lewis with Juliette and the Licks at the Eurockéennes 2007
Please help improve this article or section by expanding it.
Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.
(February 2008)
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. 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)".