Juliette Lewis - Biography

Last Editor: lambertg				Juliette Lewis Biography -   Name : Juliette Lewis Date of birth : 21 June 1973 Place of birth : Los Angeles, California, USA Height : 5' 6''

Juliette Lewis Trivia -

Sister of actors Lightfield Lewis and Dierdre Lewis Legally emancipated from her parents at age 14. Dropped out of high school just three weeks after starting. Arrested for being underage in an underground dance club at age 16. The arresting officer, who recognized her dad when he picked her up at the station, gave Juliette her mug shot (the charges were dropped), which now hangs, poster-size, in her home (this picture can be seen at Fan Page) Drove without driver's license until she was 21. She owned a car bought under a friend's name and had been driving illegally since age 15. Eventually got a license after she got caught not stopping at a stop sign. Father almost named her "Snow Lake". Dated actor Brad Pitt. They met while making the TV Movie Too Young to Die? (1990) (TV). [Sep 1989 - Feb 1993] Daughter of Geoffrey Lewis. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#75). [1995] Played a suicidal mental patient in the music video for the Melissa Etheridge song "Come to my Window." Lewis' erractic behaviour frightened the director to the point where he yelled "Cut!" several unecessary times for fear that Lewis had truly suffered a mental/emotional brakedown. Her song from Natural Born Killers (1994) was used in another song, "Bad Brother", by The Infidels. Auditioned for the role played by Winona Ryder in Beetle Juice (1988). Fronts a rock band called "Juliette and the Licks" which is touring on Van's Warped Tour in 2004. Wears a size 7 1/2 shoe. Posed for a "portrait" in US Magazine, by Peggy Sirota, which featured nothing but an extreme close-up of the soles of her bare feet. Although she is now divorced, she remains good friends with her ex-husband, Stephen Berra. She was introduced to her future husband Stephen Berra by her younger sister Brandy. Ranked #7 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]

Juliette Lewis Detailed Biography -

Juliette Lewis was still in her teens when she earned Oscar and Golden Globe Nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear, with Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange. Following that performance, Lewis earned roles in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives and That Night alongside C. Thomas Howell. Most recently, Lewis had a small but memorable role in Todd Phillips' college comedy Old School. Lewis' career also includes such films as Kalifornia with Brad Pitt, the indie classic What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, The Basketball Diaries, Nora Ephron's Mixed Nuts, Strange Days with Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett, Quentin Tarantino's From Dusk Till Dawn, The Other Sister with Diane Keaton and The Evening Star with Shirley MacLaine, directed by Garry Marshall. Lewis also recently appeared in HBO's critically acclaimed drama Hysterical Blindness with Uma Thurman and Gena Rowlands, and Adam Arkin's My Louisiana Sky, receiving Emmy nominations for both roles. She was also seen in Enough alongside Jennifer Lopez and Cold Creek Manor starring Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. Next up for Lewis is the adventure-western Blueberry, based on the French comic book, with Vincent Cassell and Michael Madsen and the drama Aurora Borealis with Joshua Jackson and Donald Sutherland.