Early life

Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California, to Geoffrey Lewis, an actor, and his second wife, Glenis (Duggan) Batley, a graphic designer. She has 8 siblings - brothers Lightfield (an actor who starred in The New WKRP in Cincinnati), Peter, Miles, and Matthew; and sisters Brandy, Hannah, Dierdre Lewis, and Emily Colombier.

Career

Acting

Lewis appeared in The Wonder Years as Wayne's girlfriend in Episodes 24, 34 and 36. She also played Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. 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 1991. Over the next few years, she appeared in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives, Peter Medak's Romeo Is Bleeding, and opposite Brad Pitt in Kalifornia. In 1993, she acted alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp in the drama film What's Eating Gilbert Grape. She played Mallory Knox in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. She played a rock singer in the film Strange Days, doing her own singing on covers of two songs written by PJ Harvey, revealing her musical ability.

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" (on which appears the Juliette and the Licks song 'Inside the Cage)'. She appeared in a GAP commercial in which she was dancing with Daft Punk to the tune of the song "Digital Love". She also appeared in the movie Renegade with Vincent Cassel, a Jan Kounen film. In 2012 she starred in the short-lived series The Firm, on NBC as Tammy, assistant to lead character Mitch McDeere (Josh Lucas).

She reprised her role as Audrey Griswold in 2012 in a series of Old Navy holiday commercials featuring the Griswold family.

Music

Lewis launched a career as a solo singer and musician, leading American rock band Juliette and the Licks until 2009 when she went solo and released the album entitled Terra Incognita.

Lewis features on the track "Bad Brother" by the band The Infidels, from The Crow: Salvation Soundtrack album, which was released on April 2000. 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.

In 2009, Lewis performed at the Przystanek Woodstock in Poland. In 2010, she played at the Rock for People festival in the Czech Republic. In December 2010, Lewis hosted the game television show Never Mind the Buzzcocks and repeated in January 2012.

In 2013, Lewis contributed backing vocals to the track, "Saint of Impossible Causes", on Joseph Arthur's tenth studio album, The Ballad of Boogie Christ. She then appeared in the music video for "City of Angels" by Thirty Seconds to Mars.

In 2015, Lewis contributed vocals to the song "Stickup" by Karma Fields & Morten, which was released on Monstercat.

Lewis has supported Little Kids Rock, a US nonprofit organization that works to restore and revitalize music education in disadvantaged U.S. public schools, by painting a Fender Strat guitar and donating it to an auction to raise money for the organization.

Personal life

After dropping out of high school, Lewis got into trouble with the law for driving illegally at age 15, then was arrested for illegally patronizing a nightclub when she was 16. From 1990 to 1993 Lewis dated Brad Pitt. While in her 20s she went into rehabilitation for drug addiction. Lewis married professional skateboarder Steve Berra in 1999; they divorced in 2003.

Lewis identifies herself as both a Christian and a Scientologist.

Discography

• …Like a Bolt of Lightning (2004)
• You're Speaking My Language (2005)
• Four on the Floor (2006)
• Terra Incognita (2009)

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	I Married Dora	Kate Farrell	TV series Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Comedy Series
	Home Fires	Maty	TV movie
1988	My Stepmother Is an Alien	Lexie, Jessie's Friend #1
	The Facts of Life	Terry Rankin	TV series
1989	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	Audrey Griswold
	Meet the Hollowheads	Cindy Hollowhead
	The Runnin' Kind	Amy Curtis
	The Wonder Years	Delores	TV series
1990	A Family for Joe	Holly Bankston #2	TV series
	Too Young to Die?	Amanda Sue Bradley	Television film
1991	Cape Fear	Danielle Bowden	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Crooked Hearts	Cassie
1992	Husbands and Wives	Rain
	That Night	Sheryl O'Connor
1993	What's Eating Gilbert Grape	Becky
	Romeo Is Bleeding	Sheri
	Kalifornia	Adele Corners
1994	Natural Born Killers	Mallory Knox	Pasinetti Award for Best Actress Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo US release delayed until 1994
	Mixed Nuts	Gracie Barzini
1995	Strange Days	Faith Justin
	The Basketball Diaries	Diane Moody
1996	The Evening Star	Melanie Horton	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama
	From Dusk till Dawn	Kate Fuller	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1998	Some Girl	April
1999	The Other Sister	Carla Tate	Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
	The 4th Floor	Jane Emelin
2000	Room to Rent	Linda
	The Way of the Gun	Robin
2001	Picture Claire	Claire Beaucage
	My Louisiana Sky	Dorie Kay	TV movie Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
	Gaudi Afternoon	April
2002	Enough	Ginny
	Armitage: Dual Matrix	Armitage, Naomi (voice)
	Dharma & Greg	September	TV series (1 episode: "Try To Remember This Kind Of September")
	Hysterical Blindness	Beth	TV movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
2003	Cold Creek Manor	Ruby Ferguson
	Free for All	Paula
	Old School	Heidi
2004	Renegade	Maria Sullivan	aka Blueberry
	Starsky & Hutch	Kitty
	Chasing Freedom	Libby	TV movie
2005	Daltry Calhoun	Flora Flick
	The Darwin Awards	Joleen
	Lightfield's Home Videos
	Aurora Borealis	Kate
	Grilled	Suzanne
2006	My Name Is Earl	Jesse — Bounty Hunter	TV series (1 episode: "The Bounty Hunter")
2007	Catch and Release	Maureen
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	Herself as a radio DJ	(Video game)
2009	Whip It!	Iron Maven
	Metropia	Nina (voice)
2010	Sympathy for Delicious	Ariel Lee
	The Switch	Debbie Epstein
	Conviction	Roseanna Perry	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Due Date	Heidi
	Memphis Beat	Cleo	TV series (1 episode: "Baby, Let's Play House")
	Never Mind The Buzzcocks	Guest Host	TV series #24, episode 9
2011	Hick	Tammy
2012	The Firm	Tammy	TV series Nominated—Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
2013	Open Road	Jill
	August: Osage County	Karen Weston	Hollywood Film Award for Best Ensemble Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2014	Hellion	Pam
	Kelly & Cal	Kelly
2015-present	Secrets and Lies	Detective Andrea Cornell	TV series
2015	Wayward Pines	Beverly Brown	TV series
	Jem and the Holograms	Erica Raymond
2016	Nerve		Filming

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