NOVEMBER'S GIRL:
JULIETTE LEWIS
Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis was born and raised in Southern California, the daughter of a graphic artist and actor Geoffrey Lewis. She landed her first leading role at the age of 12 in the Showtime Network miniseries,
Homefires
, then went on to star in several motion pictures, including
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
with Chevy Chase and
Crooked Hearts
with Jennifer Jason Leigh. She guest-starred on several television series and also starred in the critically acclaimed NBC movie-of-the-week
Too Young to Die?
, a controversial story of children who commit violent crimes.
In 1991, Lewis received both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Martin Scorsese's
Cape Fear
, which starred Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange. She was then cast in Woody Allen's
Husbands and Wives
as a New York college student with a penchant for older men.
In 1993, Lewis starred in
Kalifornia
opposite Brad Pitt; in
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
opposite Johnny Depp and Leonardo Di Caprio and directed by Lasse Hallstrom; and in
Romeo is Bleeding
for director Peter Medak opposite Gary Oldman and Lena Olin.
In 1994, Juliette appeared in
Natural Born Killers
with Woody Harrelson and in the comedy
Lifesavers
for Nora Ephron opposite Steve Martin and Rita Wilson. Juliette is also in the soon-to-be-released
Strange Days
opposite Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett.
Some Interesting Facts: At 14, Juliette become legally emancipated from her parents, so that she would be exempt from laws that limit child actors to five hours of work on school days. After three weeks in high school, Lewis dropped out at 15 and moved from her father's house in the Valley to Hollywood. When she was 16, she was arrested at 5 am. in an underground club for being underage. 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.
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