Rock singer
Juliette Lewis is an American actress and rock musician whose fearless performances in provocative cinema—most notably Martin Scorsese's *Cape Fear*—established her as a singular artistic force bridging film and music.
Defining moments and milestones
Juliette Lewis burst onto screens in the late 1980s as a precocious television and film actress, achieving critical breakthrough with her Academy Award-nominated turn in Martin Scorsese's *Cape Fear* (1991). She solidified her reputation as a fearless interpreter of complex female characters in Oliver Stone's *Natural Born Killers* (1994), while simultaneously establishing herself as a rock musician and songwriter, fronting the alternative rock band Juliette and the Licks. Operating without formal training but guided by instinct and artistic mentorship, she has maintained a distinctive career spanning both cinema and music, known for her refusal to conform to industry expectations.
Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for *Cape Fear* (1991)
Recordings featuring Juliette Lewis in the Society index
Additional recordings will appear here as the catalog expands.