Juliette Lewis was born in Los Angeles on June 21, 1973, to actor Geoffrey Lewis and an artistic mother. Her first major role was in the Showtime miniseries "Home Fires" (1987). She gained 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.
You might also remember her as Mallory Knox in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. She also played in Kalifornia (with Brad Pitt), Romeo is bleeding, What's eating Gilbert Grape,... Lewis launched a career as a solo singer and musician, leading a group called Juliette and the Licks until 2009.
After splitting with the Licks, she has formed a new band called The New Romantiques.