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Juliette Lake Lewis (born June 21, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, best known for her roles in such movies as ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'', ''Film/CapeFear'', ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'', and ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''. She's also the daughter of the late character actor Creator/GeoffreyLewis. As well as acting, she fronts her own rock band, Juliette and the Licks.

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!! List of works:

* ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'' (1989) -- Audrey Griswold
* ''Film/CapeFear'' (1991) -- Danielle Bowden
* ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'' (1993) -- Becky
* ''Film/{{Kalifornia}}'' (1993) -- Adele Corners
* ''Film/RomeoIsBleeding'' (1993) -- Sheri
* ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'' (1994) -- Mallory Knox
* ''Film/StrangeDays'' (1995) -- Faith Justin
* ''Film/TheBasketballDiaries'' (1995) -- Diane Moody
* ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' (1996) -- Kate Fuller
* ''Film/TheOtherSister'' (1999) -- Carla Tate
* ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun'' (2000) -- Robin
* ''Film/TheDarwinAwards'' (2006) -- Joleen
* ''Film/WhipIt'' (2009) -- Iron Maven
* ''Film/{{Conviction|2010}}'' (2010) -- Roseanna Perry
* ''Film/AugustOsageCounty'' (2013) -- Karen Weston
* ''[[Film/JemAndTheHolograms2015 Jem and the Holograms]]'' (2015) -- Erica Raymond
* ''Series/WaywardPines'' (2015) -- Beverley Brown
* ''[[Film/Music2021 Music]]'' (2021) -- Evelyn
* ''Film/BreakingNewsInYubaCounty'' (2021) -- Gloria Michaels
* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'' (2021) -- adult Natalie
* ''Series/WelcomeToChippendales'' (2022) -- Denise

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!!Related Tropes

* ApprovalOfGod:[[invoked]] Peter Hedges, author of ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'', declared that Juliette understood Becky's character so well, she could have written her better than he did.
* TheCastShowOff:[[invoked]] She plays a rock musician in ''Strange Days'' and thus sings a few times.
* CreatorChosenCasting:[[invoked]] She was chosen for Adele in ''Film/{{Kalifornia}}'' after Dominic Sena saw her in the MadeForTVMovie ''Too Young to Die?'' (which coincidentally also had her and Brad Pitt starring in similar roles).
* DyeingForYourArt:[[invoked]] Oliver Stone wanted her to bulk up for ''Film/NaturalBornKillers''. Juliette refused, saying she wanted Mallory to look like a pushover rather than female bodybuilder. She did however take kickboxing lessons to look like a credible fighter.
* [[FakeNationality Fake Region]]: Is a native of Los Angeles, California - but seems to portray [[DeepSouth Southerners]] more often than not.
* LargeHam: Especially as [[Film/NaturalBornKillers Mallory Knox]]. Her performance as [[Film/WhipIt Iron Maven]] is practically baptized in ham.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Her character in ''Yellowjackets'' has several parallels to her life. Natalie is known for underage drinking, and Juliette herself was busted for being in bars at sixteen. Her hair is dyed blonde and styled the same way as Juliette had it in ''Natural Born Killers''. And in the 2021 portions, Natalie has just left rehab, and the actress herself had done so in her twenties for cocaine and prescription medication addiction.
* TheOtherMarty:[[invoked]] Emily Lloyd filmed some scenes as Rain in ''Husbands and Wives'', before Woody Allen decided to recast her with Juliette.
* PlayingAgainstType:[[invoked]]
** ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' has her playing the well-adjusted innocent of the group, and basically a FinalGirl who Seth specifically doesn't want to drag into his criminal activities.
** While she is a villain in ''Film/JemAndTheHolograms2015'', it's a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
* RealLifeRelative:[[invoked]] Her father Geoffrey Lewis has a small role as Abner in her film ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun''.
* ReformedCriminal: Had a checkered past with the police when she was younger.
* RomanceOnTheSet:[[invoked]] She dated Brad Pitt when they starred in the TV movie ''Too Young to Die?'' and were together for four years. They were still together while starring in ''Kalifornia'', but split up before it was released.
* StarMakingRole:[[invoked]] Her Oscar-nominated performance in ''Film/CapeFear'' brought her to international attention.
* ThrowItIn:[[invoked]] In ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'', when Scagnetti tells Mallory to pinch his nipple, Juliette ad-libbed "so specific".
* TimeShiftedActor: In ''{{Series/Yellowjackets}}'', she plays the middle aged version of Natalie, while Sophie Thatcher plays her teenaged self.
* TypeCasting: Her early roles in ''Cape Fear'', ''Kalifornia'', and ''Natural Born Killers'' typecast her as unstable young women attracted to psychopathically violent men.

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