Juliette Lewis is an American film actress who has received numerous nominations and awards throughout her career. Over her career she has worked with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Oliver Stone, Lasse Hallström, Nora Ephron, and Kathryn Bigelow and has received nominations for an Academy Award, three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Her acting career began in 1987, when she first received critical recognition for her role on the television series I Married Dora (1987–1988), for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Actress. Lewis subsequently garnered significant acclaim for her performance as a rebellious teenager in Martin Scorsese's neo-noir psychological thriller Cape Fear (1991), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and recognition from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the National Society of Film Critics, and the New York Film Critics Circle. She subsequently won the Pastinetti Award for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her performance as a woman in love with a mass murderer in Oliver Stone's romantic crime satire Natural Born Killers (1994).
In 2002, Lewis played a single mother in 1980s New Jersey in the HBO television film Hysterical Blindness for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. In 2013, she acted in the family drama August: Osage County for which she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2022, she played Denise Coughlan, a vibrant and eccentric costume designer in the Hulu limited series Welcome to Chippendales for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. From 2021 to 2023, she portrayed Natalie "Nat" Scatorccio in the Showtime thriller series Yellowjackets, where she earned nominations for the Hollywood Critics Association Award and Astra TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1991 Best Supporting Actress Cape Fear
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Hysterical Blindness 2023 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Welcome to Chippendales Daytime Emmy Award 2001 Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special My Louisiana Sky
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1992 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Cape Fear
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture August: Osage County
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Astra TV Awards 2024 Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series Yellowjackets Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1996 Best Supporting Actress – Drama The Evening Star Best Supporting Actress – Adventure From Dusk till Dawn Golden Nymph Awards 2012 Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series The Firm Golden Raspberry Awards 2000 Worst Supporting Actress The Other Sister Hollywood Film Awards 2014 Best Ensemble August: Osage County Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards 2022 Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama Yellowjackets Independent Spirit Awards 2002 Best Supporting Female Hysterical Blindnesss MTV Movie Awards 1992 Best Kiss Cape Fear 1995 Best Kiss Natural Born Killers Best On-Screen Duo Saturn Awards 1996 Best Supporting Actress From Dusk till Dawn Venice Film Festival 1994 Pasinetti Award for Best Actress Natural Born Killers Young Artist Award 1988 Best Actress – New Television Comedy Series I Married Dora
Critics associations Organizations Year Category Work Result Chicago Film Critics Association 1992 Most Promising Actress Cape Fear Best Supporting Actress Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Boston Society of Film Critics 2010 Best Supporting Actress Conviction Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards 2023 Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series Yellowjackets
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