Jenny Lewis#Jenny and Johnny
{{short description|American musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Jenny Lewis
|birth_name = Jennifer Diane Lewis
|image = Jenny Lewis.JPG
|caption = Lewis performing in 2014
|genre = Indie rock, alternative country, indie folk, indietronica
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|1|8}}
|birth_place =Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
|origin = San Fernando Valley, California, U.S.
|instrument = Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, harmonica
|years_active = 1982–2000, 2008–present (acting)
1998–present (music)
|label = Team Love, Warner Bros., Brute/Beaute, Saddle Creek, Barsuk, Third Man
| associated_acts = Rilo Kiley
The Postal Service
The Watson Twins
Jenny and Johnny
Nice as Fuck
Johnathan Rice
|current_members =
}}
Jennifer Diane Lewis{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jenny-lewis-mn0000812476/biography|title=Jenny Lewis Biography |first= Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic.com| access-date=January 11, 2020}} (born January 8, 1976){{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= United Press International|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live|quote=…singer Jenny Lewis in 1976 (age 42)}} is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.
Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child actress, appearing in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989) and The Wizard (1989) and the television series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–93). In the mid-1990s, Lewis semi-retired from acting to focus on her musical career, and formed Rilo Kiley in 1998 with fellow former child actor Blake Sennett. Rilo Kiley released four albums before they disbanded in 2014.{{cite web
| url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p484078/biography|pure_url=yes}}| title = Rilo Kiley biography| author = Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| access-date = 2010-06-19| publisher = AllMusic.com}}
Lewis has released five solo albums: Rabbit Fur Coat (2006), Acid Tongue (2008), The Voyager (2014), On the Line (2019), and Joy'All (2023). In addition to Rilo Kiley and her solo career, Lewis has been a member of The Postal Service, Jenny & Johnny, and Nice as Fuck.{{cite magazine|last1=Strauss|first1=Matthew|title=Jenny Lewis's Band Nice as Fuck Surprise Release New Album |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/66352-jenny-lewiss-band-nice-as-fuck-surprise-release-new-album/|magazine=Pitchfork|access-date=July 30, 2016}}
Early life
Lewis was born in Las Vegas. Her mother, Linda, was a professional singer, and her father, Eddie Gordon, was a member of the Harmonica Gang.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/72/Jenny-Lewis.html |title=Jenny Lewis Biography (1977-) |website=Filmreference.com |date=1977-01-07 |access-date=2012-05-25}}{{cite magazine|last=Ayers |first=Michael D. |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/08/qa-jenny-lewis-is-tired-of-being-in-a-band |title=Jenny Lewis Is Tired of Being in a Band |magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=2012-05-25}}{{cite news|first= Kitty|last= Empire|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/12/popandrock16 |title=Jenny's junior showtime|newspaper=The Guardian |location=UK|date=2008-10-11 |access-date=2014-07-28}} Lewis is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.{{cite tweet|first=David Per|last=Malitz|user=malitzd|number=1169816895962284033|title= Jenny Lewis tonight said her 23andMe results confirmed she's 90% Ashkenazi Jewish|date=September 5, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191216190317/https://twitter.com/malitzd/status/1169816895962284033| url-status=live}}
Acting career
Lewis made her professional debut in a Jell-O commercial. She later appeared in commercials for Mattel's Barbie{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXVFrHwXHwA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308102240/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXVFrHwXHwA| archive-date=2017-03-08 | url-status=dead|title=The First We Girls Can Do Anything Barbie Slogan Commercial|publisher=80s Commercials Forever|date=August 15, 2009|access-date= March 23, 2019|via=YouTube}} and Baby Skates{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP8X_CU5tks| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/zP8X_CU5tks| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Vintage 80s Baby Skates Commercial with Jenny Lewis & Emily Schulman|publisher=80s Commercials Forever|date=July 30, 2009|access-date=March 23, 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} dolls, Toys "R" Us toy stores,{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780sYgEIxmI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/780sYgEIxmI| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Jenny Lewis kid Toys r us|publisher=RiloKiley77|date=March 15, 2006|access-date=23 March 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} the Black & Decker Popcorn Maker,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFUdG0LEa3M |title=Black & Decker Popcorn Commercial w/ Jenny Lewis (1988) |date=2019-01-23 |last=Dino Drac's Retro Commercials! |access-date=2025-03-04 |via=YouTube}} and Kellogg's Corn Pops,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65zAlOpXEy0| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211223344/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65zAlOpXEy0&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2013-02-11 | url-status=dead|title=YouTube|website=Youtube.com|access-date=March 23, 2019}} among others. She was featured in the short-lived 1986 Lucille Ball sitcom Life With Lucy, where she was cast as one of Lucy's grandchildren. She also had small roles on TV shows, such as Murder, She Wrote; The Twilight Zone (1985); Baywatch; The Golden Girls; Growing Pains; Just the Ten of Us; Roseanne; Mr. Belvedere; and Brooklyn Bridge. She also appeared on a kids' week episode of the game show Card Sharks on August 6, 1987, at age 11, winning $500, but she did not win her match.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBopyHVX8mE | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/RBopyHVX8mE| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Card Sharks – Jenny Lewis (Aug. 6, 1987)]|publisher=Chad Mosher|via=YouTube|date=December 17, 2016}}{{cbignore}}
Lewis appeared in over a dozen teen movies, such as Troop Beverly Hills and The Wizard in 1989. She was featured in the 1996 made-for-TV movie Talk to Me with Yasmine Bleeth, as well as the films Foxfire, Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even, and Pleasantville. She played the part of Evangeline "Eva" Saint Claire in the 1987 film version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, and also appeared in the 1988 made-for-TV film A Friendship in Vienna, set in Vienna at the start of the Holocaust. She played Beverly D'Angelo's daughter in the 1996 made-for-TV film Sweet Temptation. She continued acting until 1998, although her final movie – Don's Plum, filmed 1995–96 – went unreleased until 2001. In 2015, she appeared in the Netflix movie A Very Murray Christmas as a waitress and sang a few songs, including "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in a duet with Bill Murray.
Music
= Rilo Kiley =
In 1998, Lewis and friends Pierre De Reeder, Dave Rock, and then-boyfriend Blake Sennett formed the band Rilo Kiley. (Rock was eventually replaced by Jason Boesel.) In an interview with NPR's All Songs Considered, Lewis remarked that she wanted to name the group Love's Way (after her parents' lounge act in Las Vegas), but Sennett "didn't go for it."{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6254742|title=The Blue-Eyed Soul of Jenny Lewis|date=2006-10-16|publisher=NPR|access-date=2009-05-21}} Originally asked to sing back-up vocals by Sennett, Lewis refused to join the band unless she was able to sing lead vocals.{{cite book|last1=Saroyan|first1=Strawberry|title=Solid Gold|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCQFHMhVuA8C&q=spin+rilo+kiley+feature&pg=PA16|publisher=SPIN Magazine|access-date=November 17, 2014|date=September 2007}}
Beginning with a country sound, Rilo Kiley gravitated toward a downbeat indie rock sound, gaining the attention of Warner Bros., who signed the band (via its own imprint, Brute/Beaute Records) for the release of their 2004 album More Adventurous, which gained the band some success. Critics such as Pitchfork attributed this to the "wise" decision to emphasize Lewis's voice and presence more so than in previous albums.{{cite magazine |magazine=Pitchfork |date=August 15, 2004 |first=Chris |last=Dahlen |title=Rilo Kiley More Adventurous > Review |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/6789-more-adventurous/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915060956/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/6789-more-adventurous/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |access-date=3 June 2008 }} The song "Portions for Foxes" was a hit. Rilo Kiley's 2007 album Under the Blacklight was released directly by Warner Bros.
In 2011, Sennett hinted that Rilo Kiley had disbanded.{{cite magazine|last1=Fitzmaurice|first1=Larry|title=Rilo Kiley Seem to Have Broken Up |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/43183-rilo-kiley-seem-to-have-broken-up/|magazine=Pitchfork.com|access-date=30 July 2016}} Lewis confirmed the band's split in 2014.{{cite news|first=John|last=Dekel|url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/07/30/national-post-sessions-jenny-lewis-on-flying-solo-feminism-and-her-playful-single-one-of-the-guys/|title=Jenny Lewis talks breaking up the band, messaging Ryan Adams on Twitter and dealing with insomnia|newspaper=National Post|location=Canada|date=2014-07-30|access-date=2014-07-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140806184422/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/07/30/national-post-sessions-jenny-lewis-on-flying-solo-feminism-and-her-playful-single-one-of-the-guys/|archive-date=2014-08-06}}
A retrospective of Lewis's career by Jessica Roy in 2016 commented that Lewis was a style icon to a certain type of music-loving young people in the 2000s. Roy commented:
For a particular brand of suburban girl who fancied herself cooler than her peers, Jenny was a fire-haired figure of worship. With her endless supply of cool sunglasses, vintage dresses, and hats ... she was a beacon of hope for introspective teens ... as a microgenerational sad-girl touchstone, many of us have our own Jenny Lewis Anecdote, our lives touched by her magnificent tweeness in different ways.{{cite magazine|last1=Roy|first1=Jessica|title=I Like That Bitch's Life: How Jenny Lewis Was a Twee Teen's Dream|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/01/jenny-lewis-was-a-twee-teens-dream.html|magazine=New York|access-date=March 28, 2016}}
=Solo career=
File:Jenny Lewis, March 2006.jpg
In 2004, Conor Oberst invited Lewis to record a solo record for record label Team Love. Described by Lewis as "a kind of soul record"{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}, Rabbit Fur Coat (released January 24, 2006) features contributions from Oberst, M. Ward, and Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine. Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie guests on a cover of The Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care". The Watson Twins provide accompaniment on the album, billed as Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins. Lewis toured with the Watson Twins in support of the album three times in 2006 and appeared with her band on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Later with Jools Holland. They also appeared on a Washington, D.C.–based children's music program called Pancake Mountain, performing the song "See Fernando". The album received positive reviews, with Entertainment Weekly writing, "Consider Lewis the Emmylou Harris of the Silverlake set"{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/01/27/rilo-kiley-members-branch-out/|title=Jenny Lewis|author=Michael Endelman|date=2006-01-27|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2012-07-24|archive-date=2009-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122055702/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1153413,00.html|url-status=live}} and Rolling Stone commenting that "her girlishly seductive vocals are more versatile than ever".{{Cite news |newspaper=Rolling Stone |issue=993 |date=February 9, 2006 |page=62 |first=Brian |last=Hiatt |title=Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat > Review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jennylewisandthewatsontwins/albums/album/9227513/rid/9253061/ |access-date=4 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111104426/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jennylewisandthewatsontwins/albums/album/9227513/review/9253061 |archive-date=11 January 2008 }} Posted on February 7, 2006. The A.V. Club, Spin, and NPR music critic Meredith Ochs named it among the best albums of the year.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.avclub.com/best-music-of-2006-1798212964|title=Best Music Of 2006|last=Battaglia|first=Andy |author2=Christopher Bahn |author3=Jason Heller |author4=Josh Modell |author5=Keith Phipps |author6=Kyle Ryan |author7=Marc Hawthorne |author8=Nathan Rabin |author9=Noel Murray |author10=Scott Gordon |author11=Sean ONeal |author12=Steven Hyden |date=2006-12-19|magazine=The Onion A.V. Club|access-date=2009-05-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6567709|title=Top Ten CDs of 2006|last=Ochs|first=Meredith|date=2006-12-05|publisher=NPR|access-date=2009-05-21}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.spin.com/2006/12/40-best-albums-2006// |title=The 40 Best Albums of 2006 The SPIN Staff |date=2006-12-14 |magazine=Spin |access-date=2012-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728194515/https://www.spin.com/2006/12/40-best-albums-2006/ |archive-date=2012-07-28 }}
In 2008, Lewis released a second solo album, this time without the Watson Twins, titled Acid Tongue.
On July 29, 2014, Lewis released The Voyager. The album took five years to complete and is a reflection on Rilo Kiley's break-up and the death of her father.{{cite web|last1=McEvers|first1=Kelly|title=Rainbow in the Dark: Jenny Lewis on staring down sadness|website=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/07/19/332066468/rainbow-in-the-dark-jenny-lewis-on-staring-down-sadness|publisher=NPR|access-date=July 21, 2014}} The release of the album was preceded by the single "Just One of the Guys".{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-voyager/883276305|title=Just One of the Guys|publisher=iTunes |date=1977-01-08 |access-date=2014-07-11}} The music video for "Just One of the Guys" was released on July 15, 2014, through GQ and stars Lewis, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Stewart, Brie Larson, and Tennessee Thomas, former drummer of The Like (now disbanded).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/anne-hathaway-kristen-stewart-breakdance-for-jenny-lewis-video-20140715 |title=Anne Hathaway, Kristen Stewart Breakdance for Jenny Lewis Video 'Just One of the Guys' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2014-07-15 |access-date=2014-07-24}} Lewis also directed the music video.
File:Jenny Lewis Las Vegas 2007.jpg
On July 8, 2014, Lewis began "The Voyager" tour at the Ottawa Bluesfest in Ontario, Canada. She spent July of that year touring the United States. Her tour included performances at Newport Folk Festival, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the 2014 iTunes Festival in London, two performances at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and the Life Is Beautiful Festival in Las Vegas.
On January 23, 2019, Lewis announced the release date of her new album On the Line would be March 22, 2019.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/01/jenny-lewis-new-album-on-the-line-details-red-bull-and-hennessy/5|title=Jenny Lewis Announces On the Line Album Details, Releases "Red Bull & Hennessy" |magazine=Spin|access-date=January 25, 2019}} The lead single "Red Bull & Hennessy" garnered positive acclaim.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jenny-lewis-new-song-red-bull-and-hennessy-783200/|title=Hear Jenny Lewis' Smoldering New Song 'Red Bull and Hennessy' |magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 25, 2019}}
On June 9, 2023, Lewis released a new album, Joy'All. She'd started writing for Joy'All while on tour to promote her previous album On the Line (2019), shortly before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Work resumed on the album in early 2021, when Lewis participated in a virtual songwriting workshop hosted by Beck.{{cite web |last1=Richards |first1=Will |title=Jenny Lewis announces new album 'Joy'All' with new single 'Psychos' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jenny-lewis-announces-new-album-joyall-with-new-single-psychos-3422523 |website=NME |access-date=June 18, 2023 |date=March 29, 2023}} The album was produced by Dave Cobb, who Lewis met while visiting Lucius at RCA Studio A in Nashville, Tennessee.{{Cite press release |title=Jenny Lewis releases new solo album Joy'All |date=June 9, 2023 |publisher=Blue Note Records |url=https://www.bluenote.com/jenny-lewis-releases-new-solo-album-joyall/ |access-date=June 18, 2023}}
= Other projects and collaborations =
In 2002, Lewis was asked to contribute vocals for the band The Postal Service. Lewis performed in the video for "We Will Become Silhouettes", and toured with the band in 2013 and again in 2023.
In 2003, Lewis contributed vocals to several tracks on the Cursive album The Ugly Organ.
In 2005, Lewis contributed to the UNICEF benefit song "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?", along with Sennett and Jimmy Tamborello.
In 2006, Lewis made a cameo in Episode 25, Season 1 of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, and six of her songs (three with the Watson Twins and three with Rilo Kiley) were featured in various episodes of the show.
In 2007, Lewis contributed vocals to various songs on Johnathan Rice's album Further North, and she appeared in the music video for "We're All Stuck Out In The Desert (And We're Gonna Die)". She provided vocals for a track on Dntel's Dumb Luck LP.
In 2008, Lewis contributed backing vocals to several songs on the Elvis Costello and the Imposters album Momofuku.
Later that year, Lewis voiced the role of the assistant director for Walt Disney Pictures' animated film Bolt (2008), and she also provided the song "Barking at the Moon".{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/11/jenny-lewis-get.html | title=Pop & Hiss goes to the movies: Jenny Lewis gets a dose of Disney optimism with 'Bolt' | publisher=Pop & Hiss | access-date=2008-12-15 | date=2008-11-25}}
File:The Postal Service - Jenny Lewis.jpg
In March and April 2009, Lewis traveled to Australia for the first time, as an act for the V Festival, as well as a supporting act for Snow Patrol and performing one solo Sydney show.
On April 18, 2009, Lewis performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.
On May 5, 2009, Lewis performed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-enterprise-entertainment/149943326/ |title=Entertainment |newspaper=Press Enterprise |publication-place=Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania |page=6 |date=2009-05-05 |access-date=2024-06-23 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Lewis makes an appearance on the track "Hard Enough", taken from the 2010 album Flamingo by fellow Las Vegan Brandon Flowers.
In 2013, Lewis created the music score for Tribeca Film's feature Very Good Girls. She provided original music and also included older music from her previous band, Rilo Kiley, such as the song "Go Ahead".{{cite news|url=https://tribecafilm.com/stories/very-good-girls-jenny-lewis/ | author=Choi, Sarah| title=Jenny Lewis Scores for the Screen in 'Very Good Girls' (Now out on VOD!) | publisher=Tribeca Film | access-date=2015-09-22 | date=2014-06-26}}
In 2014, Lewis contributed an exclusive track to HBO's Girls, in collaboration with Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij titled "Completely Not Me". The song was featured in the Season 3 premiere "Females Only". The song is the second track on Girls Volume Two: All Adventurous Women Do.{{cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2014/01/listen-jenny-lewis-new-song-completely-not-me-from-hbos-girls-soundtrack/ | title= Listen: Jenny Lewis' new song "Completely Not Me", from HBO Girls' soundtrack" | website=Consequence.net | access-date=2022-01-11 | date=2014-01-13}}
In 2016, Lewis contributed to She & Him's second Christmas album, Christmas Party, appearing on the track "Winter Wonderland".{{cite news|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/she_him_m._ward_zooey_deschanel_announce_a_new_christmas_album_featuring_je/ | title= She & Him (M. Ward + Zooey Deschanel) Announce a New Christmas Album Featuring Jenny Lewis | website=Under the Radar | access-date=2019-06-07 | date=2016-09-15}}
On June 25, 2019, Lewis performed "Wasted Youth" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.{{Cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/late_show_with_stephen_colbert/s04/e171 |title = The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – Season 4 Episode 171|website = Rotten Tomatoes}}
On October 28, 2019, Lewis is featured on the fifth issue of Archie Comics' comic book series Jughead's Time Police, released on October 30.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jenny-lewis-archie-comics-issue-8541139/| title=Jenny Lewis Appears in New Archie Comics Issue|magazine=Billboard|first=Rania|last= Aniftos|date= October 28, 2019| access-date=January 11, 2022}}
On November 13, 2019, it was announced Lewis would be an opening act for Harry Styles on the North American leg of his 2020 Love On Tour.{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/harry-styles-2020-tour-jenny-lewis-911413/ |title = Harry Styles Announces 2020 Tour|magazine = Rolling Stone|date = 2019-11-13}}
In 2023, Lewis toured to support her new album Joy'All. She also made appearances on dates for The Postal Service reunion tour.{{cite web | url=https://americansongwriter.com/jenny-lewis-on-the-postal-service-touring-with-ben-gibbard-and-lp-joyall/ | title=Jenny Lewis on the Postal Service, Touring with Ben Gibbard and LP 'Joy'All' | date=2 October 2023 }}
= Other bands =
In 2010, Lewis formed the duo Jenny and Johnny with her then-boyfriend, musician Johnathan Rice, and the pair released an album titled I'm Having Fun Now on Warner Bros. Records. In 2015, Rice and Lewis wrote the song "Cold One" for the film Ricki and the Flash.
In 2016, the trio Nice as Fuck, comprising Lewis, Erika Forster (of Au Revoir Simone), and Tennessee Thomas (of The Like), debuted at a Bernie Sanders benefit. The group opened on a number of tour dates for M. Ward.{{cite magazine | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/64629-jenny-lewis-forms-new-band-naf-nice-as-fuck-with-au-revoir-simones-erika-forster-and-the-likes-tennessee-thomas/ | title=Jenny Lewis Forms New Band | magazine=Pitchfork | date=6 April 2016 | access-date=24 April 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://www.stereogum.com/1869795/jenny-lewis-forms-new-band-naf-nice-as-fuck-with-members-of-au-revoir-simone-the-like/news/ | title=Jenny Lewis Forms New Band NAF (Nice as Fuck) With Members of Au Revoir Simone, The Like | work=Stereogum | date=6 April 2016 | access-date=24 April 2016}}
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Filmography
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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1983
| Laura Riddle | TV series; episode: "Pilot" |
1983
| It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown | Ruby (voice) | TV film |
1985
| Suburban Beat | Jennifer Morgan | TV film |
1985
| Sarah (ghost child) | TV series; segment: "If She Dies" |
1986
| Convicted | Shelley Forbes | TV film |
1986
| Webster | Kim | TV series; episode: "The Truth Hurts" |
1986
| Becky McGibbon | TV series; 13 episodes |
1987
| Evangeline "Little Eva" St. Claire | TV film |
1987
| Daisy (A Sunshine Cadet) | TV series; episode: "Old Friends" |
1987
| Sara | TV series; episode: "A Charming Halloween" |
1988
| A Place at the Table | Rachel Singer | TV film |
1988
| Who Gets the Friends? | | TV film |
1988
| My Father, My Son | Maya | TV film |
1988
| Yvonne Rhonda Nottingham | Film |
1988
| Inge Dournenvald | TV film |
1988
| Kimberly | TV series; episode: "Braces" |
1988
| Judy Jones | TV series; episode: "Ben's First Kiss" |
1988
| Baby M | Tuesday | TV miniseries |
1989
| Hannah Nefler | Film |
1989
| Pamela | TV series; episode: "Puberty Blues" |
1989
| Angela | TV series; episode: "The Teacher" |
1989
| Neala Shannon | TV film; later adapted as a TV series of the same name |
1989
| Haley | Film |
1989
| Roseanne | Diane | TV series; episode: "Five of a Kind" |
1989
| Chris | TV series; episode: "Hallowinnie" |
1989
| Baywatch | Alex | TV series; episode: "Shelter Me" |
1990
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | Melanie Benson | TV film |
1991
| Katie Monahan | TV series; 18 episodes |
1991
| Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Ellie | TV film |
1991
| Shannon's Deal | Neala Shannon | TV series; 11 episodes |
1991
| Runaway Father | Marcia | TV film |
1991
| Daddy | Melissa Watson | TV film |
1992
| Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even | Corinne | Film |
1994
| Leslie Walden | TV series; episode: "A Murderous Muse" |
1994
| Laura Cahn | TV film; originally aired as an episode of the TV series Rebel Highway |
1996
| Jade Larson | TV film |
1996
| Run a Mile in My Shoes | | Short film |
1996
| Foxfire | Rita Faldes | Film |
1996
| Kelly Reilly | TV film |
1997
| Traci Connor | Film |
1998
| Christin | Film |
1999
| Get Real | Meg O'Donnell | TV series; episode: "Anatomy of a Rumor" |
2000
| Jenny | TV series; episode: "Cat-in-Hat" |
2001
| Sara | Film; filmed 1995–96, but unreleased until 2001 |
2008
| Bolt | Assistant Director (voice) | Film; also has two songs featured on the film's soundtrack |
2010
| Amy (voice) | TV series; episode: "Merlot Down Dirty Shame" |
2014
| Herself | TV series; replacement bandleader, filling in for Reggie Watts (episode: "Zach Galifianakis Wears a One-Armed Jacket") |
2015
| The Waitress | TV film; Netflix Original |
2019
| Jenny Lewis' On the Line Online | Host | JennyLewis.com streaming special |
Discography
=Rilo Kiley=
{{Main|Rilo Kiley discography}}
- Rilo Kiley (1999)
- Take-Offs and Landings (2001)
- The Execution of All Things (2002)
- More Adventurous (2004)
- Under the Blacklight (2007)
- Rkives (2013)
=Solo=
{{Main|Jenny Lewis discography}}
- Rabbit Fur Coat (2006) (with The Watson Twins)
- Acid Tongue (2008)
- The Voyager (2014)
- On the Line (2019)
- Joy'All (2023)
=Jenny & Johnny=
- I'm Having Fun Now (2010)
- Live at Third Man Records (2010)
=Nice as Fuck=
=Other appearances=
- Bright Eyes – Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002, Saddle Creek)
- Cursive – The Ugly Organ (2003, Saddle Creek)
- The Postal Service – Give Up (2003, Sub Pop)
- The Good Life – Album of the Year (2004, Saddle Creek)
- The Watson Twins – Southern Manners (2006)
- Dntel – Dumb Luck (2007, Sub Pop)
- Whispertown 2000 – Livin' in a Dream (2007)
- Elvis Costello and the Imposters – Momofuku (2008, Lost Highway Records)
- Whispertown 2000 – Swim (2009)
- Brandon Flowers – "Hard Enough" from Flamingo (2010, Island/Vertigo)
- Wavves – Afraid of Heights (2013)
- EZTV – Calling Out (2016)
- She & Him – Christmas Party (2016)
- Paul Shaffer – Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band (2017)
- King Tuff – The Other (2018)
- Vampire Weekend – "2021" (2019){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/vampire-weekend-new-song-harmony-hall-783785/|title=Vampire Weekend Return After Six Years With 'Harmony Hall,' '2021'|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=2019-01-24|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-21}}
- The Cactus Blossoms — "Everybody" (2022)
Videography
- Rilo Kiley – "The Frug" (1999, directed by Morgan J. Freeman)
- Rilo Kiley – "Wires and Waves" (filmed 2001/released 2007, directed by Morgan J. Freeman)
- Rilo Kiley - "Bulletproof" (2001, directed by Liam Lynch)
- The Postal Service – "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" (2003) (Backing Vocals)
- Rilo Kiley – "Portions for Foxes" (2004, directed by Brian Lazzaro)
- Rilo Kiley – "It's a Hit" (2005, directed by Andrew Bruntel, Matt Enlow)
- The Postal Service – "We Will Become Silhouettes" (2005, directed by Jared Hess)
- Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins – "Rise Up with Fists!!" (2006, directed by Autumn de Wilde)
- Rilo Kiley – "The Moneymaker" (2007, directed by Autumn de Wilde)
- Rilo Kiley – "Silver Lining" (2007, directed by Autumn de Wilde)
- Jenny Lewis – "Black Sand" (2009, directed by Justin Mitchell)
- Jenny Lewis – "See Fernando" (2009, directed by Alan Tanner)
- Jenny Lewis – "Carpetbaggers" (2009, directed by Justin Mitchell)
- Jenny and Johnny – "Big Wave" (2011, directed by Autumn de Wilde)
- The Postal Service – "A Tattered Line of String" (2013, directed by AB/CD/CD) (Backing Vocals)
- Rilo Kiley – "Let Me Back In" (2013, directed by Rilo Kiley)
- Rilo Kiley – "Emotional" (2013, directed by Austin Nagler)
- Jenny Lewis – "Just One Of The Guys" (2014, directed by Jenny Lewis)
- Jenny Lewis – "She's Not Me" (2015, directed by Jenny Lewis)
- Nice as Fuck – "Door" (2016, directed by Jenny Lewis)
- Nice as Fuck – "Guns" (2016, directed by Luke Rathborne)
- Jenny Lewis – "Red Bull & Hennessy" (2019, directed by Eric Notarnicola)
- Jenny Lewis – "Rabbit Hole" (2019, directed by Eric Notarnicola)
- Artists for Peace and Justice: Jonathan Wilson, Jenny Lewis, Sanba Zao, and Jackson Browne – "Lapé, Lanmou (Peace and Love)" (2019, directed by APJ)
- Artists for Peace and Justice: Jenny Lewis with Habib Koité – "Under the Supermoon" (2020, directed by David Belle)
- Jenny Lewis with Serengeti - "Unblu" (2020, directed by Jenny Lewis)
- Jenny Lewis with Serengeti - "Vroom Vroom" (2021, directed by Jenny Lewis)
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.jennylewis.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|507343}}
- [https://www.npr.org/artists/15453251/jenny-lewis Jenny Lewis at NPR Music]
- [http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/54537/volume-22-jenny-lewis.html Strangers Almanac column on Glide Magazine]
- [http://www.bobedwards.info/ftopic806.html October 2008 interview on Bob Edwards Weekend] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130217233825/http://www.bobedwards.info/ftopic806.html |date=2013-02-17 }}
- [http://submergemag.com/featured/the-magic-of-the-moment/709/ "The Magic of the Moment"], April 2009 interview in Submerge Magazine
- [https://consequence.net/2014/01/listen-jenny-lewis-new-song-completely-not-me-from-hbos-girls-soundtrack/ Listen: Jenny Lewis' new song "Completely Not Me", from HBO's Girls soundtrack] by Chris Coplan, Consequence, January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
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