Personal Info
Birth date
1976-01-08 (49 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Also known as
Jennifer Diane Lewis
Rilo Kiley
جيني لويس
Дженни Льюис
Jenny Lewis
Biography
Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was 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. Lewis has released five solo albums.
Filmography
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.333
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.865
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.The Late Late Show with James Corden
5.312
Overview:
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.American Dad!
6.975
Overview:
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."Murder, She Wrote
7.52
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.178
Overview:
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.526
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Boston Legal
7.9
Overview:
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.Mr. Belvedere
6.919
Overview:
Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens.The Twilight Zone
7.763
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.Baywatch
5.952
Overview:
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.The Golden Girls
7.536
Overview:
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.Gossip Girl
8.195
Overview:
An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.Austin City Limits
6.2
Overview:
Now the longest-running music series in American television history, ACL showcases popular music legends and innovators from every genre.Once and Again
6.8
Overview:
The series depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father.Get Real
7.3
Overview:
Get Real was a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green family of Los Angeles. It ran from September 1999 to April 2000. It starred Eric Christian Olsen and Anne Hathaway in very early roles, as the older siblings to central character of the series, youngest child, Kenny.Shannon's Deal
8
Overview:
Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and his job to a compulsive gambling habit. The saga of Shannon, who leaves a prestigious law firm after years of becoming unhappy with the legal system and being forced to take his clients to court, and whom subsequently opens his own low-rent practiceRebel Highway
10
Overview:
Rebel Highway was a short-lived revival of American International Pictures created and produced by Lou Arkoff, the son of Samuel Z. Arkoff and Debra Hill for the Showtime channel in 1994. The concept was 10-week series of 1950s "drive-in classic" B-movies remade "with a '90s edge". The impetus for the series, according to Arkoff was, "what it would be like if you made Rebel Without a Cause today. It would be more lurid, sexier, and much more dangerous, and you definitely would have had Natalie Wood's top off".Hell Town
5
Overview:
Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features former Baretta star Robert Blake.Growing Pains
6.54
Overview:
Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spending 15 years as a housewife.The Charmings
4.8
Overview:
The Charmings is an American fantasy sitcom that aired from March 1987 to February 1988 on ABC. Based on the fairy tale Snow White, it chronicles Snow White and Prince Charming after they are transported in time from the Enchanted Forest to the 20th Century Los Angeles suburbs.Brooklyn Bridge
7.5
Overview:
Brooklyn Bridge is an American television program which aired on CBS between 1991 and 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the middle 1950s. The premise was partially based on the childhood of executive producer and creator Gary David Goldberg. Brooklyn Bridge won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy Award as for outstanding television series in 1992, after its first season. The cast was led by Marion Ross; Art Garfunkel performed the theme song, which was titled "Just Over The Brooklyn Bridge." In 1997, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was ranked #46 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.Bolt
6.531
Overview:
Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After he's accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt must harness all his "super powers" to find a way home.Free Spirit
5
Overview:
Free Spirit is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1989–1990 television season. The series stars Corinne Bohrer as a witch who moves in with a recently divorced father to help care for his three children. Originally produced by ELP Communications, Free Spirit aired from September 22, 1989, to January 14, 1990.Just the Ten of Us
7.143
Overview:
Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series is a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same character on a recurring basis. As the series progressed, Coach Lubbock's four eldest daughters, the teenagers Marie, Cindy, Wendy, and Connie, became the primary focus of the show. Just the Ten of Us aired on ABC starting with a trial run on April 26, 1988 and ending on May 17, 1990. After the first four episodes in an abbreviated first season were aired, the show was renewed for two more seasons, eventually ending after 47 episodes on May 4, 1990. The show was most notably a part of what would become that network's TGIF programming block.Pleasantville
7.254
Overview:
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.Life with Lucy
8.3
Overview:
Life With Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The show ran on the ABC network in 1986 not on the CBS network as her previous shows had and unlike Ball's previous programs, it was a critical and ratings flop. Only eight out of the thirteen episodes that were filmed aired before ABC cancelled the series. It is the very last sitcom she starred in before her death in 1989.Acting
2025Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted as Self
2025G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief as Unknown
2022Jenny Lewis - 2022 XPoNential Music Festival as Self
2021kid 90 as Self (archive footage)
2020The Postal Service Zoom Auditions as Self
2019Jenny Lewis' On The Line Online as Self
2015A Very Murray Christmas as The Waitress
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 Episode) as Self
2014The Postal Service: Everything Will Change as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 Episode) as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 Episodes) as Self
2013Some Idealistic Future as Herself
2009The Cleveland Show (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2008Bolt as Assistant Director (voice)
2007Gossip Girl (1 Episode) as Self
2006Coachella as Self (Interviewee)
2005American Dad! (1 Episode) as Amy (voice)
2004Boston Legal (1 Episode) as Judge Isabel Fisher
2003American Misfits as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (3 Episodes) as Self
2002Don's Plum as Sara
1999Once and Again (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999Get Real (1 Episode) as Meg O'Donnell
1998Pleasantville as Christin
1997Little Boy Blue as Traci / Jimmy's girlfriend
1996Talk to Me as Kelly Reilly
1996Foxfire as Rita Faldes
1996Sweet Temptation as Jade Larson
1994Runaway Daughters as Laura Cahn
1994Rebel Highway (10 Episodes) as Laura Cahn
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1 Episode) as Self - Musical Guest
1992Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even as Corinne
1991Daddy as Melissa Watson
1991Runaway Father as Marcia
1991Brooklyn Bridge (33 Episodes) as Katie Monahan
1991Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Ellie
1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter as Melanie Benson
1990Shannon's Deal (14 Episodes) as Neala Shannon
1989The Wizard as Haley
1989Free Spirit (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989Shannon's Deal as Neala Shannon
1989Baywatch (1 Episode) as Alex
1989Troop Beverly Hills as Hannah Nefler
1988A Friendship in Vienna as Inge Dournenvald
1988Trading Hearts as Yvonne Rhonda Nottingham
1988Who Gets the Friends? as Unknown
1988Just the Ten of Us (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988My Father, My Son as Maya
1988A Place at the Table as Rachel Singer
1987Uncle Tom's Cabin as Evangeline "Little Eva" St. Claire
1987The Charmings (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Life with Lucy (8 Episodes) as Becky McGibbon
1986Convicted as Shelley Forbes
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as (segment "If She Dies")
1985Growing Pains (1 Episode) as Judy Jones
1985The Golden Girls (1 Episode) as Daisy
1985Hell Town (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985Suburban Beat as Unknown
1985Mr. Belvedere (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Leslie Walden
1983It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown as Ruby (voice)
1975Austin City Limits (1 Episode) as Self
Production
2019Jenny Lewis' On The Line Online ... Executive Producer
Writing
2019Jenny Lewis' On The Line Online ... Writer
Sound
2019Jenny Lewis' On The Line Online ... Music
2014Song One ... Original Music Composer
2013Very Good Girls ... Original Music Composer