1. Jennifer Diane Lewis was born on January 8,1976 and is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress.
40 Facts About Jenny Lewis
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Jenny Lewis is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.
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Jenny Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child actress, appearing in the films Troop Beverly Hills and The Wizard and the television series Brooklyn Bridge.
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Jenny Lewis has released five solo albums: Rabbit Fur Coat, Acid Tongue, The Voyager, On the Line, and Joy'All.
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Jenny Lewis's mother, Linda, was a professional singer, and her father, Eddie Gordon, was a member of the Harmonica Gang.
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Jenny Lewis was featured in the short-lived 1986 Lucille Ball sitcom Life With Lucy, where she was cast as one of Lucy's grandchildren.
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Jenny Lewis had small roles on TV shows, such as Murder, Jenny Lewis Wrote; The Twilight Zone ; Baywatch; The Golden Girls; Growing Pains; Just the Ten of Us; Roseanne; Mr Belvedere; and Brooklyn Bridge.
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Jenny Lewis 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.
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Jenny Lewis appeared in over a dozen teen movies, such as Troop Beverly Hills and The Wizard in 1989.
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Jenny Lewis 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.
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Jenny Lewis played the part of Evangeline "Eva" Saint Claire in the 1987 film version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, and appeared in the 1988 made-for-TV film A Friendship in Vienna, set in Vienna at the start of the Holocaust.
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Jenny Lewis played Beverly D'Angelo's daughter in the 1996 made-for-TV film Sweet Temptation.
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Jenny 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.
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In 2008, Jenny Lewis released a second solo album, this time without the Watson Twins, titled Acid Tongue.
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On July 8,2014, Jenny Lewis began "The Voyager" tour at the Ottawa Bluesfest in Ontario, Canada.
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Jenny Lewis's 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.
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On January 23,2019, Jenny Lewis announced the release date of her new album On the Line would be March 22,2019.
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On June 9,2023, Jenny Lewis released a new album, Joy'All.
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Work resumed on the album in early 2021, when Jenny Lewis participated in a virtual songwriting workshop hosted by Beck.
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The album was produced by Dave Cobb, who Jenny Lewis met while visiting Lucius at RCA Studio A in Nashville, Tennessee.
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In 2002, Jenny Lewis was asked to contribute vocals for the band The Postal Service.
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Jenny Lewis performed in the video for "We Will Become Silhouettes", and toured with the band in 2013 and again in 2023.
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In 2003, Jenny Lewis contributed vocals to several tracks on the Cursive album The Ugly Organ.
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In 2006, Jenny Lewis made a cameo in Episode 25, Season 1 of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, and six of her songs were featured in various episodes of the show.
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In 2007, Jenny 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 ".
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Jenny Lewis provided vocals for a track on Dntel's Dumb Luck LP.
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In 2008, Jenny Lewis contributed backing vocals to several songs on the Elvis Costello and the Imposters album Momofuku.
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Later that year, Jenny Lewis voiced the role of the assistant director for Walt Disney Pictures' animated film Bolt, and she provided the song "Barking at the Moon".
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In March and April 2009, Jenny 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.
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On May 5,2009, Jenny Lewis performed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
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Jenny Lewis makes an appearance on the track "Hard Enough", taken from the 2010 album Flamingo by fellow Las Vegan Brandon Flowers.
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In 2013, Jenny Lewis created the music score for Tribeca Film's feature Very Good Girls.
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Jenny Lewis provided original music and included older music from her previous band, Rilo Kiley, such as the song "Go Ahead".
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In 2014, Jenny Lewis contributed an exclusive track to HBO's Girls, in collaboration with Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij titled "Completely Not Me".
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On June 25,2019, Jenny Lewis performed "Wasted Youth" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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On October 28,2019, Jenny Lewis is featured on the fifth issue of Archie Comics' comic book series Jughead's Time Police, released on October 30.
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On November 13,2019, it was announced Jenny Lewis would be an opening act for Harry Styles on the North American leg of his 2020 Love On Tour.
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In 2023, Jenny Lewis toured to support her new album Joy'All.
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Jenny Lewis made appearances on dates for The Postal Service reunion tour.
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In 2015, Rice and Jenny Lewis wrote the song "Cold One" for the film Ricki and the Flash.