Jenny_Lewis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jenny Lewis Jenny Lewis Jenny Lewis Jennifer Diane Lewis (born on January 8, 1976[1] in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American singer, musician, and actress. Lewis is a member and primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and has released two solo albums. She was a child actress. Acting career Lewis made her professional debut in a Jell-O commercial. She was featured in the shortlived 1986 Lucille Ball sitcom Life With Lucy, where she was cast as one of Lucy’s grandchildren.[2] She also had small roles on such TV shows as The Twilight Zone, Baywatch, Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Just the Ten of Us, Roseanne, Mr. Belvedere, and Brooklyn Bridge.[2] Lewis appeared in over a dozen teenthemed movies, such as Troop Beverly Hills, in the late 1980s and in 1989 starred in The Wizard. She was featured in the 1996 madefor-TV movie Talk to Me with Yasmine Bleeth, as well as the films Foxfire, Big Girls Don’t Cry... They Get Even, and Pleasantville.[2] She played the part of Evangeline "Eva" Saint Claire in the 1987 film version of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.[2] She continued acting until 1998, although the last released (Don’s Plum, filmed 1995-6) wasn’t released until 2001.[2] Live at The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada Background information Birth name Born Origin Genre(s) Instrument(s) Years active Jennifer Diane Lewis January 8, 1976 (1976-01-08) [1] Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. California, U.S. Indie rock, alternative country, indie folk Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica 1998 - present (Rilo Kiley) Music Rilo Kiley In 1998, she and friends Pierre De Reeder, Blake Sennett and Dave Rock formed the Team Love, Warner Bros., Brute/ Label(s) band Rilo Kiley. (Rock was replaced by Jason Beaute, Saddle Creek, Barsuk Boesel.) In an interview with NPR’s All Songs Rilo Kiley Associated Considered, Lewis remarked that she wanted The Postal Service acts to name the group Love’s Way (after her parThe Watson Twins ents’ lounge act in Las Vegas), but Sennett "didn’t go for it."[3] For the Primeval character, see Jenny Beginning with a country sound, Rilo Kiley Lewis (Primeval). gravitated toward a downbeat indie rock sound, and with its 2004 album More Adventurous found widespread success. Critics such as Pitchfork Media attributed this to the 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "wise" decision to emphasize Lewis’s voice and presence more so than in previous albums. The song "Portions for Foxes" was a hit, and in 2005 the band was picked up by Warner Bros. (via its own imprint, Brute/ Beaute Records), putting them on a major label for the first time. The band opened for Coldplay on its U.S. tour in 2005. Rilo Kiley’s 2007 album Under the Blacklight was released directly by Warner Bros. Jenny Lewis 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, she contributed backing vocals to several songs on the Elvis Costello and the Imposters album Momofuku. On February 8, 2008, Pitchfork reported that Lewis was returning to the studio to begin work on the follow-up to her 2006 solo LP with the Watson Twins, titled Acid Tongue. Also in 2008, Lewis provided the song "Barking at the Moon" in Disney’s Bolt.[6] In March and April 2009, Jenny did her first trip to Australia, as an act for the V Festival, as well as a support act for Snow Patrol and performing one solo Sydney show. On April 18, 2009, Jenny performed at the Coachella music festival in Indio, CA. On May 5, 2009, Jenny performed on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.[7] Other musical projects In 2002, Lewis was asked to contribute vocals for The Postal Service. Lewis performed in the video for the hit "We Will Become Silhouettes", and toured with the band in 2003. Lewis contributed vocals to several tracks on the 2004 Cursive album The Ugly Organ. In 2004, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes invited Lewis to record a solo record for record label Team Love. Described by Lewis as "a kind of soul record", 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 (and Lewis’s bandmate in The Postal Service) 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 "Fernando". The album received positive reviews, with Entertainment Weekly writing, "Consider Lewis the Emmylou Harris of the Silverlake set" and Rolling Stone commenting that "her girlishly seductive vocals are more versatile than ever". The Onion AV Club, Spin, and NPR music critic Meredith Ochs named it among the best albums of the year.[4][5] In 2005, Lewis contributed to the UNICEF benefit song "Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en?", along with Sennett and Jimmy Tamborello. In 2007, Jenny Lewis contributed vocals to various songs on Johnathan Rice’s album Further North, and she appeared in the music Filmography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bolt (2008) Assistant Director (voice) Don’s Plum (2001) (filmed 1995-96) Pleasantville (1998) Little Boy Blue (1997) Talk to Me (1996/I) (TV) Foxfire (1996) Sweet Temptation (1996) (TV) Runaway Daughters (1994) (TV) Big Girls Don’t Cry... They Get Even (1992) Daddy (1991) (TV) Runaway Father (1991) (TV) Brooklyn Bridge (1991) TV Series Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991) (TV) Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990) (TV) The Wizard (1989) Shannon’s Deal (1989) (TV) Troop Beverly Hills (1989) Friendship in Vienna, A (1988) (TV) Baby M (1988) (TV) My Father, My Son (1988) (TV) Who Gets the Friends? (1988) (TV) Trading Hearts (1987) Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1987) (TV) Life with Lucy (1986) TV Series Convicted (1986) (TV) Discography 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jenny Lewis 4817/summary.html?q=Jenny+Lewis. Retrieved on 2009-05-21. ^ "Jenny Lewis". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507343/. Retrieved on 2009-05-21. "The Blue-Eyed Soul of Jenny Lewis". NPR.org. 2006-10-16. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/ story.php?storyId=6254742. Retrieved on 2009-05-21. Battaglia, Andy; Christopher Bahn, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Keith Phipps, Kyle Ryan, Marc Hawthorne, Nathan Rabin, Noel Murray, Scott Gordon, Sean ONeal, and Steven Hyden (2006-12-19). "Best Music Of 2006". The Onion A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/articles/bestmusic-of-2006,1653/. Retrieved on 2009-05-21. Ochs, Meredith (2006-12-05). "Top Ten CDs of 2006". NPR.org. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/ story.php?storyId=6567709. Retrieved on 2009-05-21. "Pop & Hiss goes to the movies: Jenny Lewis gets a dose of Disney optimism with ’Bolt’". Pop & Hiss. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ music_blog/2008/11/jenny-lewis-get.html. Retrieved on 2008-12-15. "YouTube video". http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=kPi6-cuMODo. Rilo Kiley • • • • • The Initial Friend (1999) Take-Offs and Landings (2001) The Execution of All Things (2002) More Adventurous (2004) Under the Blacklight (2007) [2] [3] Solo • Rabbit Fur Coat (2006) (with The Watson Twins) • Acid Tongue (2008) [4] 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) • Dntel - Dumb Luck (2007, Sub Pop) • Elvis Costello and the Imposters Momofuku (2008, Lost Highway Records) [5] [6] Videography • Rilo Kiley - "The Frug" (1999) • Rilo Kiley - "Wires and Waves" (2002, unreleased) • Rilo Kiley - "Portions for Foxes" (2003) • The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes (2005, directed by Jared Hess) • Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - "Rise Up with Fists" (2006) • Rilo Kiley - "The Moneymaker" (2007) • Rilo Kiley - "Silver Lining" (2007) [7] External links • Official website • Jenny Lewis at the Internet Movie Database • Jenny Lewis at TV.com • Jenny Lewis at NPR Music • Strangers Almanac Column on Glide Magazine • October 2008 interview on Bob Edwards Weekend • "The Magic of the Moment", April 2009 interview in Submerge Magazine See also • The Watson Twins References [1] ^ "Jenny Lewis". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/jenny-lewis/person/ Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis" Categories: 1976 births, Actors from Nevada, Alternative musicians, American child actors, American female guitarists, American female singers, American film actors, American rock singers, American television actors, American singers, Female rock singers, Living people, Musicians from Nevada, People from Las Vegas, Nevada, Rilo Kiley members, Rough Trade Records artists, Saddle Creek Records artists, Team Love Records artists 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jenny Lewis This page was last modified on 21 May 2009, at 18:38 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 4