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.
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Acting History
2025
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted as Self
2025G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief
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 as Self
2014The Postal Service: Everything Will Change as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013Some Idealistic Future as Herself
2009The Cleveland Show
2008Bolt as Assistant Director (voice)
2007Gossip Girl as Self
2006Coachella as Self (Interviewee)
2005American Dad! as Amy (voice)
2004Boston Legal as Judge Isabel Fisher
2003American Misfits as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Don's Plum as Sara
1999Once and Again
1999Get Real 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 as Laura Cahn
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Musical Guest
1992Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even as Corinne
1991Daddy as Melissa Watson
1991Runaway Father as Marcia
1991Brooklyn Bridge 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 as Neala Shannon
1989The Wizard as Haley
1989Free Spirit
1989Shannon's Deal as Neala Shannon
1989Baywatch as Alex
1989Troop Beverly Hills as Hannah Nefler
1988A Friendship in Vienna as Inge Dournenvald
1988Trading Hearts as Yvonne Rhonda Nottingham
1988Baby M as Tuesday
1988Who Gets the Friends?
1988Just the Ten of Us
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
1986Life with Lucy as Becky McGibbon
1986Convicted as Shelley Forbes
1985The Twilight Zone as (segment "If She Dies")
1985Growing Pains as Judy Jones
1985The Golden Girls as Daisy
1985Hell Town
1985Suburban Beat
1985Mr. Belvedere
1984Murder, She Wrote as Leslie Walden
1983It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown as Ruby (voice)
1975Austin City Limits as Self