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for|the Primeval character|Jenny Lewis (Primeval)Infobox musical artist|name = Jenny Lewis|birth_name = Jennifer Diane Lewis|image = Jennylewis.jpg|caption = Lewis performing in 2008|background = solo_singer|genre = Indie rock , alternative country , indie folk |Born = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|1|8Cite web|url= http://www.tv.com/jenny-lewis/person/4817/summary.html? q=Jenny+Lewis|title=Jenny Lewis|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=2009-05-21 Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas, Nevada , United States|U.S. |origin = San Fernando Valley , California , United States|U.S. |instrument = Singer|Vocals , Keyboard instrument|Keyboards , Guitar , Bass guitar|Bass , Harmonica |years_active = 1985–present (acting)1998–present (music) |label = Team Love , Warner Bros. , Brute/Beaute , Saddle Creek , Barsuk | associated_acts = Rilo Kiley The Postal Service The Watson Twins Jenny and Johnny |current_members =
Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976), is an American singer-songwriter musician and actress. She was the primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley ,Cite web | url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=p484078/biography|pure_url=yes| title = Rilo Kiley biography| author = Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| accessdate = 2010-06-19| publisher = allmusic.com and has released two solo albums.Cite web| url = http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Lewis,_Jenny/Discography/Index/P542837/1/| title = Jenny Lewis Discography| accessdate = 2010-06-19| publisher = Star Pulse She currently performs as part of the duo #Jenny and Johnny|Jenny & Johnny with boyfriend Johnathan Rice . She was born in Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas, Nevada .
Acting career
Lewis made her professional debut in a Jell-O commercial. She was featured in the short-lived 1986 Lucille Ball sitcom Life With Lucy , where she was cast as one of Lucy's grandchildren.Cite web|url= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507343/|title=Jenny Lewis|publisher= IMDB |accessdate=2009-05-21 She also had small roles on TV shows, such as The New Twilight Zone , Baywatch , Golden Girls , Growing Pains , Just the Ten of Us , Roseanne (TV series)|Roseanne , Mr. Belvedere , and Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)|Brooklyn Bridge .
Lewis appeared in over a dozen teen-themed movies, such as Troop Beverly Hills , and in 1989 starred in The Wizard (film)|The Wizard . She was featured in the 1996 Television movie|made-for-TV movie Talk to Me (1996 film)|Talk to Me with Yasmine Bleeth , as well as the films Foxfire (1996 film)|Foxfire , '' Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even , and Pleasantville (film)|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 ''. She played Beverly D'Angelo 's daughter in the 1996 made-for-tv film, Sweet Temptation . She continued acting until 1998, although the last released film - '' Don's Plum , filmed 1995-6 - was not released until 2001.
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 music|lounge act in Las Vegas), but Sennett "didn't go for it."Cite news|url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=6254742|title=The Blue-Eyed Soul of Jenny Lewis|date=2006-10-16|publisher=NPR.org|accessdate=2009-05-21
Beginning with a country sound, Rilo Kiley gravitated toward a downbeat indie rock sound, gaining the attention of Warner Bros. , who signed the band for the release (via its own imprint, Brute/Beaute Records) of their 2004 album More Adventurous , which gained the band widespread success. Critics such as Pitchfork Magazine|Pitchfork attributed this to the "wise" decision to emphasize Lewis's voice and presence more so than in previous albums.Cite web |publisher= PitchforkMedia |date=August 15, 2004 |first=Chris |last=Dahlen |title=Rilo Kiley More Adventurous > Review |url= http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/6789-more-adventurous/ |accessdate=date|2008-06-03 The song " Portions for Foxes " was a hit. 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.
It was announced on July 14, 2011 that Rilo Kiley had officially split up, with guitarist Blake Sennett attributing "deception, greed and betrayal" as the factors behind the end of the band, while others speculate the loss of Jason Boesel to Bright Eyes and Jenny Lewis' other projects meant the band just fell apart.
Solo career
In 2004, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes 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 (musician)|James Valentine . Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie guests on a cover of The Traveling Wilburys ' " Handle With Care (song)|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| 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 Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California|Silverlake set"Citation needed|date=May 2009 and Rolling Stone commenting that "her girlishly seductive vocals are more versatile than ever"Citation needed|date=May 2009. The Onion AV Club , Spin magazine| Spin Citation needed|date=May 2009, and NPR music critic Meredith Ochs named it among the best albums of the year.Cite web|url= http://www.avclub.com/articles/best-music-of-2006,1653/|title=Best Music Of 2006|last=Battaglia|first=Andy|coauthors=Christopher Bahn, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Keith Phipps, Kyle Ryan, Marc Hawthorne, Nathan Rabin, Noel Murray, Scott Gordon, Sean ONeal, and Steven Hyden|date=2006-12-19|publisher=The Onion A.V. Club|accessdate=2009-05-21Cite web|url= http://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.org|accessdate=2009-05-21
In 2008, Lewis released a second solo album, this time without the Watson Twins, titled Acid Tongue .
Jenny and Johnny
In 2010, Jenny Lewis released the song "Scissor Runner" with her boyfriend Johnathan Rice under the moniker Jenny and Johnny. The song was made available for free download from the duo's official website, and is taken from their first studio album '' I'm Having Fun Now . http://www.jennyandjohnnymusic.com
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 (band)|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 Dntel|Jimmy Tamborello .
In 2006, Lewis made a cameo in Episode 25, Theme Time Radio Hour Season One|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 (album)|Dumb Luck LP.
In 2008, Lewis contributed backing vocals to several songs on the Elvis Costello|Elvis Costello and the Imposters album Momofuku (album)|Momofuku .
In 2008, Lewis voiced the role of the Assistant Director for Walt Disney Pictures Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt and 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 | accessdate=2008-12-15 | date=2008-11-25
In March and April 2009, Lewis traveled to Australia for the first time, as an act for the V Festival (Australia)|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 web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=kPi6-cuMODo | title=YouTube video
Lewis makes an appearance on the track "Hard Enough", taken from the 2010 album Flamingo (Brandon Flowers album)|Flamingo by fellow Las Vegas resident Brandon Flowers .
Filmography
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1985
The Twilight Zone Segment "If She Dies" (1 Episode)
Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground|Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002 · Saddle Creek )
Cursive (band)|Cursive - The Ugly Organ (2003, Saddle Creek )
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003, Sub Pop )
The Good Life (band)|The Good Life - Album of the Year (The Good Life album)|Album of the Year (2004, Saddle Creek )
http://www.tv.com/jenny-lewis/person/4817/summary.html? q=Jenny%20Lewis& tag=search_results;title;0 Jenny Lewis at TV.com
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=15453251 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
http://submergemag.com/featured/the-magic-of-the-moment/709/ "The Magic of the Moment", April 2009 interview in Submerge Magazine
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