A native of
Chicago, Illinois, Lewis is the youngest of three children born to Audrey and Norman Lewis. After graduating from the
Francis W. Parker School, she briefly attended the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago and
Columbia University. Lewis began her casting career working as an assistant for
Juliet Taylor. She helped to cast films including
Hannah and Her Sisters and
Working Girl before she began working independently in 1989. She has worked extensively with Scorsese since then; her second solo casting credit was for
Goodfellas. A three-time Emmy Award winner (for her work on
Boardwalk Empire: Season 1,
Angels in America and ''
The Queen's Gambit'') and seven-time nominee, she has won three
Casting Society of America Artios Awards. She received its Hoyt Bowers Award in 2015, which honors a casting professional who has elevated the profession. ==References==