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Julia Stiles

American actress (born 1981)

Julia Stiles

Stiles in 2007

Born

Julia O'Hara Stiles


(1981-03-28) March 28, 1981 (age 43)

New York City, U.S.

EducationColumbia University (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Spouse

Preston J. Cook

(m. 2017)​
Children3

Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981)[1] is an American actress. Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.[2] Her film debut was a small role at age 15 in I Love You, I Love You Not (1996), followed by a lead role in Wicked (1998) for which she received the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She rose to prominence with leading roles in teen films such as 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Down to You (2000), and Save the Last Dance (2001). Her accolades include a Teen Choice Award and two MTV Movie Awards, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, and Primetime Emmy Award.

Stiles added to her list of credit

The romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You was the breakthrough film for American actress Julia Stiles. Since then, she has had notable award-winning roles. Her iconic roles in other films and TV series steadily cemented her name in the acting scene. She was also featured in the 2019 hit film, Hustlers. What is Julia Stiles doing now?

What happened to Julia Stiles? The actress was a familiar face in the late '90s and early '2000s. Even after appearing in several projects after that, her name did not rise to the height of most Hollywood stars.

Fortunately, in 2019, the actress was featured in the box office success, Hustlers. It was a different role from what she used to in The Bourne Identity,The Prince & Me and Mona Lisa Smile.

Julia Stiles now is excited about exploring her skills as a director. She told InStyle that she directed a couple of shorts and is ready to try something longer. Read on to learn more about Julia Stiles career over the years

Profile summary

  • Name: Julia O'Hara Stiles
  • Date of birth: March 28, 1981
  • Place of birt

    Lovely, Julia (O'Hara) Stiles, of Irish, English and German heritage, was born on March 28, 1981 in New York City, the outgoing daughter and eldest of three children of a Greenwich Village artist mother, Judith Newcomb Stiles, and an elementary school teacher father, John O'Hara.

    Encouraged to take modern dance lessons, she was introduced to Shakespeare and theater at an early age. When she was 11, she made her stage debut as a child actress with the experimental off-Broadway La MaMa Theatre. Her passion grew and by the next year was performing professionally and working in commercials. A bright, precocious student, she was seriously considered for the child vampire role of Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994) but lost out in the end to Kirsten Dunst. She continued training at New York's Professional Children's School and, at 15, made her cinematic bow with I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) with Claire Danes.

    Julia was next featured as the daughter of Harrison Ford in The Devil's Own (1997), with her breakout role occurring on TV with the hard-hitti

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