Julia O'Hara Stiles is an American actress. She first gained prominence for her lead roles in teen films such as 10 Things I Hate About You, Down to You and Save the Last Dance. Her career progressed to starring in films such as The Business of Strangers, Mona Lisa Smile and...
Friends Seminary, Professional Children's School, Columbia University
Nationality
United States of America
Parents
Judith Newcomb Stiles, John O'Hara
Siblings
Johnny, Jane
Nicknames
Julie Stiles , Julia O`Hara Stiles , Julia O'Hara Stiles
Awards
MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress, MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance - Female, National Board of Review Award for Best Cast, Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast, Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast, Teen Choice Award for...
Music Groups
Hey Violet
Nominations
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporti...
Movies
Jason Bourne, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Bourne Ultimatum, Save the Last Dance, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Prince and Me, Silver Linings Playbook, Mona Lisa Smile, Blackway, Down to You, A Guy Thing, It's a Disaster, The Business of Strangers, The Omen, Hamlet, State and Mai...
[on a scene that stands out most when looking back on her time on Dexter (2006)] In the kill room, when she first gets to put the knife in. That was really special. There was also a nice moment of collaboration where the set designers had put up pictures of all the other victims on the wall, and I remember saying to the director that I felt like it was important that Lumen acknowledge the other girls and say that it was for them, too. We did a separate shot of that, and it ended up in the final edit, which I was really pleased about. It's a great example of how collaborative the show is and what a nice environment it is to work in.
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[on the most challenging aspect of playing Lumen in Dexter (2006)] - I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them, but I was surprised, especially toward the end of the season -- around episode 10 -- when some of the details of what Lumen had experienced became really harrowing, and I started to realize that it was affecting me outside of work. One scene in particular, in episode 10, when the detectives have found DVDs showing what has happened to the victims -- it was really dark. It made it more difficult for me to sleep.
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I think audiences, producers and directors included, develop crushes on actors (actresses in particular) and then lose interest and move on to the next one. [...] There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it's exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors.
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I was gonna throw the first pitch at a Mets game, but there was a rain delay. So I'm waiting for it to stop, and the team's manager, Willie Randolph, comes by. Now he's already intimidating to begin with. But he comes over to me and says, 'If you screw this up, they will boo you.' And I said 'Thanks.'
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I am a big fan of horror movies but I had never thought that I had wanted to act in one because I don't think that actors get to do much in them. They're usually just reacting.
According to the 10th Anniversary commentary by her co-stars for 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), she and Heath Ledger began a relationship during the filming. They broke up in January 2000.
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Shares the same name as Humphrey Bogart's paternal grandmother. They both were also born and grew up in New York.
In 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) her character, Kat Stratford, was reading the book "The Bell Jar" in a scene. Stiles was attached to the lead role in the movie version of the novel for some years.
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She and Liev Schreiber played siblings in Hamlet (2000). The pair later played husband and wife in The Omen (2006).
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Considered for the role of Susan Storm/Invisible Girl in Fantastic Four (2005).
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After a 39-minute rain delay and dressed with a Mets cap, Julia Stiles threw out the opening pitch at Shea Stadium during the Memorial Day game of the New York Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks on May 29, 2006.
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Is a die-hard New York Mets fan.
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She has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Her parents are John O'Hara and Judith Stiles.
No longer a vegan and when Conan O'Brien asked her what the first bite of a hamburger was like she responded, "The word orgasm comes to mind." (December 2003).
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Won the 2001 Teens Choice Drama Award for her role in Save the Last Dance (2001).
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Julia Stiles began her career at the La Mama Theater and the Kitchen Theater in New York.
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One of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars under 25" [2002]
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Was a college classmate of Anna Paquin at Columbia University.
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Voted one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. [2001]
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During her hiatus from Save the Last Dance (2001), she signed up with Habitat for Humanity International, an organization that builds homes for the needy.
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In 1999, Julia graduated from New York's Professional Children's School, which prepares students for careers in the arts.