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Biographical
Information |
Full
Name: |
Julia
O'Hara Stiles |
Height: |
5'
7" |
Birthplace: |
New
York, New York, USA |
Date
of Birth: |
March
28, 1981 |
Husband/Partner: |
Still
Dating |
Contact
Info: |
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Personal
Trivia: |
Did
you know that she was a college classmate of Anna
Paquin? |
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She
was raised in Soho, where her parents ran a pottery business
together. They encouraged her to get involved with the
arts. Julia Stiles decided on acting and began working
her way up. Her first big chance came at age 11 at the
La Mama Theater, an interview she got by writing a letter
to the director begging for an audition. She also worked
at the Kitchen Theater, appearing in the plays "Matthew:
School of Life, " and "The Sandalwood Box."
She grabbed
a few small supporting roles in big Hollywood films,
including "The Devil's Own" with Brad Pitt
and Harrison Ford. But a big break came when she was
cast in a starring role in the NBC miniseries "The
60's", a documentary style film that followed the
lives of a fictional family through the turmoil that
was the 60s. Julia's hard-nosed acting style became
evident in this film, as she burst blood vessels in
a simulated child birth by screaming so loud. "I
was really happy with the way they shot that. I wasn't
going to make it pretty." But her next step was
even bigger.
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She
then starred in another teen film, Down to You, with Freddie
Prinze, Jr. The film wasn't blessed by critics and did
fairly well at the box office. Julia looked at the film
as a step away from "10 Things". "I've
definitely been trying ot avoid high school movies. Luckily,
in "Down to You", I finally get to go to college."
The role fit her well, she felt as she too was going through
her first love during the filming of the picture. "It
was a chance for me to think about what that means,"
she said.
Julia, determined
to not be written off as a one-hit wonder or a flake
teenage beauty, has accepted roles in some biting drama.
Her turn in "Hamlet" (also an update of a
Shakespearan play) garnered critical praise for Julia.
She's currently attending Columbia University. But her
sights aren't just on Hollywood business. When asked
what she'd be majoring in, she sighed and said, "Not
drama." Instead, she wants to do some charitable
work in Bolivia.
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Films:
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Carolina (2003)
A Guy Thing (2003)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
O (2001)
The Business of Strangers (2001)
Save the Last Dance (2001)
State and Main (2000)
Hamlet (2000)
Down to You (2000)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Wide Awake (1998)
Wicked (1998)
Before Women Had Wings (1997)
The Devil's Own (1997)
I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)
Made for
TV:
The 60s (1999)
Direct to
Video:
None
TV Shows:
None
Cartoons/Voices:
None
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