Julia O’Hara Stiles was born on March 28, 1981, and is an American actress.
Born and raised in New York City, Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
Her accolades include an NBR Award, a CFCA Award, a Gold Derby Award, a Teen Choice Award, and two MTV Movie Awards, as well as Satellite Award, Gotham Award, Golden Globe Award, and Emmy Award nominations.
Her other notable film credits include Hamlet, State, and Main (both 2000), O (2001), A Guy Thing (2002), Carolina (2003), The Prince & Me (2004), Edmond, A Little Trip to Heaven (both 2005), The Cry of the Owl (2009), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Out of the Dark (2014), Blackway (2015), 11:55 (2016), Hustlers (2019), and The God Committee (2021).
Outside of film, Stiles played Lumen Pierce on the fifth season of Dexter (2010), earning nominations for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress.
From 2012–14 she appeared as the titular character in the web series Blue, for which she earned two IAWTV Awards for Best Actress.
From 2017 to 2020 she starred as Georgina Ryland on the Sky Atlantic series Riviera. She currently stars in the Amazon series The Lake (2022–present).
Julia Stiles Children: Meet Strummer Newcomb Cook and Arlo Cook
Julia Stiles and her husband Preston J. Cook have welcomed their second child together, a baby named Arlo, the actress announced on Instagram Wednesday. The couple is also parents to 4-year-old son Strummer Newcomb.