Julia O’Hara Stiles, born March 28, 1981, is a New York City-born American actress. She began acting at the age of 11 and was a member of New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
Stiles made her film debut in 1996 with a small part in I Love You, I Love You Not, and went on to win the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 1998 for her lead performance in Wicked.
In the same year, she starred in 10 Things I Hate About You as Kat Stratford, for which she received an MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance.
She also appeared in the Shakespearean adaptations of Down to You (2000), and others.
Save the Last Dance (2001) was Stiles’ most successful picture, in which she played an aspiring ballerina who falls in love with a guy played by Sean Patrick Thomas. Her performance earned her two MTV Movie Awards and a Teen Choice Award.
Stiles has also appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, where she was dubbed “the coolest co-ed” in April 12, 2001, issue. Despite the fact that the film was edited to make it appear otherwise, she did all of her own dancing in Save the Last Dance.
What did Julia Stiles name her son?
“Arlo” is the name Julia Stiles gave to her second child. “Strummer” is the name of her first son.
How old was Julia Stiles in the last dance?
Julia Stiles was 18 years old when she starred in the last dance.