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Julia Stiles. Quem é esta jovem promissora que alterna entra o tímido e o rebelde com facilidade? Uma série de bons papéis tem mostrado o talento desta loura que promete.

Nome Completo: Julia O'Hara Stiles
Natural de: Nova York, EUA
Nascimento: 28 de Março de 1981

Mini-biografia (IMDb)
Already critically acclaimed for a number of youthful film roles, it's just a matter of time before fresh-faced blonde Julia Stiles reaches the height of heights as a new tier of adult talent starts hitting the screen. Born Julia O'Hara Stiles on March 28, 1981, in New York City, she is of Irish, Italian and English stock. The outgoing daughter of an elementary school teacher (father) and a Greenwich Village artist (mother), she is the eldest of three children. Encouraged to take modern dance lessons at an early age, she was introduced to Shakespeare and theater as well.
At age 11, she made her 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: The Vampire Chronicles (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. Next featured as the daughter of Harrison Ford in The Devil's Own (1997), her breakout role came on TV with the hard-hitting mini-movie "Before Women Had Wings" (1997), which was produced by Oprah Winfrey and dealt with child abuse. As Ellie Christianson in Wicked (1998), Julia demonstrated a more evil side to her budding versatility.
Her wish to play Shakespeare was granted threefold with her participation in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), which was based on the Bard's "The Taming of The Shrew" and won her the Chicago Film Critics Award as the volatile teen Kat; an updated version of Hamlet (2000/I) which paired her Ophelia with Ethan Hawke; and another updated version of "Othello" entitled O (2001), which had her high school character of Desi (Desdemona) involved in a mixed romantic relationship with African-American Mekhi Phifer.
The violent-edged film was made in 1998 but not released until three years later due to the tragic Colorado student shootings at Columbine High School. In addition, Julia later portrayed Viola off-Broadway in a Shakespeare-in-the-Park production of "Twelfth Night" in 2002. She temporarily interrupted her career after deciding to enroll at Columbia University in 2000, majoring in English. Moving into mainstream roles by the millennium, she co-starred with the popular Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002) and its sequel, appeared opposite Julia Roberts in Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and won offbeat notice in the title role of _Carolina (2003)_ with Shirley MacLaine and Randy Quaid as an eccentric actress wannabe who capriciously takes off to Hollywood to pursue her dream.
Most recently she returned from Iceland where she filmed A Little Trip to Heaven (2005). Unable to find that one role to put her over the top, this lovely actress continues to engage movie audiences with a potent range of characters in the meantime.

TRIVIA
Graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English (2005)

chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21" [1999]

Has been in three remakes of Shakespeare plays; 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) (The Taming of The Shrew), O (2001) (Othello) and Hamlet (2000/I) (Hamlet).

In 1999, Julia graduated from New York's Professional Children's School, which prepares students for careers in the arts.

Julia e Matt Damon em Bourne Supremacy.

Julia Stiles ao lado de Julia Roberts e da sua amiga Kirsten Dunst em Mona Lisa Smile.

Filmografia completa (IMDb)
The Omen 666 (2006) (filming) .... Katherine Thorn
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005) .... Isold
Edmond (2005) .... Glenna
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) .... Nicky... aka Bourne Verschwörung, Die (Germany)
The Prince & Me (2004) .... Paige Morgan... aka The Prince and Me (USA)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003) .... Joan Brandwyn
Carolina (2003/I) .... Carolina Mirabeau...
A Guy Thing (2003) .... Becky
The Bourne Identity (2002) .... Nicky
O (2001) .... Desi Brable... aka The One
The Business of Strangers (2001) .... Paula Murphy
Save the Last Dance (2001) .... Sara Johnson
State and Main (2000) .... Carla
Hamlet (2000/I) .... Ophelia
Down to You (2000) .... Imogen
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) .... Katarina 'Kat' Stratford
The '60s (1999) (TV) .... Katie Herlihy
Wide Awake (1998) .... Neena Beal
Wicked (1998) .... Ellie Christianson
Before Women Had Wings (1997) (TV) .... Phoebe Jackson... aka Oprah Winfrey Presents: Before Women Had Wings
The Devil's Own (1997) .... Bridget O'Meara
I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) .... Young Nana's Friend