Julia Stiles

'''Julia O'Hara Stiles''' (born March 28, 1981) 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 film debut was a small role in ''I Love You, I Love You Not'' (1996), followed by a lead role in ''Wicked'' (1998) for which she received the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She rose to prominence with leading roles in teen films such as ''10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999), ''Down to You'' (2000), and ''Save the Last Dance'' (2001). Her accolades include a Teen Choice Award and two MTV Movie Awards, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, and Primetime Emmy Award.

Stiles added to her list of credits with films such as ''The Business of Strangers'' (2001), ''Mona Lisa Smile'' (2003), and ''The Omen'' (2006), and became known to audiences worldwide with her portrayal of Nicky Parsons in the ''Bourne'' franchise (2002–2016). 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 ''Orphan: First Kill'' (2022).

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 to 2014 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 starred in the Amazon series ''The Lake'' (2022–2023). Provided by Wikipedia