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DetailsAKA:
Julia O'Hara Stiles
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
03/28/1981 Birthplace:
New York City, New York, United States biography
At the age of 11, Julia Stiles was prescient enough to write a letter to a stage director convincing him to hire her for an avant-garde production. The ambitious actress employed a similar tack, penning a note to Michael Steinberg and landing her breakthrough role in the dark comedy "Wicked" (1998), an Electra-like fable set in the immaculate suburbs. Blonde and fair, with wise eyes set in an otherwise childlike face, Stiles played the perfect angelic villain Ellie Christianson, a seductive, calculating and driven young teen. She offered an exceptional and acclaimed performance that conveyed
CreditsmilestonesYear
Milestone
1992
Began working in avant-garde theater in New York at age 11
1997
First film was a non-speaking part in "I Love You, I Love You Not"
1997
Played Harrison Ford's teenage daughter in "The Devil's Own"
1997
Had featured role in the the acclaimed ABC TV-movie "Before Women Had Wings"; aired under the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" banner
1998
Developed the screenplay "The Anarchist's Daughter" at the Screenwriter's Lab of the Sundance Institute
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