Julia Stiles

Julia O'Hara Stiles (born 28 March 1981) is an American actress, producer, director, and writer.

In 2010, she played Lumen Pierce, a rape victim of the Barrel Girl Gang and a partner/love interest of Dexter Morgan, in the Showtime series DEXTER.

Appearances
Season Five:
 * "Practically Perfect"
 * "Beauty and the Beast"
 * "First Blood"
 * "Everything Is Illumenated"
 * "Circle Us"
 * "Take It!"
 * "Teenage Wasteland"
 * "In the Beginning"
 * "Hop a Freighter"
 * "The Big One"

Career
Films

Her film credits include roles in The God Committee (2020); Hustlers (2019); Trouble (2017); The Drowning (2016); Jason Bourne (2016); 11:55 (2016);Misconduct (2016); The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015); Blackway (2015); Out of the Dark (2014); Hits (2014); Closed Circuit (2013); Between Us (2012); Silver Linings Playbook (2012); Girl Most Likely (2012); It's a Disaster (2012); The Cry of the Owl (2009); Gospel Hill (2008); The Bourne Ultimatum (2007);The Omen (2006); Fran's Bed (2005 Video); A Little Trip to Heaven (2005); Edmond (2005); The Bourne Supremacy (2004); The Prince and Me (2004); Mona Lisa Smile (2003); Carolina (2003); A Guy Thing (2003); The Bourne Identity (2002); O (2001); The Business of Strangers (2001); Save the Last Dance (2001); State and Main (2000); Hamlet (2000); Down to You (2000); 10 Things I Hate About You (1999); Wide Awake (1998); Wicked (1998); The Devil's Own (1997); and I Love You, I Love You Not (1996).

TV Movies

Her TV movies include Guilt by Association (2015); The Makeover (2013); Midnight Sun (2012); and Before Women Had Wings (1997).

Shorts

Her shorts include Sexting (2010); and Passage (2009).

Television

Her TV credits include roles on Riviera; Inside Amy Schumer; The Mindy Project; Blue; Jan; Saturday Night Live (uncredited); The '60s (Mini-Series); Chicago Hope; Promised Land; and Ghostwriter.

Personal Life
Stiles was born in New York City and began acting at age12. In 2005, she graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English literature. In 2016, she announced her engagement to camera assistant Preston J. Cook, with whom she worked on Blackway. In June 2017, Stiles confirmed that she and Cook were expecting their first child. They were married over Labor Day weekend in September 2017. The couple welcomed their son in October 2017.

Trivia

 * Stiles has worked for Habitat for Humanity, building housing in Costa Rica.
 * She has described herself as a feminist and wrote on the subject in The Guardian.
 * She is a fan of horror movies.
 * She is a former vegan, giving it up because she found it difficult to get proper nutrition while traveling.
 * She loves baseball and is an avid fan of the New York Mets. She threw the ceremonial first pitch before their May 29, 2006, game. She is also a fan of soccer and the New York Red Bulls.