Julia Information | facts & trivia

Name: Julia O'Hara Stiles
Nicknames: Julie
Birthplace: New York City
Birth date: March 28, 1981
Siblings: 3
Height: 5' 7
Education: Professional Children's School, New York Columbia University (beginning August 2000)
Profession: Actress
Nationality: American

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.

• During her hiatus from Save the Last Dance (2001), she signed up with Habitat for Humanity International, an organization that builds homes for the needy.

• Voted one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. [2001]

• Is a college classmate of Anna Paquin.

• One of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars under 25" [2002]

• Julia Stiles began her career at the La Mama Theater and the Kitchen Theater in New York.

• Won the 2001 Teens Choice Drama Award for her role in Save the Last Dance (2001).

• No longer a vegan and when Conan O'Brien asked her what the first bite of a hamburger was like she responded; "The word orgasm comes to mind." (December 2003)

• Has dated the Prince of Denmark in two movies, _Hamlet (2000/I)_ and The Prince & Me (2004).

• Shares a birthday with Reba McEntire and Vince Vaughn.

• Is of Irish (paternal side) and English and Italian (maternal side) descent. Her parents are John O'Hara and Judith Stiles.

• Is a die hard New York Mets fan.

• After a 39-minute rain delay and dressed with a Mets cap, Julia Styles threw out the opening pitch at Shea Stadium during the Memorial Day game of the New York Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks on May 29th, 2006.

• During filming of 'The Omen', Julia suffered from major paranoia to the extent to which she re-arranged her hotel apartment furniture so her bed wasn't under the chandelier as she believed it would fall on her.

• Julia also suffered from nightmare after filming the scene were Damien's nanny hung herself.