CV: Julia Stiles

With the American actress back as Georgina Clios in the third series of the thriller Riviera (9pm, Sky Atlantic), we look back over her life and career so far…

● Born in New York City on March 28, 1981, Julia O’hara Stiles began acting at the age of 11, and made her screen debut in the US television show Ghostwriter in 1993. Her first bigscreen role was in the Jude Law movie I Love You, I Love You Not in 1996, followed by a leading role in the thriller Wicked (1998).

● She became a teen icon after starring in hit movies such as 1999’s 10 Things I Hate About You – a modern-day high-school version of The Taming Of The Shrew – and the 2001 cultureclash romance Save The Last Dance.

● Grown-up roles followed, among them appearances in The Bourne

Identity (2002) and three sequels, including Jason Bourne (2015). Her most recent big-screen appearance was opposite Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers (2019).

● Columbia Off screen, University she graduated in 2005 from with a degree in English literature. Married to cameraman and former actor Preston J. Cook, she gave birth to son Strummer on October 20, 2017.

● On TV, she earned both Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her role in the serial-killer drama Dexter (2010).

● The first series of Riviera was released in 2017 and was Sky’s most successful original series.