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Julia is usually a woman's given name. It has three syllables. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius.

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Like its male counterpart, the given name Julia had been in use throughout Late Antiquity e. Julia of Corsica but became rare during the Middle Ages, and was revived only with the Italian Renaissance. It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world. It was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in and the 88th most popular name for females in the census there.

It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in ; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in ; the 13th most popular name for girls born in Spain in ; the fifth most popular name for girls born in Sweden in ; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Belgium in ; the 53rd most popular name for girls born in Norway in ; the 70th most popular name for girls born in Hungary in ; the 19th most popular name for girls born in British Columbia, Canada in ; the 9th most popular name for girls born in Germany in ; the 2nd most popular name for girls born in Poland in [1] and the most popular name in Austria.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Julia disambiguation. Archived from the original on 19 January Critic Stephen Holden referred to her as one of cinema's "brightest young stars", [11] but the film met with generally unfavorable reviews. Stiles told an interviewer that she was very similar to her character Paige Morgan. Critic Scott Foundas said while she was, as always, "irrepressibly engaging", the film was a "strange career choice for Stiles". Critic Dennis Harvey wrote that Stiles was "wasted" [13] and Stephen Holden called her "a serious actress from whom comedy does not seem to flow naturally".

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The film was released on June 6, Between Us is the screen adaptation of the off-Broadway play by the same name written by playwright Joe Hortua. Stiles had a small but pivotal role as a reporter in the British-American film Closed Circuit. In April , it was announced that Stiles will be starring in an indie supernatural thriller Out of the Dark alongside Scott Speedman and Stephen Rea. In , Stiles signed on to reprise her role as Nicky Parsons in Jason Bourne , the fifth installment of the Bourne franchise.

Stiles was to play Jeannie in a production of Neil LaBute 's Fat Pig directed by the playwright beginning in April , [26] but the show was postponed indefinitely. Stiles appeared in the video for Cyndi Lauper 's single, " Sally's Pigeons ", in Bush 's daughter Jenna Bush in a skit that poked fun at the two first daughters for being arrested for underaged drinking.

Stiles made her writing and directorial debut with Elle magazine's short Raving starring Zooey Deschanel. In May , Stiles was cast in a major role in the Showtime series Dexter [34] [35] [36] and signed for 10 episodes.


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It stars Stiles as a single mother with a year-old son. She works at an office and also as a call girl to make ends meet on an otherwise meager income, and must fight to protect her son from the collision between her complicated past and tenuous present. Stiles graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English literature in Stiles has also worked for Habitat for Humanity , building housing in Costa Rica , [44] and has worked with Amnesty International to raise awareness of the harsh conditions of immigration detention of unaccompanied juveniles. She is a former vegan , occasionally eating red meat.

She loves baseball and is an avid fan of the New York Mets. On January 3, , she announced her engagement to camera assistant Preston J.

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Cook, with whom she worked on Blackway. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved March 10, Retrieved March 8, Archived from the original on January 22, Retrieved December 19, Her mother half English, half Italian makes ceramic pots, her dad Irish sells them — and Stiles admits that the basic ethos is, 'it's bad to be lazy! If I decided not to go to college [my parents] would not be that happy.

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