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Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles

5 films · 592 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19982022

Born 28 March 1981 · New York City, New York, USA

Julia O'Hara Stiles is an American actress. After beginning her career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet. Her film career has included both commercial and critical successes, ranging from teen romantic comedies such as 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) to dark art house pictures such as The Business of Strangers (2001). She's known for playing the supporting character Nicky Parsons in the Bourne film series, the starring role in Save the Last Dance, and for her role in Mona Lisa Smile. She guest starred as Lumen Pierce in the fifth season of the Showtime series Dexter, a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 592 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19982022

  • John Jay Award

How their films are shot

Measured across 592 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Julia takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Julia takes.

Time of day

Night52%
Day35%
Interior9%

Lighting

Low key50%
Natural27%
High key21%

Shot size

Medium52%
Closeup26%
Wide13%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level90%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral54%
Tense16%
Mysterious12%
Lonely8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 592 frames from Julia Stiles's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.