She guest starred as Lumen Pierce in the fifth season of the Showtime series Dexter, a role that earned her Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. She also had small roles as Harrison Ford’s daughter in Alan J. Pakula’s The Devil’s Own (1997) and in M. Night Shyamalan’s Wide Awake (1998). Foreign critics applauded her work as well, including Adina Hoffman, who praised her as “a young, serious looking Diane Lane” and Martin Hoyle, who commented that Stiles played Kat “with bloody-minded independent charm from the beginning with hints of wistfulness beneath the determination.” Her next starring role was in Down to You (2000), which was panned by critics, but earned her and her co-star Freddie Prinze, Jr. a Teen Choice Award nomination for their on-screen chemistry. Rolling Stone pronounced her “the coolest co-ed,” putting her on the cover of its April 12, 2001 issue.
Dexter Michael C. Hall And Ex-Wife Jennifer Carpenter Share The Sweetest Day! Ooohh.EM.gEE. This is like a scene straight up outta Nicholas Sparks movie. We seriously got chills when we saw this picture. Chills!! As U may remember, Michael C. Hall and his then-wife, Jennifer Carpenter, had a ROUGH year. They were trying to deal with his cancer AND his alleged affair with Julia Stiles. It was [...] [link]






