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Sumnima Kandangwa

Freelance Editorial Assistant for Style by SCMP


10 Things I Hate About You actress Julia Stiles has just made her debut on Season 35 of Dancing With The Stars . Stiles and her partner Ezra Sosa performed a quickstep to the late Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5”.
Stiles, who played a ballerina in the 2001 romance film Save the Last Dance, admitted that she had a body double perform her character’s more complex dance sequences. And while the 45-year-old may not be a professional dancer, her routine earned her and Sosa a solid 18 out of 30 from the DWTS judges.

Stiles has credited her husband, Preston Cook, and their three children for their support.
“They see me dance every day and every night in my kitchen and in the living room,” Stiles said in an interview with E! News about her children. “They’re like, ‘Oh, there goes Mommy again.’”
“Sometimes I pick them up, and I’m actually practicing the dance holding them,” the 45-year-old continued. “And my husband will just stand there and I kind of twirl around him.”
Here’s everything you need to know about Julia Stiles’ husband, Preston Cook.
What does Preston Cook do?

Stiles met Cook in 2014 on the set of Blackway. She played the lead role, Lillian, while Cook was working as a second assistant cameraman for the thriller at the time.
He has worked as a cameraman on several Hollywood films, including Deadpool (2016) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).
While Cook has primarily worked behind the camera, he is also an actor and made his on-screen debut in the 2001 television movie Strange Frequency. Since then, he has appeared in various television shows and had a recurring role in Showtime’s The L Word, per IMDb.
Stiles and Cook’s shotgun wedding

Stiles and Cook got engaged in 2015 after he popped the question on Christmas Eve during a family trip to Colombia.
Stiles, who kept her family life and relationship private, surprised fans when she shared a photo on Instagram of Cook showing off his wedding band, with his hand resting on her baby bump. “Who doesn’t love a shotgun wedding?” she captioned the post.

The couple reportedly wed over Labour Day weekend on a beach in Seattle.
They have 3 children

Stiles and Cook welcomed their first child together, son Strummer Newcomb, in October 2017. They became parents again in 2022 with the birth of their second son, Arlo. In an interview with The New York Times published in April 2024, the actress revealed she had a five-month-old baby. But she did not disclose the baby’s gender or name.


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The actress, who impressed judges with a routine set to the late Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’, thanked her husband of nine years and three children for their support


The actress, who impressed judges with a routine set to the late Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’, thanked her husband of nine years and three children for their support.


Meet Preston Cook, the husband of Julia Stiles, as she debuts on Dancing with the Stars

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The actress, who impressed judges with a routine set to the late Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’, thanked her husband of nine years and three children for their support

The actress, who impressed judges with a routine set to the late Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’, thanked her husband of nine years and three children for their support