Julia Stiles and Preston J. Cook have been married since 2017. Notably, the duo also welcomed three children between 2017 and 2023.
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Add BollywoodShaadis on GoogleJulia Stiles made her Dancing with the Stars debut on September 16, 2026, with a quickstep to Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 alongside pro Ezra Sosa. The performance paid tribute to Parton during Season 35's premiere week. Stiles is a well-known actress who has gained recognition for her work in projects like 10 Things I Hate About You and Save the Last Dance, plus the Bourne franchise and Dexter.
Following her latest performance on DWTS, Julia’s career and personal life have come into focus. For the unversed, she has been married to Preston J. Cook since 2017.
Preston J. Cook is a camera assistant and former actor based in the U.S. His first acting job was in 2001 in the TV movie Strange Frequency. He later appeared on Smallville, The Twilight Zone, and had a recurring role on The L Word.
His last on-screen IMDb credit is 2012's Underworld: Awakening, where his role was uncredited. For the last 15 years, he has worked steadily as a camera assistant. According to published credits, he has worked on 23 projects since 2011, including major studio films The Revenant, Deadpool, War for the Planet of the Apes, Skyscraper, Step Up All In, If I Stay, and Big Eyes.
On productions, he is credited as first assistant or second assistant for camera. He met his future collaborators on the 2015 thriller Blackway, where he worked as second camera assistant. In 2016, he joined the crew of Riviera as first and second assistant cameraman for its production in the South of France, a bilingual shoot. In interviews about that production, it was noted that he was hired because of his strong resume and because the team needed someone bilingual.
Preston J. Cook’s upcoming project listed in credits is the thriller Peace, which is based on the true events of World War II. Compared to other well-known personalities in the industry, he does not maintain public social media accounts and keeps a low public profile, focusing on crew work in the camera department.
Julia Stiles and Preston J. Cook met in 2014 on the set of the thriller Blackway, where she starred as 'Lillian,' and he worked as second camera assistant. They worked together again on Jason Bourne in 2016 and on the series Riviera, where he was first and second assistant cameraman.
Cook popped the question on Christmas Eve 2015 during a family holiday trip to Isla Grande, Colombia. Stiles later said she tried not to get her hopes up during the trip. Julia announced the engagement on January 4, 2016, with a photo of her ring captioned, "Best Christmas Ever."
Three years after meeting, they married over Labor Day weekend in September 2017 in an intimate beach ceremony in Seattle with only an officiant and two witnesses. Julia Stiles shared the news on Instagram with a photo of their hands on her baby bump showing their wedding rings.
The duo’s first son, Strummer Newcomb Cook, was born on October 20, 2017, at Mount Sinai, about a month after the wedding. Their second son, Arlo, was born in January 2022. In an interview in April 2024, Stiles revealed they had welcomed a third child in late 2023, five months earlier. The name and gender were not initially disclosed and were later reported as Henry.
On September 4, 2026, amid rehearsals for Dancing with the Stars Season 35, Stiles posted a black-and-white photo of them kissing to mark their ninth wedding anniversary.
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