Julia Stiles Gushes Over Her Obsession With Chappell Roan’s Music

Julia Stiles’ present favourite music artist would undoubtedly have Kat Stratford dancing on high of a desk.

“I do know that I’m a bit behind the instances, I’m a bit late to the celebration, however I can not get Chappell Roan out of my head,” Stiles, 43, solely shares within the newest situation of Us Weekly. “And I do know that was, like, the album got here out a 12 months in the past. She broke [out] a 12 months in the past, however it’s such a pleasant celebration to affix.”

Roan, 26, has grow to be one of many music trade’s hottest stars because the launch of her 2023 debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. She earned a complete of six 2025 Grammy nominations for her work — together with Album of the Yr, Track of the Yr and File of the Yr — and took residence the award for Best New Artist at this 12 months’s ceremony on Sunday, February 2.

Roan carried out her hit track “Pink Pony Membership” in the course of the awards present, which additionally occurs to be one in all Stiles’ favourite tracks. “First it was ‘HOT TO GO!,’ and I do know the dance, after which it was ‘Pink Pony Membership,’” she tells Us. “It won’t depart my mind. I believe she’s wonderful.”

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Whereas pink ponies could also be taking on Stiles’ music playlist, the lovable blue cartoon canine Bluey is regularly enjoying on her TV. “The present I’m watching probably the most is Bluey,” Stiles reveals.

As a mom of three, Stiles tells Us that she finds the character of Mum (voiced by Melanie Zanetti) on the Australian youngsters’s sequence “very relatable.” She provides, “I just like the dad [David McCormack], too. The dad’s fairly enjoyable. Dad’s been enjoyable. Dads all the time get to be enjoyable.” (Stiles shares her three youngsters along with her husband, Preston Cook dinner.)

Between parenting, appearing and making her characteristic directorial debut with the brand new film Want You Have been Right here, Stiles is dreaming of a soothing getaway. “I really like an excellent seaside. I’m a seaside and saltwater [and] sunshine woman,” she shares. “I filmed a TV present for a couple of years in France and a bit bit in Italy and it’s such an exquisite place. I’d love to return. However a Costa Rica seaside is for positive a contented place.”

Each seaside trip wants the right seaside learn, and Stiles has a number of present e book favorites. “Nightbitch as a result of they turned it into an awesome film,” she tells Us. “The Professional, I’m in the midst of and it’s such an excellent e book. I’m having fun with it. … All Fours is wonderful.”

She continues: “I learn Desperately Searching for One thing, which is Susan Seidelman’s memoir as a result of that film, Desperately Searching for Susan, which put her on the map, was seminal in my childhood.”

Stiles notes that Desperately Searching for Susan additionally served as a “reference” whereas making her new film Want You Have been Right here “when it comes to colours and [the] design of the movie.”

Want You Have been Right here, which hit theaters final month, stars Isabelle Fuhrman as Charlotte, a girl whose romantic reference to Mena Massoud’s Adam grows deeper upon discovering he’s terminally sick. Julia’s sister Jane Stiles additionally seems within the movie alongside Kelsey Grammer and Jennifer Gray.

Not solely did Julia’s appearing profession lend itself to directing her first film but in addition her position as a guardian. “Being a mom is such good coaching for being a director. It’s a must to be good at time administration; it’s important to be a multitasker,” she explains. “It’s a must to be current but in addition suppose 10 steps forward. You might have to have the ability to function very well with sleep deprivation and handle folks’s feelings and wishes but in addition information them. [It] one hundred percent is the most effective coaching.”

With reporting by Travis Cronin

Julia Stiles’ present favourite music artist would undoubtedly have Kat Stratford dancing on high of a desk.

“I do know that I’m a bit behind the instances, I’m a bit late to the celebration, however I can not get Chappell Roan out of my head,” Stiles, 43, solely shares within the newest situation of Us Weekly. “And I do know that was, like, the album got here out a 12 months in the past. She broke [out] a 12 months in the past, however it’s such a pleasant celebration to affix.”

Roan, 26, has grow to be one of many music trade’s hottest stars because the launch of her 2023 debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. She earned a complete of six 2025 Grammy nominations for her work — together with Album of the Yr, Track of the Yr and File of the Yr — and took residence the award for Best New Artist at this 12 months’s ceremony on Sunday, February 2.

Roan carried out her hit track “Pink Pony Membership” in the course of the awards present, which additionally occurs to be one in all Stiles’ favourite tracks. “First it was ‘HOT TO GO!,’ and I do know the dance, after which it was ‘Pink Pony Membership,’” she tells Us. “It won’t depart my mind. I believe she’s wonderful.”

Related: Julia Stiles Reveals Where She Thinks Kat Stratford Is Today

Julia Stiles is named a former teen movie queen — and maybe her most well-known character is Kat Stratford from 10 Issues I Hate About You. The good, strong-willed highschool feminist all the time spoke her thoughts and tried to keep away from what others considered her within the course of. Stiles, 43, believes she’d nonetheless be […]

Whereas pink ponies could also be taking on Stiles’ music playlist, the lovable blue cartoon canine Bluey is regularly enjoying on her TV. “The present I’m watching probably the most is Bluey,” Stiles reveals.

As a mom of three, Stiles tells Us that she finds the character of Mum (voiced by Melanie Zanetti) on the Australian youngsters’s sequence “very relatable.” She provides, “I just like the dad [David McCormack], too. The dad’s fairly enjoyable. Dad’s been enjoyable. Dads all the time get to be enjoyable.” (Stiles shares her three youngsters along with her husband, Preston Cook dinner.)

Between parenting, appearing and making her characteristic directorial debut with the brand new film Want You Have been Right here, Stiles is dreaming of a soothing getaway. “I really like an excellent seaside. I’m a seaside and saltwater [and] sunshine woman,” she shares. “I filmed a TV present for a couple of years in France and a bit bit in Italy and it’s such an exquisite place. I’d love to return. However a Costa Rica seaside is for positive a contented place.”

Each seaside trip wants the right seaside learn, and Stiles has a number of present e book favorites. “Nightbitch as a result of they turned it into an awesome film,” she tells Us. “The Professional, I’m in the midst of and it’s such an excellent e book. I’m having fun with it. … All Fours is wonderful.”

She continues: “I learn Desperately Searching for One thing, which is Susan Seidelman’s memoir as a result of that film, Desperately Searching for Susan, which put her on the map, was seminal in my childhood.”

Stiles notes that Desperately Searching for Susan additionally served as a “reference” whereas making her new film Want You Have been Right here “when it comes to colours and [the] design of the movie.”

Want You Have been Right here, which hit theaters final month, stars Isabelle Fuhrman as Charlotte, a girl whose romantic reference to Mena Massoud’s Adam grows deeper upon discovering he’s terminally sick. Julia’s sister Jane Stiles additionally seems within the movie alongside Kelsey Grammer and Jennifer Gray.

Not solely did Julia’s appearing profession lend itself to directing her first film but in addition her position as a guardian. “Being a mom is such good coaching for being a director. It’s a must to be good at time administration; it’s important to be a multitasker,” she explains. “It’s a must to be current but in addition suppose 10 steps forward. You might have to have the ability to function very well with sleep deprivation and handle folks’s feelings and wishes but in addition information them. [It] one hundred percent is the most effective coaching.”

With reporting by Travis Cronin