Nineteen-year-old Leelee Sobieski doesn't make a big deal of the fact that she is a descendant of the King of Poland on her father's side. The blonde New Yorker identifies more with French father who is a painter, and her American mother, an author.

Since being discovered as an eleven year-old, by Woody Allen's casting agent in her school cafeteria, Sobieski has had a big dose of stardom, Hollywood-style. She wore fabulous dresses in Merchant/Ivory's "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries," tempted Tom Cruise in "Eyes Wide Shut" and died a defiant virgin in the TV movie "Joan of Arc."

But there's something the actress felt was missing: an education. So, until the new year she will be attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island where she will major in Fine Arts. This year Sobieski has been especially busy.

She starred in "Joy Ride" in a love-triangle with Steve Zahn and Paul Walker; in the independent movie "My First Mister" opposite Albert Brooks, and the mini-series "Uprising" about the Jewish ghetto. Most recently, she finished filming the French film, "L'idole" where she acted in French.

What are the advantages of your multi-cultural background?

I've done an all-European production. That's something that American actresses don't have the opportunity to do because a lot of the time they don't speak another language. The first half of the Merchant Ivory film I did was also shot in French and the second half in English. I definitely think any mixing of cultures can only be a really wonderful thing.

What is it like being a famous face on campus?

"It's a little strange. You walk into a room and feel a lot of eyes staring at you when you probably would like a little bit of anonymity. But at the same time it's okay because everybody's really nice and friendly and considerate. Everybody's treated me the same as them, which is perfect.

" The down-to-earth Sobieski, says she could see herself dating a fellow student more than a co-star: "That's not to say everybody in university is more interesting than outside. But there are a lot of fascinating young people here that aren't probably as caught up with their images -- their clothes, their hair, or if they've been to the gym Á all that stupid ridiculous Hollywood stuff. That can be very refreshing."