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Piper Lisa Perabo (born October 31,
1976) is an American stage, film and television actress.
Perabo was born on Halloween in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Toms River,
New Jersey, the daughter of Mary Charlotte (née Ulland), a physical
therapist, and George William Perabo, the Dean of English & Literature at
Ocean County College. She is of Portuguese and Norwegian descent. Her
parents chose to name her after actress Piper Laurie. She graduated from
Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio.
In 2000, Perabo was cast in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as lead
character FBI agent Karen Sympathy. Her next film, Coyote Ugly, was more
of a star-making role. She played Violet Sanford, nicknamed "Jersey," a
young woman who moves to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a
songwriter. Perabo took lessons in voice, guitar, piano and bartending to
prepare for the role. Despite poor reviews, the film was a modest
box-office success and she won an MTV Movie Award for Best Music Moment
for "One Way or Another."
In 2001, Perabo starred in an independent Canadian movie called Lost and
Delirious, playing a boarding school student who falls in love with a
female classmate. The next year, she starred as a French exchange student
in Slap Her... She's French, which was shelved in North America for two
years, then released under the new title She Gets What She Wants. The film
was released under its original title in Europe. In 2003, she had a role
as the eldest Baker child, Nora, in Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) which she
reprised in its 2005 sequel.
Other recent films include The i Inside (2003), Perfect Opposites (2004),
George and the Dragon (2004), The Cave (2005), Imagine Me & You (2005),
Edison (2005), The Prestige (2006) and Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008). She
appeared as a nutritionist on the Fox TV show House.
In 2009, Perabo made her Broadway debut in the Neil LaBute play reasons to
be pretty. |
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"Any time I'm playing opposite
somebody in a love relationship, if I know them it's easier, because
I know how much I can trust them."
"I think that you love who you love, and there are people who you
love that people aren't going to understand why, and that sort of
doesn't really matter."
"To me, a great love story is a great love story, and it doesn't
matter what gender is involved." |
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Ashes (2010) .... Bettina
Covert Affairs (2010) (TV) .... Annie Walker
Carriers (2009) .... Bobby
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .... Calista Haslum (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Law & Order: CI (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Folie a Deux (2009) TV episode .... Calista Haslum
Sordid Things (2009) .... Tabitha White
"Backdrop NYC" .... Leslie (segment 'In Vivid Detail') (1 episode,
2008)
- Beauty Vision (2008) TV episode .... Leslie (segment 'In Vivid
Detail')
The Lazarus Project (2008) .... Lisa Garvey
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) .... Rachel
The Prince of Motor City (2008) (TV)
"House M.D." .... Honey (1 episode, 2007)
... aka House (South Africa: English title) (USA: short title)
- Resignation (2007) TV episode .... Honey
In Vivid Detail (2007) .... Leslie
Because I Said So (2007) .... Mae
The Prestige (2006) .... Julia McCullough
First Snow (2006/I) .... Deirdre
10th & Wolf (2006) .... Brandy
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) .... Nora Baker-McNulty
... aka Moins cher la douzaine 2 (Canada: French title)
Good Morning Baby (2005) .... Gabriella
Edison (2005) .... Willow Summerfield
... aka Edison Force (USA: DVD title)
Imagine Me & You (2005) .... Rachel
... aka Eine Hochzeit zu dritt (Germany)
... aka Imagine Me and You (Canada: English title: festival title)
The Cave (2005) .... Charlie
Karas: The Prophecy (2005) (V) (voice: English version) .... Yurine
Perception (2005) .... Jen
George and the Dragon (2004) .... Princess Luma
... aka Dragon Sword (USA: TV title)
... aka George und das Ei des Drachen (Germany)
Perfect Opposites (2004) .... Julia Bishop
... aka A Piece of My Heart (USA: TV title)
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) .... Nora Baker
The I Inside (2003) .... Anna
Flowers (2002/I) .... Iris
Slap Her... She's French (2002) .... Genevieve Le Plouff
... aka Freche Biester! (Germany)
... aka She Gets What She Wants (USA: TV title)
Lost and Delirious (2001) .... Pauline 'Paulie' Oster
... aka La rage au coeur (Canada: French title)
... aka Rebelles (Canada: French title)
Followers (2000) .... Girl at Party
Coyote Ugly (2000) .... Violet Sanford
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) .... Karen Sympathy
... aka Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle (Germany)
... aka The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (Australia)
Whiteboyz (1999) .... Sara
... aka Whiteboys (France)
... aka Whiteboyz (USA: video box title)
Knuckleface Jones (1999) .... That Girl
Single Spaced (1997) .... Giant Squid |
