Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo
Piper Perabo Comic-Con 2, 2011.jpg
Perabo at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2011
Born Piper Lisa Perabo
(1976-10-31) October 31, 1976 (age 36)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1998–present

Piper Lisa Perabo (pronounced pear-a-bow; born October 31, 1976)[1] is an American stage, film and television actress. Since her breakthrough role in Coyote Ugly (2000), her subsequent films have included Lost and Delirious (2001), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), The Prestige (2006) and Looper (2012). Since 2010, she has played Annie Walker, the lead role on the USA Network series Covert Affairs, for which she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.

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Early life [edit]

Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas[2] and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, the daughter of Mary Charlotte (née Ulland), a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a professor of poetry at Ocean County College.[3] Perabo is of Portuguese and Norwegian descent.[4][5] Her parents named her after actress Piper Laurie[3] and she has two younger brothers: Noah (born May 1979), and Adam (born August 1981). Perabo graduated from high school at Toms River High School North[6] and graduated summa cum laude from Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in theater,[7] also studying physics, poetry and Latin in her final year.[8][9][10]

Perabo was first noticed a year before she graduated from university. She was in New York City, visiting her then-boyfriend and accompanied him to an audition. Casting director Denise Fitzgerald spotted her and asked her to read for a part. Perabo wasn't cast but when Fitzgerald found out that she didn't have any representation, she made phone calls on Perabo's behalf and found her a manager, who still represents her.[11][12] After graduating, Perabo studied acting at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City and had roles in various plays.[11]

Career [edit]

1997–2000: Coyote Ugly and career beginnings [edit]

After graduating, Perabo moved to New York City, where she worked as a waitress.[13][14] She was cast in her first feature film just a month after moving to the city, Marc Levin's comedy Whiteboyz.[14] In 2000 Perabo was cast in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as FBI agent Karen Sympathy. Her next film role was in Coyote Ugly as Violet "Jersey" Sanford, for which she won an MTV Movie Award for Best Music Moment for "One Way or Another".[15]

2001–2009: Subsequent work [edit]

After the success of Coyote Ugly, Perabo made a conscious decision to move away from Blockbusters and focused on independent films.[16] In 2001, Perabo starred in an independent Canadian drama 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 the independent comedy 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), a role she reprised in the film's 2005 sequel.

Her other 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 2008 Perabo made her Off-Broadway debut in the Neil LaBute play Reasons to Be Pretty.[11][17]

2010–present: Covert Affairs and recent work [edit]

As the play's run was coming to an end, Perabo read the script for the USA Network television spy series Covert Affairs: "I was reading movie scripts and I wasn't finding anything that was really speaking to me and my agent suggested that I read [it]. And I hadn't thought about doing television, but when I read it, it kind of changed everything for me. She's such a powerful character, she's so smart, the action is so intense, and I really thought it would be fun to do."[18][19] The following year, she was officially cast as CIA agent Annie Walker, the lead character in Covert Affairs.[20][21]

In August 2010, Perabo injured her knee filming an episode of Covert Affairs.[22] After the finale of the first season it was announced that the second season would begin in summer of 2011. For her work on Covert Affairs, she received a nomination for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama.[23] Perabo broke her leg the day before shooting finished for the second season finale of Covert Affairs.[24]

In September 2012, Perabo had a supporting role in the time travel thriller Looper alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. In December 2012, Perabo was cast as a recurring character on Matthew Perry's new television series, the sitcom Go On. Perabo's character, Simone, is a former member of the support group that Perry's character is a member of, returning to the group and becoming a love interest of his. Perabo was originally scheduled to appear in three episodes, but her arc was increased to four, and her character may return in the future.[25]

Perabo next has a starring role alongside James Marsden, Thomas Jane and Billy Bob Thornton in David Hackl's thriller Red Machine, which is scheduled for release in 2013.[26]

Personal life [edit]

Perabo is close friends with actress Lena Headey, and has been since they starred together in two films in 2005, The Cave and Imagine Me & You.[27] Perabo speaks fluent French[16] and is an advocate of LGBT rights.[28]

Perabo is part-owner of two businesses based in New York City: the prohibition-themed bar Employees Only in West Village, Manhattan, which opened in 2005 and the restaurant Jack's Wife Freda in SoHo, Lower Manhattan, which opened in 2012.[29][30]

Filmography [edit]

Films [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Single Spaced The Dame Short film
1999 Knuckleface Jones That Girl Short film
1999 Whiteboyz Sara
2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Karen Sympathy
2000 Coyote Ugly Violet "Jersey" Sanford
2000 Followers Girl at Party
2001 Lost and Delirious Pauline 'Paulie' Oster
2002 Slap Her... She's French Genevieve Le Plouff Release in America as She Gets What She Wants
2002 Flowers Iris
2003 Cheaper by the Dozen Nora Baker
2004 Perfect Opposites Julia Bishop
2004 The I Inside Anna
2004 George and the Dragon Princess Luma
2005 Perception Jen
2005 Karas: The Prophecy Yurine (voice) Video
2005 The Cave Charlie
2005 Imagine Me & You Rachel
2005 Edison Willow Released in America as Edison Force
2005 Good Morning Baby Gabriella Short film
2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Nora Baker-McNulty
2006 10th & Wolf Brandy
2006 First Snow Deirdre
2006 The Prestige Julia McCullough
2007 Because I Said So Mae
2007 In Vivid Detail Leslie Short film
2008 The Prince of Motor City Meg Riley TV film
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Rachel
2008 The Lazarus Project Lisa Garvey
2009 Sordid Things Tabitha White
2009 Carriers Bobby
2010 Ashes Bettina
2012 Looper Suzie
2013 Red Machine Michelle In post-production

Television series [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 House Honey Episode: "Resignation"
2008 Backdrop NYC Leslie Segment: "In Vivid Detail"
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Calista Haslum Episode: "Folie à Deux"
2010–present Covert Affairs Annie Walker Lead role (43 episodes)
2013 Go On Simone Recurring character

Stage [edit]

Year Title Role Venue
2008 reasons to be pretty Carly Lucille Lortel Theatre

Awards [edit]

Awards
Year Result Award Category Production
2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Female - Newcomer Coyote Ugly
2001 Won MTV Movie Award Best Music Moment Coyote Ugly
2001 Nominated MTV Movie Award Breakthrough Female Performance Coyote Ugly
2004 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Liplock Cheaper by the Dozen (shared with Ashton Kutcher)
2006 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama Covert Affairs
2011 Won Gracie Outstanding Female Actor in a Breakthrough Role Covert Affairs

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Piper Perabo News, Piper Perabo Bio and Photos". TVGuide.com. Retrieved April 30, 2012. 
  2. ^ According to the State of Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997. At Ancestry.com
  3. ^ a b Curiel, Jonathan (September 8, 2002). "Putting the right accent on a career / "Coyote Ugly's' Piper Perabo switches genres with "Slap Her ... She's French'". The San Francisco Chronicle. 
  4. ^ "Piper Perabo interview with Craig Ferguson". 
  5. ^ "Piper Perabo interviewed on Craig Ferguson Show". 
  6. ^ O'Sullivan, Eleanor. "COYOTE BEAUTIFUL Toms River's Piper Perabo finds herself in `Lost and Delirous'", Asbury Park Press, July 8, 2001. Accessed February 3, 2011. "Perabo, who grew up in Toms River and graduated in 1994 from Toms River High School North, stars in Lost and Delirious, a gritty drama about the love affair between two adolescent schoolmates at a posh Canadian boarding school."
  7. ^ "Hollywood actress returns to OHIO for guest lecture". Outlook. January 11, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2012. 
  8. ^ "Alumna Piper Perabo nominated for Golden Globe". Oio.edu h. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  9. ^ "Alumna Piper Perabo nominated for Golden Globe". Oio.edu. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  10. ^ Jae-Ha Kim (September 2002). "Piper Perabo". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  11. ^ a b c "Piper Perabo". Broadway.com. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  12. ^ "Piper Perabo, 'Covert Affairs' Star, On The Biggest Misconception About Women In Hollywood". The Huffington Post. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  13. ^ Elizabeth Gilbert (July 2000). "Piper Pours a Pint". GQ. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  14. ^ a b Melissa Kory (1 March 2010). "The Blast Interview: Piper Perabo". Blast Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  15. ^ "MTV Movie Awards". Mtv. June 2, 2001. Retrieved April 30, 2012. 
  16. ^ a b "Exclusive Interview: Piper Perabo for "Slap Her, She's French"". DarkHorizons.com. 29 August 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  17. ^ Antrim, Taylor. "Staging Around". style.com. Retrieved July 3, 2009. 
  18. ^ Brian Gallagher (12 July 2010). "Piper Perabo Takes Us Inside the Spy World of Covert Affairs". Movieweb.com. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  19. ^ Emma Brown (25 June 2010). "In Between Scenes with Covert Affairs’ Piper Perabo". RTVW. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  20. ^ "Development Update: Thursday, July 2". The Futon Critic. July 2, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  21. ^ "Covert Affairs". USA Network. Retrieved August 13, 2010. 
  22. ^ Natalie Finn (August 19, 2010). "Piper Perabo's Not So Covert Knee Injury". E!Online. Retrieved April 13, 2012. 
  23. ^ "The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards NOMINATIONS | OFFICIAL WEBSITE of the HFPA and the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS". Goldenglobes.org. December 14, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2012. 
  24. ^ "Actress Piper Perabo Breaks Leg In TV Show Stunt". Cinemablend.com. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  25. ^ "'Covert Affairs' Star Piper Perabo Books Arc on NBC's 'Go On'". Hollywood Reporter. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  26. ^ "Piper Perabo Joins Thomas Jane And Billy Bob Thornton In Red Machine". Cinemablend. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  27. ^ Lee, Michael J (22 March 2007). "Piper Perabo". Interview. Radio Free Entertainment. 
  28. ^ "NEW GIVE A DAMN PSAs PREMIERE ON THE USA NETWORK TODAY!". Give a Damn Campaign. 21 October 2010. 
  29. ^ Emma Brown. "PIPER PERABO'S CULINARY AFFAIRS". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  30. ^ Emma Brown (January 27 2006). "Piper Perabo From "Coyote Ugly"". ClubPlanet. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 

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