Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo
Born	Piper Lisa Perabo October 31, 1976 (1976-10-31) (age 32) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997 - present

Piper Lisa Perabo (born October 31, 1976) is an American stage, film and television actress.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Television 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas^[1] 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.^[2] She is of Portuguese and Norwegian descent. Her parents chose to name her after actress Piper Laurie.^[2] Her brother Adam is also an actor. In high school (Toms River North), Perabo appeared in the annual musicals. She was also president of the National Honor Society chapter and the editor of the school literary magazine, Polaris.

She graduated from high school at Toms River High School North and then summa cum laude from Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College in 1998 with a BFA in theater. After graduating, Piper studied acting at the LaMama Theater in New York and had small roles in two plays. She was a waitress in New York City at an upscale restaurant prior to being discovered.

[edit] Career

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 has also 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.^[3]

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Single Spaced	Giant Squid
1999	Knuckleface Jones	That Girl
	Whiteboyz	Sara
2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Karen Sympathy
	Coyote Ugly	Violet Sanford
2001	Lost and Delirious	Pauline 'Paulie' Oster
2002	Slap Her... She's French	Genevieve Le Plouff	Alternative title: She Gets What She Wants
	Flowers	Iris
2003	The i Inside	Anna
	Cheaper by the Dozen	Nora Baker
2004	Perfect Opposites	Julia Bishop
	George and the Dragon	Princess Lunna
2005	Perception	Jen
	The Cave	Charlie
	Edison	Willow Summerfield
	Good Morning Baby	Gabriella
	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Nora Baker-McNulty
	Imagine Me & You	Rachel
2006	10th & Wolf	Brandy
	The Prestige	Julia McCullough
	First Snow	Deirdre
	Karas: The Prophecy	Yurine	Voice
2007	Because I Said So	Mae Wilder
	In Vivid Detail	Leslie
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Rachel Ashe Lynn
	The Lazarus Project	Lisa Garvey
2009	Carriers	Bobby
	Ashes	Bettina
	Sordid Things	Tabitha White

[edit] Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	House	Honey	1 episode
2008	The Prince of Motor City		Television movie
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Calista Haslum	1 episode

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Piper Perabo at the Internet Broadway Database
• Piper Perabo at the Internet Movie Database
• Piper Perabo at Yahoo! Movies

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NAME	Perabo, Piper
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Perabo, Piper Lisa
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH