Anna Faris

Infobox Actor
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caption = Anna Faris in January 2007.
birthdate = birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|11|29
birthplace = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
birthname = Anna Kay Faris
spouse = Ben Indra (2004 - 2007)
occupation = actress
yearsactive = 1991 - present
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Anna Kay Faris (born November 29, 1976) is an American actress best known for her lead role as Cindy Campbell in the "Scary Movie" films.

Biography

Early life

Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Karen and Jack Faris. She has a brother, Bob, and grew up in Seattle, Washington. Her parents encouraged her to pursue acting when she was young and she gave her first professional acting performance at age nine at the Seattle Repertory Theater. After attending Edmonds Woodway High School, she studied English literature at the University of Washington.

Film career

Her first significant film role was in the independent production "Lovers Lane" (1999). Her breakout role was the horror film parody "Scary Movie" (2000). The 5'4" Faris, a natural blonde, [cite web|url=http://annafaris.com/exclusives/mom-qna.cfm|title=TUAFE'] dyed her hair black for the filming of "Scary Movie" and "Scary Movie 2" so that her character more closely resembled Neve Campbell, who played the corresponding character in "Scream", one of the films that "Scary Movie" parodied. [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267506/bio|title=IMDB - Anna Faris's Biography]

Faris gained further popularity after becoming recurring character Erica in the final season of the popular American sitcom "Friends". She also was in the critically acclaimed film "Lost in Translation"—in which she plays an actress promoting the fictional action movie "Midnight Velocity".

Faris was in the film "Waiting..." with Ryan Reynolds and Justin Long. In 2005, she appeared again with Reynolds in "Just Friends", playing a supporting role as a pop-diva singer named Samantha James. Faris's role as the motor- mouthed LaShawn Malone in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) brought her to the attention of a much wider audience, her character being parodied by fans of the movie on the internet. Faris starred with Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson in the feature film "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," released on July 21, 2006. She is currently in production on the comedy "Kids in America", playing Topher Grace's twin sister, [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=filmNews&storyID=2007-02-08T064108Z_01_N08312613_RTRIDST_0_FILM-KIDS-DC.XML Faris, Fogler "Kids" again in comedy film] "Reuters," February 8, 2007.] in addition to her upcoming films "Mama's Boy" with Jeff Daniels and Diane Keaton, and "Smiley Face" with Adam Brody and John Cho. As of 2007, she was producing and starring in "The House Bunny", a film with Happy Madison Productions about a retired Playboy bunny. [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0852713/|title=IMDB - Untitled Anna Faris Project] In the summer 2007 season of HBO's "Entourage", Faris guest-starred as herself. Faris also made an appearance in a video on eatdrinkordie.com as herself with internet wine guru Gary Vaynerchuk. [ [http://www.eatdrinkordie.com/videos/de4ff27120 Celebrity Wine Tasting with Gary V, Anna Faris, and Chris Pratt] ]

Personal life

In 2004, Faris married actor Ben Indra, [Krug, Kurt Anthony, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002943211_faris21.html "Edmonds actress having fun with 'Scary' movies, growing career"] , "The Seattle Times", April 21, 2006. Accessed August 12, 2006.] whom she met while working on "Lovers Lane" and whom she had dated since 1999. [ [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/faris%20loved%20starring%20in%20.awful%20movie. "Faris loved starring in 'awful movie'"] contactmusic.com, January 23, 2004. Accessed August 12, 2006.] She filed for divorce on April 3, 2007, citing irreconcilable differences. [ [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20033554,00.html Scary Movie's Anna Faris Files for Divorce - Divorced, Anna Faris : People.com ] ] Anna Faris won the "Stonette of the Year" award at "High Times" magazine's Stony Awards in Los Angeles on October 13, 2007. [cite web
url = http://www.celebstoner.com/content/view/383/1/
title = Seth Rogen is Stoner of the Year
publisher = celebstoner]

Filmography

Discography

As Samantha James

References

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NAME= Faris, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Faris, Anna Kay; Faris, Anna Kay
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1976-11-29
PLACE OF BIRTH= Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH=
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