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Missi Pyle 
Pyle at the Dallas Comic Con in 2008Born Andrea Kay Pyle
November 16, 1972
Houston, Texas, U.S.Occupation Actress/Singer Years active 1997–present Spouse Casey Anderson (2008–present)
Antonio Sacre (2000–2005; divorced)Andrea Kay "Missi" Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in several films, including Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Big Fish, 50 First Dates, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. She has also appeared in various television roles, such as Mad About You, Friends, Two and a Half Men, Frasier and My Name Is Earl. She is also the other half of Smith & Pyle, a desert country-rock band, with actress Shawnee Smith.
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Early life
Pyle, the daughter of Linda and Frank Pyle, was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] She has two older sisters, Debbie and Julie, two older brothers Sam and Paul, and one younger half-brother Gordon, and a half-sister Meredith. Pyle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and graduated in 1995. For her achievements, Pyle was honored by the Poplar Pike Playhouse at her alma mater Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee.
Career
Pyle has guest starred on many television shows, including Heroes, Mad About You, Boston Legal, Frasier, and The Sarah Silverman Program. She started her film career with a minor role in As Good as It Gets, starring Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson. After her breakout role in Galaxy Quest, she had supporting roles in Bringing Down the House (for which she and Queen Latifah were nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight), Josie and the Pussycats, Home Alone 4, Exposed, Big Fish, Along Came Polly, Soul Plane, Stormbreaker, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She was also the female lead in BachelorMan. Barely recognizable, she appears in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. She also had a brief appearance in 50 First Dates.
Missi plays Jake's Elementary School teacher Ms. Pasternack on Two and a Half Men. The role was recast in 2009 for unknown reasons, but Pyle returned to the series in the same role for 2010.
In 2008, Missi starred in the Broadway play Boeing-Boeing opposite Christine Baranski, Mark Rylance, Greg Germann, Paige Davis and Rebecca Gayheart. The play closed in January 2009.
Smith & Pyle performing at Universal Citywalk in 2008.
Pyle was scheduled to ring the closing bell for the trading day at the New York Stock Exchange on September 29, 2008 to promote Boeing-Boeing, but backed out minutes before the close of trading in order to not associate herself with ending a calamitous day of financial turmoil which resulted in the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 778 points, the largest point loss ever in a session in the wake of the global financial crisis of September–October 2008. She watched from the floor as an NYSE staffer pushed the button and gaveled the end of trading instead.[2]
She is currently part of a country music group with actress Shawnee Smith called Smith & Pyle. The two actresses met while filming an ABC comedy pilot titled Traveling in Packs. The band started after Smith invited Pyle to join her in attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. While stuck in traffic, Pyle talked about her dream to be a rock star and Smith agreed to form a band with her. Their first album, "It's OK to Be Happy", was released digitally through iTunes and Amazon.com in July 2008. The debut album was recorded in Joshua Tree, California at Rancho de la Luna and was produced by Chris Goss. The two actresses have also become business partners and formed their own record label called Urban Prairie Records, which "It's OK to be Happy" was released under. According to an interview Smith did with pretty-scary.net in August 2008, a Smith & Pyle television or webisode series might be in the works. Smith also mentioned the idea of a series on Fangoria radio with Dee Snider.[3] Currently there are 3 videos posted on YouTube that show the making of the record. They also have a 10-minute "making of" video on Vimeo called Smith & Pyle: Desert Sessions.[4][5]
Personal life
Pyle married Casey Anderson, a grizzly bear specialist for National Geographic, on September 12, 2008. The wedding was country-western themed and took place in Montana. Wedding guests included bandmate Shawnee Smith and comedian Steve Agee. Anderson's grizzly bear, Brutus the bear, served as his best man in the ceremony.[6]
Pyle previously dated comic actor Josh Meyers.
Pyle is 5'11" feet (1.80 m) tall.[7]
Pyle married actress and bandmate Shawnee Smith in a faux ceremony at the All Love is Equal Launch Party in West Hollywood on November 18, 2009. The two actresses pretended to get married in support of repealing Prop 8 in California. Actor Hal Sparks dressed as a priest and performed the ceremony with them using rainbow-colored hula hoops as rings.[8]
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 As Good as It Gets Cafe 24 Waitress 1998 Number One Laurel 1999 Trick Actress with Flowers 1999 Galaxy Quest Laliari 2000 But Enough About Me... Catherine Grey 2001 Neurotic Tendencies TV movie 2001 Josie and the Pussycats Alexandra Cabot 2001 Let It Snow Ily 2002 Home Alone 4 Vera TV Movie/First film to appear as a villain 2003 Bringing Down the House Ashley 2003 BachelorMan Heather 2003 Big Fish Mildred 2003 Exposed Amy 2004 50 First Dates Noreen 2004 Soul Plane Barbara 2004 Along Came Polly Roxanne 2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky 2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Zoo Keeper Uncredited 2005 Blue Skies Claire TV movie 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mrs. Beauregarde 2005 The Civilization of Maxwell Bright Cop 2006 Haskett's Chance Melicent Bauers TV movie 2006 Just My Luck Peggy Brayden 2006 Stormbreaker Nadia Vole 2006 Mojave Phone Booth Sarah 2007 Live! Plummy 2007 Entry Level Liz 2007 Feast of Love Agatha Smith 2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Raylene 2008 Meet Market Ericka 2008 Giants of Radio Dr. Amelia Moran TV movie 2008 Visioneers Sara 2008 American Crude Gigi 2008 Soccer Mom Wendy Handler/Coach Lorenzo 2008 Pretty Ugly People Lucy 2008 Point View Terrace Mary TV movie 2009 The Big D Mary Margaret TV movie 2009 Still Waiting... Rocky Rhoades/Exotic Dancer 2009 Spring Breakdown Charlene 2009 Taking Chances Faith Fishback 2010 Miss Nobody Charmine 2010 Lawless Melonie Cavanaugh 2011 My Uncle Rafael Blair Schumacher 2011 The Artist Constance 2011 A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song Gail van Ravensway Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Mad About You Beautiful Woman 1999 The Drew Carey Show Stacey 1999 Friends Hillary episode: The one with Ross's teeth 2000 Battery Park Suzanne 2001 Ally McBeal Marcia Hooper 2001 Roswell Windy Sommers 2001 The Tick Stacy Waxman 2001 The Wayne Brady Show Various appearances 2002 Philly Charise DuPree 2003 Frasier Shannon Palmer 2004, 2010, 2011 Two and a Half Men Dolores Pasternak 3 episodes 2005 My Name Is Earl Shelly Stoker 2006 Boston Legal Renee Winger 3 episodes 2007 The Sarah Silverman Program Scarlett Lacey 3 episodes 2007 Heroes Hope 2 episodes 2007 The Wedding Bells Amanda Pontell 4 episodes 2007 Traveling in Packs Mary Unsold TV Pilot 2008 American Dad! Voice 2008 In Plain Sight Treena Morris 2008 Pushing Daisies Betty Bee 2009 Numb3rs Janet Galvin 2010 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Baylow 2010 Funny in Farsi Debbie Appleby 2010 Rizzoli & Isles Bartender 2010 The Mentalist Karen Cross 2 episodes 2010 $h*! My Dad Says Katie Palmer Broadway
- Boeing-Boeing (2008–2009) .... Gretchen
Discography
Albums
- It's OK To Be Happy, Smith & Pyle (2008)
Singles
- "One Night Stand," Smith & Pyle (2010)
- "Rafael" Smith & Pyle (2010)
References
- ^ "Missi Pyle Biography (1972–)". FilmReference.com. NetIndustries, LLC. http://www.filmreference.com/film/21/Missi-Pyle.html. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ White, Ben (October 1, 2008). "Turmoil Tarnishes a Cherished Tradition". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/business/01bell.html?ref=business. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "Shawnee Smith on Fangoria radio". Fangoriaradio.com. http://www.fangoriaradio.com/Audio2.html. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ "Smith & Pyle Official MySpace Page". Myspace.com. http://www.myspace.com/smithandpyle. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ "Smith & Pyle Official Website". Smithandpyle.com. http://smithandpyle.com. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ "Smith & Pyle Blog, "Weddin' on the Prairie!"". Smithandpyle.com. http://smithandpyle.com/2008/09/weddin-on-the-prairie/. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ "PodOmatic | Best Free Podcasts". Thetimemachineradioshow.podomatic.com. http://thetimemachineradioshow.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-01-14T18_49_33-08_00. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ "Together Forever". Smith and Pyle. http://smithandpyle.com/2009/11/smith-and-pyle-together-forever/. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
External links
Categories:- 1972 births
- Actors from Houston, Texas
- American country singers
- American female singers
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Living people
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni
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