- 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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awards =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 inSeattle, 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 attendingEdmonds Woodway High School , she studiedEnglish literature at theUniversity of Washington .Film career
Her first significant
film role was in the independent production "Lovers Lane" (1999). Her breakout role was thehorror 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 resembledNeve 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... " withRyan Reynolds andJustin 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 withUma Thurman andLuke Wilson in thefeature film "My Super Ex-Girlfriend ," released on July 21, 2006. She is currently in production on the comedy "Kids in America", playingTopher 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" withJeff Daniels andDiane Keaton , and "Smiley Face" withAdam Brody andJohn Cho . As of 2007, she was producing and starring in "The House Bunny ", a film with Happy Madison Productions about a retiredPlayboy bunny. [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0852713/|title=IMDB - Untitled Anna Faris Project] In the summer 2007 season ofHBO 's "Entourage", Faris guest-starred as herself. Faris also made an appearance in a video on eatdrinkordie.com as herself with internet wine guruGary 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'sStony Awards inLos 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
External links
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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=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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