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| birthplace = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], [[U.S.]] |
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| birthname = Anna Kay Faris |
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'''Anna Kay Faris''' (born [[November 29]], [[1976]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] best known for her lead role as Cindy Campbell in the ''[[Scary Movie (series)|Scary Movie]]'' films. |
'''Anna Nicolette Kay Faris''' (born [[November 29]], [[1976]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] best known for her lead role as Cindy Campbell in the ''[[Scary Movie (series)|Scary Movie]]'' films. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
Revision as of 15:59, 1 September 2008
Anna Faris | |
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Born | Anna Nicolette Kay Faris |
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1991 - present |
Spouse | Ben Indra (2004 - 2008) |
Anna Nicolette 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 Robert Faris. She has a brother, Jack, 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 5'5" Faris is a natural blonde,[1] but 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 equivalent character in Scream, one of the films that Scary Movie parodied.[2]
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' 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,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
Personal life
In 2004, Faris married actor Ben Indra,[6] whom she met while working on Lovers Lane and whom she had dated since 1999.[7] She filed for divorce on April 3, 2007, citing irreconcilable differences.[8] Anna Faris won the "Stonette of the Year" award at High Times magazine's Stony Awards in Los Angeles on October 13, 2007.[9]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Deception: A Mother's Secret | Liz | |
1996 | Eden | Dithy | |
1999 | Lovers Lane | Janelle | |
2000 | Scary Movie | Cindy Campbell | |
2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Cindy Campbell | |
2002 | May | Polly | |
The Hot Chick | April | ||
2003 | Winter Break | Justine | |
Lost in Translation | Kelly | ||
Scary Movie 3 | Cindy Campbell | ||
2004 | Friends | Erica | 4 episodes |
2005 | Southern Belles | Belle | |
Waiting... | Serena | ||
Brokeback Mountain | LaShawn Malone | ||
Just Friends | Samantha James | ||
2006 | Scary Movie 4 | Cindy Campbell | |
My Super Ex-Girlfriend | Hannah | ||
2007 | Smiley Face | Jane F | |
Mama's Boy | Nora Flannagan | ||
Entourage | Herself | Guest appearance for 3 episodes | |
2008 | Kids in America | Wendy Franklin | |
The House Bunny | Shelley Darlington | ||
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel | |||
The Girls Next Door | Guest appearance; Herself | episode "House Bunnies" | |
2009 | Observe and Report | Brandi | filming |
Discography
As Samantha James
Year | Song Title | Album |
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2005 | "Forgiveness" | Just Friends soundtrack |
"Love From Afar" | Just Friends soundtrack | |
"Just A Guy" | Just Friends DVD |
References
- ^ "TUAFE'".
- ^ "IMDB - Anna Faris' Biography".
- ^ Faris, Fogler "Kids" again in comedy film Reuters, February 8, 2007.
- ^ "IMDB - Untitled Anna Faris Project".
- ^ Celebrity Wine Tasting with Gary V, Anna Faris, and Chris Pratt
- ^ Krug, Kurt Anthony, "Edmonds actress having fun with 'Scary' movies, growing career", The Seattle Times, April 21, 2006. Accessed August 12, 2006.
- ^ "Faris loved starring in 'awful movie'" contactmusic.com, January 23, 2004. Accessed August 12, 2006.
- ^ Scary Movie's Anna Faris Files for Divorce - Divorced, Anna Faris : People.com
- ^ "Seth Rogen is Stoner of the Year". celebstoner.
External links
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