Piper Perabo

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

Early life

Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, the daughter of Mary Charlotte (née Ulland), a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a poetry professor at Ocean County College. Piper is of Portuguese and Norwegian descent. Her parents named her after actress Piper Laurie. She has two brothers: Noah (born May 1979), and Adam (born August 1981), and graduated from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Career

In 2000, Perabo was cast in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, as FBI agent Karen Sympathy. Her next film role was in Coyote Ugly as Violet 'Jersey' Sanford, for which she won anMTV 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 aboarding 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, inCheaper by the Dozen (2003), a role she reprised in the film's 2005 sequel.

Her other 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 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. In June 2009, Perabo was cast as the lead character, CIA officer Annie Walker, in the television spy series Covert Affairs on the USA Network.

On August 20, 2010, Perabo was injured filming an episode of Covert Affairs. After the finale of the first season it was announced that the second season will begin in summer of 2011. For her work on Covert Affairs, she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Single Spaced	The Dame
1999	Knuckleface Jones	Orange-dressed angel
	Whiteboyz	Sara
2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Karen Sympathy
	Coyote Ugly	Violet Sanford "Jersey"	MTV Movie Award for Best Music Moment Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Female — Newcomer Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Female Breakthrough Performance
2001	Lost and Delirious	Pauline 'Paulie' Oster
2002	Slap Her... She's French	Genevieve Le Plouff	Alternative title: She Gets What She Wants
	Followers	Iris
2003	The i Inside	Anna
	Cheaper by the Dozen	Nora Baker	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liplock Shared withAshton Kutcher
2004	Perfect Opposites	Julia Bishop
	George and the Dragon	Princess Lunna	Also known as "Dragon Sword"
2005	Perception	Jen
	The Cave	Charlie
	Edison	Willow Summerfield	Direct-to-video
	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
	Sordid Things	Tabitha White
2010	Ashes	Bettina
2012	Looper	Suzie
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	House	Honey	1 episode
2008	The Prince of Motor City	Meg Riley	Television movie
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Calista Haslum	Episode "Folie a Deux"
2010–present	Covert Affairs	Annie Walker	Lead role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series

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