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Anna Faris

Anna Faris

Birthday: 1976-11-29 | Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Anna Kay Faris (born November 29, 1976 height 5' 4" (1,63 m)) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her comedic roles in the Scary Movie film series, Lost in Translation, The House Bunny, Brokeback Mountain, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Yogi Bear, What's Your Number?, The Dictator, and I Give It a Year. Early Life: Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her family moved to Edmonds, Washington when she was six years old Her father, Jack, was a sociologist who worked at the University of Washington as a vice president of internal communicationsand later headed the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association, and her mother, Karen, was a special education teacher at Seaview Elementary School in Edmonds. Faris has an older brother, Robert, who is also a sociologist and a professor at the University of California, Davis. Her parents encouraged her to pursue acting when she was young, and she gave her first professional acting performance at the age of 9 in a three-month run of Arthur Miller's one-act play Danger: Memory! at the Seattle Repertory Theater. She went on to play Scout in a production of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Issaquah, Washington, Village Theatre, and played the title character in Heidi and Rebecca in Our Town. While attending Edmonds-Woodway High School, Faris appeared in a frozen-yogurt TV commercial. After graduating from high school in 1994, Faris attended the University of Washington and earned a degree in English literature.Around this time, "my third or fourth job was a training video for Red Robin, which is a burger chain out West. I play, like, the perfect hostess. And I think they still use it," she said in May 2012. Personal Life: While filming Lovers Lane in London, Faris met her first husband, Ben Indra. They began dating in that year and were married in June 2004, but they divorced in April 2007, citing irreconcilable differences.As part of their divorce agreement, which was finalized in February 2008, Faris agreed to pay Indra $900,000 in addition to other property and acting royalties. Faris met her second husband, actor Chris Pratt, on the set of Take Me Home Tonight. They became engaged in January, and married on July 9, 2009 in a small ceremony in Bali. The couple has a baby boy named Jack.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
Overboard

as    Kate Sullivan

2017
The Emoji Movie

as    Jailbreak (voice)

2015
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

as    Jeanette (voice)

2013
I Give It a Year

as    Chloe

2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

as    Sam Sparks (voice)

2013
Super Manny

as    Sam Sparks (voice)

2013
Movie 43

as    Vanessa (segment "The Proposition")

2012
The Dictator

as    Zoey

2011
What's Your Number?

as    Ally Darling

2011
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

as    Jeanette (voice)

2011
Take Me Home Tonight

as    Wendy Franklin

2010
Yogi Bear

as    Rachel

2009
Observe and Report

as    Brandi

2009
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

as    Jeanette (voice)

2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

as    Sam Sparks (voice)

2008
The House Bunny

as    Shelley

2007
Smiley Face

as    Jane F.

2007
Mama's Boy

as    Nora Flannigan

2006
Scary Movie 4

as    Cindy

2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend

as    Hannah

2006
Guilty Hearts

as    Jane Conelly

2005
Southern Belles

as    Belle Scott

2005
Brokeback Mountain

as    Lashawn Malone

2005
Just Friends

as    Samantha James

2005
Waiting...

as    Serena

2003
Scary Movie 3

as    Cindy Campbell

2003
Winter Break

as    Justine

2003
Lost in Translation

as    Kelly

2003
May

as    Polly