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Anna Faris
Anna Faris, April 2009
Born	Anna Kay Faris November 29, 1976 (1976-11-29) (age 33) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Ben Indra (2004–2007) Chris Pratt (2009–present)

Anna Kay Faris (born November 29, 1976) is an American actress and singer known for her comic roles. Faris has appeared in the Scary Movie series of films, The Hot Chick (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), and My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006). In 2008, she had a starring role in The House Bunny, for which she earned an MTV Movie Awards nomination.

Her recent and upcoming films include Young Americans, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, and Observe and Report. She also provided voice acting in the animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Film career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Television 5 Discography 5.1 As Samantha James 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Karen, an elementary school teacher, and Jack Faris, a sociologist. She has a brother, Robert who is also a sociologist and teaches at the University of California, Davis. Faris grew up in Edmonds, Washington.¹ Her parents encouraged her to pursue acting when she was young, and she gave her first professional acting performance at age 9, 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 in the horror film parody Scary Movie (2000). The 5'5" Faris, a natural blonde,² 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 corresponding character in Scream, one of the films that Scary Movie parodied.

Faris gained further popularity after she received the role of the recurring character Erica, the surrogate mother for Chandler and Monica Bing, in the final season of the American sitcom Friends. She also appeared in the critically acclaimed film Lost in Translation, in which she plays an actress promoting an action movie.

Faris appeared 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's role as LaShawn Malone in Brokeback Mountain (2005) brought her to the attention of a much wider audience. Faris starred with Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson in the feature film My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006). In 2008, she appeared in the comedy Young Americans, playing Topher Grace's twin sister,³ in addition to, Mama's Boy, with Jon Heder, Jeff Daniels and Diane Keaton and in Smiley Face, with Adam Brody and John Cho. In 2007, she produced and starred in The House Bunny, a film with Happy Madison Productions about a retired Playboy bunny. In the summer 2007 season of HBO's Entourage, Faris guest-starred as herself. She also made an appearance as herself in a video on eatdrinkordie.com with Internet wine guru Gary Vaynerchuk.⁴

Recently, Faris co-starred as Seth Rogen's cosmetic counter girlfriend in Jody Hill's 2009 comedy, Observe and Report.⁵

Faris won the "Stonette of the Year" award at High Times magazine's Stony Awards, in Los Angeles, on October 13, 2007, for her role in Smiley Face.⁶

In 2009, she was nominated in MTV's Movie Awards for Best Comedic Performance for her movie The House Bunny.

Personal life

In 2004, Faris married actor Ben Indra,¹ 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 Faris married actor Chris Pratt, on July 9, 2009, in Bali.⁹

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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	main role
2004	Spelling Bee	Jane Connelly
2005	Blue Skies	Sarah	TV movie
	Southern Belles	Belle
	Waiting...	Serena
	Brokeback Mountain	LaShawn Malone
	Guilty Hearts	Jane Conelly
	Just Friends	Samantha James
2006	Scary Movie 4	Cindy Campbell
	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	Hannah Lewis
2007	Smiley Face	Jane F
	Mama's Boy	Nora Flanagan
2008	The House Bunny	Shelley Darlington	Also producer
	The Spleenectomy	Danielle / Dr. Fields
2009	Observe and Report	Brandi
	Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel	Cassie
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sam Sparks (voice)
	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Jeanette (voice)
2010	Young Americans	Wendy Franklin

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	King of the Hill	Various	2 episodes, voice
	Friends	Erica	4 episodes
2007	Entourage	Herself	3 episodes

Discography

As Samantha James

Year	Song Title	Album
2005	"Forgiveness"	Just Friends soundtrack
	"Love From Afar"	Just Friends soundtrack
	"Just A Guy"	Just Friends DVD

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anna Faris

• Anna Faris at the Internet Movie Database
• Onion A.V. Club interview
• Anna Faris official site

Persondata
NAME	Faris, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Faris, Anna Kay; Faris, Anna Kay
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actress, singer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 29, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH