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 |
