Anna Faris Biography

Name: Anna Kay Faris

Date of Birth: November 29, 1976

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland,U.S.A

Anna Kay Faris is an American actress, singer and comedienne. Anna  Faris is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as roles in The Hot Chick (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Just Friends (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Smiley Face (2007), The House Bunny (2008), Take Me Home Tonight (2011) and What's Your Number? (2011). Anna  Faris provided voice acting in the animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and special guest in television hit series, Friends.

Early Life

Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Anna  Faris mother, Karen (née Bathurst), is a former special education instructor, and her father, Jack Faris, is a sociologist who worked at the University of Washington and headed the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association. Anna  Faris  has a brother, Robert, who is also a sociologist and teaches at the University of California, Davis. Faris grew up in Edmonds, Washington.Anna  Faris 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.

Film Career

Anna  Faris  first significant film role was in the independent production Lovers Lane (1999, as an ill-fated cheerleader). Anna  Faris breakout role was in the horror film parody Scary Movie (2000). The 5'4" Faris, a natural blonde, 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, the main film that Scary Movie parodied.

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

Faris at the premiere of Observe and Report at the 2009 South by Southwest FestivalFaris 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 2007, she played in Mama's Boy, with Jon Heder, Jeff Daniels and Diane Keaton and in 2007's Smiley Face, with Adam Brody and John Cho. In 2008, 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. Anna  Faris also made an appearance as herself in a video on eatdrinkordie.com with Internet wine guru Gary Vaynerchuk.

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

Faris co-starred as the cosmetic counter employee on whom Seth Rogen has a crush in Jody Hill's 2009 comedy, Observe and Report. Anna  Faris  received a MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Comedic Performance for her movie, The House Bunny. After that, she, alongside Bill Hader, provided voices for the animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs where she played weather reporter Sam Sparks. In 2010, Faris starred in Yogi Bear, playing Rachel, a nature documentarian who follows the antics of a bear in fictional Jellystone Park.

In 2011, she appeared in the comedy Take Me Home Tonight, playing Topher Grace's character's twin sister. Anna  Faris  starred in What's Your Number?, released in 2011. The film was a romantic comedy based on Karyn Bosnak’s book 20 Times a Lady.

In the mediaFaris has appeared on the covers of Raygun, Playboy, Self, Cosmopolitan, and other magazines. Anna  Faris was listed as #57, #39, and #42 in Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" in 2004, 2009, and 2010 respectively. In 2009, she was ranked #60 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World", and ranked #96 in 2010. Ask Men featured her as #78 on "100 Most Desirable Women in the World" in 2009.

In 2010, Cosmopolitan magazine named her "the Cosmo’s Fun Fearless Female of the Year" – stating that “Anna  Faris makes us laugh – and cringe – by pushing the limits of comedy in a way no other actress can."

Anna  Faris  has guest hosted Saturday Night Live twice, most recently on October 15, 2011.

Personal Life

During filming of the 1999 independent horror film, Lovers Lane, Faris met her first husband, Ben Indra. They began dating in that year and were married in June 2004. Anna  Faris  filed for divorce in April 2007, citing irreconcilable differences. As part of their divorce agreement, Faris agreed to pay Indra $900,000 in addition to other property and acting royalties.Anna  Faris divorce was finalized in February 2008.

Faris met her second husband, actor Chris Pratt, on the set of Take Me Home Tonight.They became engaged in January, 2009,and married on July 9, 2009 in a small ceremony in Bali.In an interview, Faris said of Pratt, "He's awesome. He's a great, great guy. I feel really lucky."

Filmography

1996 Dithy

Lovers Lane 1999 Janelle Bay

Scary Movie 2000 Cindy Campbell Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance

Scary Movie 2 2001 Cindy Campbell

May 2002 Polly

Hot Chick, TheThe Hot Chick 2002 April

Winter Break 2003 Justine

Lost in Translation 2003 Kelly

Scary Movie 3 2003 Cindy Campbell

Southern Belles 2005 Belle

Waiting... 2005 Serena

Brokeback Mountain 2005 Lashawn Malone Nominated—Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast

Nominated—SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Just Friends 2005 Samantha James Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit

Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Liplock

Scary Movie 4 2006 Cindy Campbell

My Super Ex-Girlfriend 2006 Hannah Lewis Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

Guilty Hearts 2006 Jane Conelly

Smiley Face 2007 Jane F.

Mama's Boy 2007 Nora Flanagan

House Bunny, TheThe House Bunny 2008 Shelley Darlington Also producer

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel 2009 Cassie
Observe and Report 2009 Brandi

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2009 Sam Sparks Voice role

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 2009 Jeanette Miller

Yogi Bear 2010 Rachel Johnson

Take Me Home Tonight 2011 Wendy Franklin

What's Your Number? 2011 Ally Darling Also executive producer

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 2011 Jeanette Voice role

Movie 43 2012

Ten Year 2011

The Dictator 2012

Scary Movie 5 2012 Cindy Campbell

Television 

Deception: A Mother's Secret 1991 Liz TV movie

King of the Hill 2002–2004 Lisa / Stoned Hippie Chick / Teen Girl Hippie Episode 6.17: "Fun with Jane and Jane"

Episode 8.12: "Phish and Wild Life"

Friends 2004 Erica Season 10

Episode 10.09: "The One with the Birth Mother"

Episode 10.13: "The One Where Joey Speaks French"
Episode 10.16: "The One with Rachel's Going Away Party"

Episode 10.17: "The Last One: Part 1"

Episode 10.18: "The Last One: Part 2"

Blue Skies 2005 Sarah TV movie

Entourage 2007 Herself Season 4

Episode 4.09: "The Young and the Stoned"

Episode 4.10: "Snow Job"

Episode 4.11: "No Cannes Do"

DiscographyTitle Year Album Label

"Nobody Does It Better" 2003 Lost in Translation (soundtrack) Emperor Norton Records

"Forgiveness" 2005 Just Friends (soundtrack) New Line Records

"Love From Afar" 2005 Just Friends (soundtrack) New Line Records

"Just A Guy" 2005 Just Friends (DVD) New Line Records

"Old-Fashioned Girl" 2007 Mama's Boy (soundtrack) Lakeshore Records