Piper Perabo
Piper Perabo was nominated for the
Golden Globes in the category of stage, television and film actress. Her
birthplace was in Dallas and was raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her
breakout role. Since then she has been in films such as Christopher Nolan's
"The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale,
"Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow",
with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin,
"Imagine Me and"Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady
and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" featuring an
ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian
Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce
Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. In the television world, Perabo played Annie
Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy thriller "Covert
Affairs." In the following seasons, Perabo was a star as Annie Walker in
USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." She will be seen on Netflix
as "Turn Up Charlie" in which she is starring alongside IdrisElba.
Perabo made her Broadway debut in Neil LaBute's controversial stage play
"Reasons to be Pretty", which was nominated for the Tony Award for
the Best Play. Perabo is also an activist in addition to her work on screen and
stage. She is a Voice for the International Rescue Committee to increase
awareness of the refugee crisis around the world and to assist those who have
been displaced by violence, religious persecution and oppression of the
political world. Piper lives in Los Angeles and New York City. Graduated from
Toms River (NJ) High School North class of 1994. She performed in every musical
that was performed during high school. Senior year she played Katie in
"Meet Me In St. Louis;" junior year, Cousin Fan in "Mame;"
sophomore year, Lady Brighton in "Me and My Girl,"" and freshman
year, a dancer in "How to Make it in business Without Really Trying."
At high school, she was the president of the National Honor Society and the
editor of the school's literary journal, Polaris. She was also a Marinerettes
dancer at high school football games.
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