Piper Perabo

Piper Lisa Perabo born October 31 1976 is a Golden Globe Award nominated American stage film and television actress Since her breakthrough role in Coyote Ugly 2000 she has appeared in films such as Lost and Delirious 2001 Cheaper by the Dozen 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 2005 The Prestige 2006 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2008 and Looper 2012 Since 2010 she has played Annie Walker on the USA Network series Covert Affairs for which she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Early life Perabo was born in Dallas Texas the daughter of Mary Charlotte née Ulland a physical therapist and George William Perabo a professor of poetry at Ocean County College She is of English German Irish and Norwegian descent while her surname is sometimes described as Portuguese it originates in Germany where her paternal grandfathers family came from She grew up in Toms River New Jersey Perabos parents named her after actress Piper Laurie She has two younger brothers Noah born 1979 and Adam born 1981 She graduated from Toms River High School North in 1994 and earned a bachelors degree in theater from Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University in 1998 She also studied Latin physics and poetry in her final year Perabo was first noticed a year before she graduated from university She was in New York City visiting her thenboyfriend and accompanied him to an audition Casting director Denise Fitzgerald spotted her and asked her to read for a part She was not cast but when Fitzgerald found out that she didnt have any representation she made phone calls on Perabos behalf and found her an agent Personal life Perabo has been close friends with actress Lena Headey since they starred together in the 2005 films The Cave and Imagine Me You She speaks fluent French and is an advocate of LGBT rights As of 2013 she is engaged to Stephen KayShe is the partowner of the prohibitionthemed bar Employees Only in West Village Manhattan which opened in 2005 and the restaurant Jacks Wife Freda in SoHo Lower Manhattan which opened in 2012 Description above from the Wikipedia article Piper Perabo licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia