Piper Perabo

Piper Perabo

Born: October 31, 1976
in Dallas, Texas, USA
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 grandfather's family came from. She grew up in Toms River, New Jersey.

Perabo's 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 bachelor's 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 then-boyfriend, 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 didn't have any representation, she made phone calls on Perabo's 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 Kay.She is the part-owner of the prohibition-themed bar Employees Only in West Village, Manhattan, which opened in 2005, and the restaurant Jack's Wife Freda in SoHo, Lower Manhattan, which opened in 2012.

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Title: The Big Leap
Character: Paula Clark
Released: September 20, 2021
Type: TV
Follow a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters attempting to change their lives by participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show that builds to a live production of “Swan Lake.”
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Spontaneous
Title: Spontaneous
Character: Angela
Released: October 2, 2020
Type: Movie
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
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Title: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Character: Linda Craft
Released: April 26, 2020
Type: TV
Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension.
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Angel Has Fallen
Title: Angel Has Fallen
Character: Leah Banning
Released: August 21, 2019
Type: Movie
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.
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Title: Turn Up Charlie
Character: Sara
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: TV
A down-and-out DJ plots to rebuild his music career while working as a nanny for his famous best friend's wild 11-year-old daughter.
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Tough Love
Title: Tough Love
Character: Woman
Released: July 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A couple on a date are trapped in a car and experience a lifetime of marriage over the course of one night.
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Title: Yellowstone
Character: Summer Higgins
Released: June 20, 2018
Type: TV
Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.
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Black Butterfly
Title: Black Butterfly
Character: Laura
Released: May 26, 2017
Type: Movie
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
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Title: Notorious
Character: Julia George
Released: September 22, 2016
Type: TV
Follows the professional and personal relationship between a charismatic attorney and a powerhouse television producer as they attempt to control the media, the justice system, and ultimately - each other...
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Title: Billions
Character: Andy Salter
Released: January 17, 2016
Type: TV
A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.
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Into the Grizzly Maze
Title: Into the Grizzly Maze
Character: Michelle
Released: February 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
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Title: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2014
Type: TV
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
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Looper
Title: Looper
Character: Suzie
Released: September 26, 2012
Type: Movie
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
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Title: Go On
Character: Simone
Released: August 8, 2012
Type: TV
Ryan King, a recent widower and sports talk radio host ready to get back to work after the loss of his wife. Ryan's alpha-male boss, Stephen, has a different plan in store for Ryan, making him attend grief counseling before returning to the air. A reluctant Ryan finds himself in a support group for "life change," where he meets an oddball cast of characters, all with their own backstories filled with varying degrees of loss.
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Ashes
Title: Ashes
Character: Bettina
Released: March 5, 2011
Type: Movie
A young Indian man struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill brother... but their lives are unraveling and he falls in with the wrong crowd.
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Title: Covert Affairs
Character: Annie Walker
Released: July 13, 2010
Type: TV
A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Auggie Anderson is a CIA military intelligence agent who was blinded while on assignment and is Annie's guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue.
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Carriers
Title: Carriers
Character: Bobby
Released: September 4, 2009
Type: Movie
A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roads of the American West on their way to a secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal their fates.
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Sordid Things
Title: Sordid Things
Character: Tabitha White
Released: April 18, 2009
Type: Movie
A wealthy couple hires their cousin to be the surrogate for the child they are unable to have on their own, but chaos ensues when the woman holds the baby hostage for ransom. In this vicious game of cat and mouse, unlikely alliances are forged and nothing is ever what it seems.
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The Lazarus Project
Title: The Lazarus Project
Character: Lisa Garvey
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Title: Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Character: Rachel Ashe Lynn
Released: October 3, 2008
Type: Movie
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her.
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The Prince of Motor City
Title: The Prince of Motor City
Character: Meg Riley
Released: July 9, 2008
Type: Movie
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit.
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Title: Indie Sex
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2007
Type: TV
Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.
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In Vivid Detail
Title: In Vivid Detail
Character: Leslie
Released: April 29, 2007
Type: Movie
In Vivid Detail is the unusual love story between Leslie and Justin, an architect who suffers from Prosopagnosia, a neurological disorder that makes him incapable of recognizing faces. The couple must decide whether their new relationship can overcome the obstacles ahead of them as they try to cope with this bizarre but real condition, meanwhile raising the questions about how beauty is measured.
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The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
Title: The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
Character: Self
Released: February 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Prestige" (2006).
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Because I Said So
Title: Because I Said So
Character: Mae
Released: February 2, 2007
Type: Movie
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
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The Prestige
Title: The Prestige
Character: Julia McCullough
Released: October 19, 2006
Type: Movie
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
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First Snow
Title: First Snow
Character: Deirdre
Released: May 5, 2006
Type: Movie
A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.
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10th & Wolf
Title: 10th & Wolf
Character: Brandy
Released: February 19, 2006
Type: Movie
A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Title: Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Character: Nora Baker-McNulty
Released: December 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy,
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Good Morning Baby
Title: Good Morning Baby
Character: Gabriella
Released: November 16, 2005
Type: Movie
A short film featured in Glamour Magazine’s short film series, "Reel Moments."
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Title: The Reichen Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: November 11, 2005
Type: TV
A list of celebrity interviews and sensational topics.
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Imagine Me & You
Title: Imagine Me & You
Character: Rachel
Released: September 9, 2005
Type: Movie
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.
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The Cave
Title: The Cave
Character: Charlie
Released: August 26, 2005
Type: Movie
After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While exploring deeper into the underwater caves, a rockslide blocks their exit, and they soon discover a larger carnivorous creature has added them to its food chain.
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Edison
Title: Edison
Character: Willow
Released: July 29, 2005
Type: Movie
In the troubled city of Edison, a young journalist, his jaded editor, and an honest investigator from the district attorney's office join forces to gather evidence against corrupt members of an elite police unit.
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Perception
Title: Perception
Character: Jen
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her - like she did them.
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Title: House
Character: Honey
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: TV
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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George and the Dragon
Title: George and the Dragon
Character: Princess Luma
Released: March 28, 2004
Type: Movie
In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of a peaceful life on his own piece of land. However, in order to obtain his land from the ruling King Edgaar, he must help find the King's missing daughter, Princess Lunna, a quest which sees George drawn into an unexpected battle with the kingdom's last surviving dragon.
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Perfect Opposites
Title: Perfect Opposites
Character: Julia Bishop
Released: February 6, 2004
Type: Movie
The story of two college graduates from the Midwest who move to Los Angeles, where their love is tested for the first time.
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The I Inside
Title: The I Inside
Character: Anna
Released: January 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his enigmatic past.
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Title: Cheaper by the Dozen
Character: Nora Baker
Released: December 24, 2003
Type: Movie
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
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Slap Her... She's French
Title: Slap Her... She's French
Character: Genevieve Le Plouff
Released: February 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Welcome to Splendona High School, Texas, where football players, cheerleaders and beauty queens rule the hallways. And Starla Grady, the most popular girl in school, is on top of it all. That is, at least until Genevieve LePlouff, a French foreign exchange student arrives and turns her life upside down.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Calista Haslum
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Lost and Delirious
Title: Lost and Delirious
Character: Pauline 'Paulie' Oster
Released: January 21, 2001
Type: Movie
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
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Followers
Title: Followers
Character: Girl at Party
Released: October 13, 2000
Type: Movie
Inspired by a series of actual racial hazing incidents, 'Followers' focuses on three friends who want to pledge an exclusive fraternity. The friendship disintegrates when one of the friends is not accepted because he is black. To test the loyalty of the two white friends, the fraternity president forces them to target their African American friend through a series of dangerous, racially motivated hazing incidents.
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Coyote Ugly
Title: Coyote Ugly
Character: Violet Sanford (Jersey)
Released: July 30, 2000
Type: Movie
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Title: The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Character: Karen Sympathy
Released: June 30, 2000
Type: Movie
Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon show. Boris and Natasha somehow manage to crossover into reality and team up with Fearless Leader, an evil criminal turned media mogul with some evil plans up his sleeve. Rocky and Bullwinkle must stop the three of them before they wreak havoc.
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Knuckleface Jones
Title: Knuckleface Jones
Character: That Girl
Released: September 30, 1999
Type: Movie
Just as things start to turn ugly, a new folk hero emerges from the butthole of America. Knuckleface Jones is a tale of broken hearts and empty bladders, a story of hope and misshapen boobies.
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Whiteboyz
Title: Whiteboyz
Character: Sara
Released: September 10, 1999
Type: Movie
In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?
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Title: The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 1999
Type: TV
Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until 2004. Kilborn left The Daily Show in 1999 to be this show's host after Tom Synder retired. The segment "5 Questions" was carried over from when he was on The Daily Show. Kilborn was frequently beaten in the ratings by his NBC timeslot rival, Conan O'Brien. Kilborn left The Late Late Show to pursue new opportunities.
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Single Spaced
Title: Single Spaced
Character: The Dame
Released: September 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Single Spaced shouts a tale of a portly lad on the brink of shutting himself off from reality. An update of every film noir since the 1930's in roughly 16 minutes.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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Title: Butterfly
Character: Juno
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The life of David Jung, an enigmatic, highly unpredictable former US intelligence operative living in South Korea, is blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself pursued by Rebecca, a deadly, sociopathic young agent assigned to kill him.