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Piper Perabo
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The beautiful Piper Perabo is receiving glowing reviews for her acting in the controversial new film, Lost and Delirious. But she rose to international stardom in 2000 as "Violet 'Jersey' Sanford" in the film, Coyote Ugly, and then as "Karen Sympathy" in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle.
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Born in Toms River, New Jersey, Piper Perabo is the eldest of three siblings (she has two younger brothers, Noah and Adam). Coming from a family of Portuguese and Norwegian descent, her different name can be attributed to her hippie parents' desire to give their daughter an original name.
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Versatility is the mark of an excellent actress, and coltish cutie Piper Perabo has the makings of excellence. In Coyote Ugly (2000) Perabo flitted about as a skinny blonde with a huge and toothy smile, looking like the gawky tomboy next door who grew up to be a fashion model. The only disappointment in the way she turned out was that she went … Join Mr. Skin to read her entire Biography
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Actress Piper Perabo learned one of Hollywood's rules of self-preservation early on: lie. Auditioning for her first major film role in Whiteboyz (1999), a spoof of white homeboy culture, Perabo was asked if she knew how to rap. She replied that she did, even though she was completely clueless about the musical style. After getting the part, she took a two-week crash course in hip-hop and emerged well-versed in both the music and the art of securing employment. Although Whiteboyz failed to make much of an impression in theaters, Perabo did manage to attract attention in her role as the college-bound girlfriend of the film's protagonist and was soon being touted as the latest blonde, blue-eyed Next Big Thing to sashay across the collective psyche of the filmgoing public. A native of Toms River, NJ, where she was born in 1977, Perabo first became involved in acting through drama lessons at Manhattan's LaMama Theatre.
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After graduating college, Piper Perabo moved to New York and was later cast in a short film called Single Spaced. Her first big role came after that, where she played the girlfriend of a wannabe rapper in Whiteboyz. In 2000 she was cast in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as FBI agent Karen Sympathy. However, the role that really got her recognized was in Coyote Ugly. She played Violet San...[show more]
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Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton stars with Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo in this heartwarming comedy about mothers, daughters and cutting the apron strings. When it comes to her three free-spirited daughters, Daphne (Keaton) is just your normal overprotective, overbearing, over-the-top mother. Worried that her youngest daughter, Millie (Moore), will end up alone, Daphne meddles in her daughter's love life until she ends up doing all the wrong things for all the right reasons...and all in the name of motherly love.
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