Biography

Anna Faris

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Born
November 29, 1976 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Birth name
Anna Kay Faris
Nickname
- Baltimore's Best Beautiful Blonde
Height
5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

Mini bio

Anna Kay Faris was born on November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Karen (Bathurst), a special education teacher, and Jack Faris, a sociologist. She was raised in Edmonds, Washington. Her ancestry includes English, German, Scottish, French, Dutch, Irish, and Welsh. Anna started acting very young but not professionally. She loved watching theatrical plays and eventually produced one of her own with all the neighborhood children, in her immediate environment. She was always encouraged with the emphasis that she wasn't just "pretending" but rather being an unpaid producer, director, writer and an actress.

Her first paid job was at the Seattle Repertory Theatre at age nine. She loved it and did other local plays and readings. After graduating from the University of Washington in English Literature, she decided to leave for London to work and write, but after filming (the less than wonderful) Lovers Lane (2000) and a short for the Seattle Film Festival, she decided to give Los Angeles a try. She signed up with a wonderful management agency and before she could catch her breath, Keenen Ivory Wayans cast her in heavy, hard and comedic movie (To some people, it is almost too horrific.), Scary Movie (2000) and its sequels.

She never takes anything for granted and just feels so very fortunate to have been given a chance. (An example was her trying to thank all the journalists and photographers that came to the New York premiere.)

Anna was married to actor Chris Pratt in 2009. They have a son. They separated in 2017 and were divorced in November, 2018.
- IMDb mini biography by: Karen Faris (Mother), Todd C. & Miles of T.U.A.F.E.

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Trademarks

Blonde hair and blue eyes
Frequently appears in comedies

Trivia

Graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in English Literature.
Son Jack was born 9 weeks premature weighing only three pounds. Faris and her ex-husband Chris Pratt were told by doctors that they should be prepared for maybe raising a special-needs child. However, Jack is not facing any limitation except for needing to undergo cosmetic surgery to correct his eyes and wearing glasses.
Anna and her ex-husband, Chris Pratt, each had a dead bug collection before they met and they have since combined their collections.
Was recommended for the role of Erica on Friends (1994) by Matthew Perry who was a huge fan of her work in Lost in Translation (2003).
She is also a singer.

Quotes

I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted.
I don't really like to go out to clubs or anything. It's just not my style. I'd much rather go to a dive bar or a local place. I just don't love feeling awful, having to tell people, "Hi, yeah, I was in Scary Movie (2000). Do you mind if we come in?". I mean, it's so awkward.
I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can.
They've [the Scary Movie series] given me a career but they've also sort of boxed me in. What really surprised me when I first moved here is that the industry thought of actors as either comedic or dramatic. And I'm still confused. I understand that maybe some people are better at one or the other, but I can't understand why it's so divided. I've been able to chip away at that a bit; I think it gets easier as my body of work expands.
Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.