Thursday, October 13, 2011

Anna Faris

Anna Kay Faris born November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. She is an American actress, singer and comedienne. She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as her lead roles in The Hot Chick in 2002, Lost in Translation in 2003, Just Friends in2005, My Super Ex-Girlfriend in 2006, Smiley Face in 2007, and The House Bunny in 2008. She also provided voice acting in the animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in 2009.

Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, Karen, is a former special education instructor, and her father, Jack Faris, is a sociologist who worked at the University of Washington and headed the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association. She has a brother, Robert, who is also a sociologist and teaches at
the University of California, Davis. Faris grew up in Edmonds, Washington. Her parents encouraged her to pursue acting when she was young, and she gave her first
professional acting performance at age nine, at the Seattle Repertory Theater.

Faris has appeared on the covers of Raygun, Playboy, Self, Cosmopolitan, and other magazines. She was listed as 57, 39, and 42 in Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" in
2004, 2009, and 2010 respectively. In 2009, she was ranked 60 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World", and ranked 96 in 2010. Ask Men featured her as 78 on "100 Most Desirable Women in the World" in 2009.

In 2010, Cosmopolitan magazine named her "the Cosmo’s Fun Fearless Female of the Year" – stating that “She makes us laugh – and cringe – by pushing the limits of comedy in a way no other actress can.During filming of the 1999 independent horror Lovers Lane Faris met her first husband Ben Indra. They began dating in that year and were married in June 2004. She filed for divorce in April 2007, citing irreconcilable differences. As part of their divorce agreement, Faris agreed to pay Indra $900,000 in addition to other property and acting royalties. Her divorce was finalized in February 2008.

Faris met her second husband, actor Chris Pratt, on the set of Take Me Home Tonight. They became engaged in 2008, and married in a small ceremony in Bali on
July 9, 2009. In an interview, Faris said of Pratt, "He's awesome. He's a great, great guy. I feel really lucky."

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