Anna Faris Biography

Daughter of Jack and Karen Faris, Anna grew in Seattle and since young she had a great passion for the acting. Their parents have been advised to pursue in her ambition and at nine years Faris had the first great occasion, exhibiting herself to the Seattle Repertory Theater. After to be given a degree to Edmonds, she studied English literature at Washington and she lived to London for a couple of years.

In the 90's were her first steps in the cinema participating above all to independent films to low budget, like as an example Not dirmi lies (1991), Eden (1996) and Tree-lined avenue of crimes (1999).

The breakthrough arrived in 2000 with the interpretation of the sweet student (then become journalist) Cindy Campbell in the film Scary Movie, directed from Keenen Ivory Wayans. She came confirmed protagonist of the saga also in successive sequel the Scary Movie 2 (2001), Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Scary Movie 4 (2006), this last two for the direction David Zucker,

Become famous like comic actress, Faris was born in reality as dramatic interpreter and has had the possibility to demonstrate it with Lost in Translation (2003) and the secrets of Brokeback Mountain (2005). She has moreover taken part, like “guest star”, to four episodes of the television series Friends.

Anna Faris is 1,65 m in height and she is a natural blond woman, but during the resumptions of Scary Movie colored her hair dark, since the girl to interpret is mora. In 2004 she has married with actor Very Indra, that she had known in 1999 on the set of Tree-lined avenue of the crimes.

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