![]() I was lucky that she was a really amazing woman, and right away I was like, ‘What’s the Romanian word for beer?’ and we’d go off together to just hang out with another woman. We’re in a foreign country, underground, in the dirt, and it was not that nice. Says Piper: “We were the only women in a very testosterone-heavy action film. Piper met actress Lena Headey on the set of The Cave (2005), and the two became instantly inseparable. The up-and-coming actress continued to build an impressive and widely varied resume, starring in the romance Perfect Opposites (2004), sci-fi The I Inside (2004) opposite Ryan Phillippe, fantasy George and the Dragon (2004) and drama Perception (2005). She reprised the role in the 2005 sequel Cheaper by the Dozen 2. ![]() In 2003 Piper starred as the eldest Baker child, Nora Baker, in Cheaper by the Dozen, opposite Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. Unfortunately the movie was shelved in North America for two years before being released under the new title She Gets What She Wants. Piper starred as Genevieve Le Plouff, a French exchange student in Slap Her… She’s French in 2002. In 2001 Perabo starred in an independent Canadian film called Lost and Delirious, playing Paulie Oster, a boarding school student who falls in love with a female classmate. The film raised her profile a great deal and won her an MTV Movie Award for Best Music Moment for “One Way or Another”. But then I have to work harder to convince them I’m not that character.” Piper took lessons in voice, guitar, piano and bar tending to prepare for the role. But the role of Jersey was hard to shake. “I walked into the audition and was like, ‘I’m from New Jersey, I work in a bar, I play guitar - there’s no reason you shouldn’t give me this part. She plays Violet Sanford, nicknamed “Jersey,” a young woman who moves to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter but ends up dancing and bartending at a Coyote Ugly bar. Piper’s big break came in 2000 when she was first cast in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as FBI agent Karen Sympathy and then had a starring role in Coyote Ugly. In 1997 Piper was cast in the short film Single Spaced and in 1999 she got her first major role playing Sara, the girlfriend of a wannabe rapper in the movie Whiteboyz. She also had small roles in two plays while waiting tables to make ends meet. Upon graduation, she moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting and studied at the LaMama Theater. Piper graduated summa cum laude from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio with a degree in theater. She was also president of the National Honor Society and the editor of the school literary magazine. Louis, Cousin Fan in Mame, Lady Brighton in Me and My Girl and danced in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. She developed a passion for theater at an early age and appeared in a number of musicals whilst in high school. ![]() ![]() Piper has two siblings: younger brothers Noah (born in 1979) and Adam (born in 1981, also an actor). Her parents are of Portuguese and Norwegian descent and named their daughter after actress Piper Laurie. Piper Lisa Perabo was born Octoin Dallas, Texas to Mary Charlotte (née Ulland), a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a professor of poetry at Ocean County College.
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