Line #18 Creator/AnnaFaris


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3	Anna Kay Faris (born November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American comic actress, who is probably best known for playing Cindy Campbell in the ''Film/ScaryMovie'' films. A natural blonde, she had to [[DyeingForYourArt dye her hair black]] for the role to give her more of a [[Film/{{Scream}} Neve Campbell]] look.
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5	Mostly a face actress in comedies like ''Film/TheHouseBunny'', ''Film/JustFriends'' and ''Film/TheDictator'', she's also done a few voice acting roles such as Sam Sparks in ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' and Jeanette in ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]'' and ''Chipwrecked''.
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7	She won the "[[TheStoner Stoner of the Year]]" award at ''High Times'' magazine's Stony Awards, in Los Angeles, on October 13, 2007, for her role in ''Film/SmileyFace''.
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9	She starred as Christy Plunkett in the CBS sitcom ''Series/{{Mom}}'' and hosts a podcast called ''Anna Faris Is Unqualified''.
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11	She was married to actor Ben Indra from 2004 to 2008 and Creator/ChrisPratt from 2009 to 2018, and has been married to cinematographer Michael Barrett since 2021. With Pratt, she had a son, Jack, born in 2012. Also her first name is actually pronounced "Ah-na".
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14	!!Filmography on TV Tropes:
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17	[[folder:Film roles]]
18	* ''Film/LoversLane'' (1999) as Jannelle Bay
19	* ''Film/ScaryMovie'' series (2000-01, 2003, 2006) as Cindy Campbell
20	* ''Film/{{May}}'' (2002) as Polly
21	* ''Film/TheHotChick'' (2002) as April
22	* ''Film/{{Lost in Translation\|2003}}'' (2003) as Kelly
23	* ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' (2005) as Lashawn Malone
24	* ''Film/{{Waiting}}'' (2005) as Serena Vowles
25	* ''Film/JustFriends'' (2005) as Samantha James
26	* ''Film/MySuperExGirlfriend'' (2006) as Hannah Lewis
27	* ''Film/SmileyFace'' (2007) as Jane F
28	* ''Film/TheHouseBunny'' (2008) as Shelley Darlingson
29	* ''Film/FrequentlyAskedQuestionsAboutTimeTravel'' (2009) as Cassie
30	* ''Film/ObserveAndReport'' (2009) as Brandi Gaffney
31	* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' (2009) as Samantha "Sam" Sparks (voice)
32	** ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2'' (2013)
33	* ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' series (2009, 2011, 2015) as Jeanette (voice)
34	* ''Film/YogiBear'' (2010) as Rachel Johnson
35	* ''Film/WhatsYourNumber'' (2011) as Ally Darling
36	* ''Film/TheDictator'' (2012) as Zoey Aladeen
37	* ''Film/Movie43'' (2013) as Julie/Vanessa
38	* ''Film/IGiveItAYear'' (2013) as Chloe
39	* ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'' (2014) {{as herself}}
40	* ''Film/{{Keanu}}'' (2016) as herself
41	* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' (2017) as Jailbreak/Linda (voice)
42	* ''Film/{{Overboard\|2018}}'' (2018) as Kate Sullivan
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46	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' (2002–03) as Lisa/Stoned Hippie Chick/Teen Girl Hippie (voice)
47	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (4 episodes, 2004) as Erica
48	* ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' (3 episodes, 2007) as herself
49	* ''Series/{{Mom}}'' (2013–20) as Christy Plunkett
50	* ''Series/TheJoelMcHaleShowWithJoelMcHale'' (1 episode, 2018) as Sandy
51	* ''WebVideo/GayOfThrones'' (1 episode, 2019) as herself
52	* ''WesternAnimation/HouseBroken'' (2 episodes, 2021) as Chartreuse/Lil' Bunny (voice)
53	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (1 episode, 2022) as Ashley (voice)
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57	!!This actress' roles provide examples of:
58	%%* AmusingInjuries: Many of her roles.
59	* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill: She's told the story of being stuck in headgear for most of her adolescence, which motivated her to be funny since traditional [[KidsAreCruel popularity wasn't an option]].
60	* DumbBlonde:
61	** Though certainly not an airhead in real life, easily two-thirds of her roles have her playing one of these.
62	** She plays a sort of parody of her characters in ''Film/LostInTranslation''.
63	** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', where her character Sam actually is very smart but pretends to be airheaded because peers would tease her.
64	* DyeingForYourArt
65	** In the first two ''Film/ScaryMovie'' films, Anna dyed her naturally blonde hair black so that she would more closely resemble Neve Campbell. She reverted to her natural hair color for the third and fourth films as her role parodied Creator/NaomiWatts in ''Literature/TheRing'' and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar in ''Film/TheGrudge'', respectively (though Gellar is a brunette who dyed her hair).
66	** In ''Film/TheDictator'', she dyed her hair brunette and cut it short to give her character a more tough appearance. Plus, the armpit hair her character sports in the movie is real.
67	* MsFanservice: In some of her roles, but especially ''Film/TheHouseBunny'', where she plays a Playboy Bunny and even has a nude scene from behind, and ''Film/ScaryMovie'', where she gets stripped down to only her bra during her character's sex scene.
68	* PlayingAgainstType: As Polly in ''Film/{{May}}'', a rare horror role.
69	* RomanceOnTheSet: Her three husbands were all workplace acquaintances. She met Ben Indra on the set of ''Film/LoversLane'', and Chris Pratt during a table read of ''Take Me Home Tonight''. Michael Barrett, her current husband, was the cinematographer of ''Film/{{Overboard\|2018}}''.
70	* TypeCasting: She plays a lot of dumb women. It is largely voluntary though, and she ''has'' played a few smart characters like the aforementioned Sam Sparks.

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