Piper Lisa Perabo (born October 31, 1976 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actress.
She is most famous for her performances in 2000's Coyote Ugly, 2001's Lost and Delirious, 2003's Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) and its 2005 sequel, 2012's Looper and Covert Affairs, which ran from 2010 to 2014.
She has been nominated for several awards including a Golden Globe, a People's Choice Award, a Gracie Award and two MTV Movie Awards, winning one for Best Music Moment for Coyote Ugly.
Partial Filmography:
- Coyote Ugly (2000) as Violet "Jersey" Sanford.
- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) as Karen Sympathy
- Lost and Delirious (2001) as Pauline "Paulie" Oster
- Slap Her... She's French (2002) as Genevieve Le Plouff
- Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) (2003) as Nora Baker
- Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
- George and the Dragon (2004) as Princess Lunna
- The Cave (2005) as Charlene "Charlie"
- Imagine Me & You (2005) as Rachel
- The Prestige (2006) as Julia McCullough
- House (2007) as Honey
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) as Rachel Ashe
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009) as Calista Haslum
- Carriers (2009) as Bobby
- Covert Affairs (2010-2014) as Annie Walker
- Looper (2012) as Suzie
- Go On (2013) as Simone
- Into the Grizzly Maze (2015) as Michelle Moore
- Notorious (2016) as Julia George
- Angel Has Fallen (2019) as Leah Banning
- The Big Leap (2021) as Paula Clark
- Yellowstone (2021-2022) as Summer Higgins
- Billions (2022) as Andy Salter
Related Tropes:
- Named After Someone Famous: She was named after actress Piper Laurie.
- Older Than She Looks: She played teenagers in Slap Her...She's French and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) in spite of being in her mid 20s at the time. Even now in her early 40s she still looks at least ten years younger.