Piper Perabo Biography

Occup.Actress
FromUSA
BornOctober 31, 1976
Age48 years
Piper Perabo, born upon October 31, 1976, in Dallas, Texas, is an achieved American actress who has made a substantial effect in the show business since the late 1990s. She is of combined heritage, with her father, George William Perabo, being of Portuguese origin, and also her mommy, Mary Charlotte Ulland, being of Norwegian descent. Piper matured along with her 2 younger brother or sisters in Toms River, New Jersey, where she completed her elementary and senior high school education.

Upon finishing from Toms River High School North in 1994, Piper enlisted in Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College, where she pursued a level in movie theater. She graduated summa orgasm laude in 1998 as well as soon after, relocated to New York City to seek her imagine ending up being an actress. In the beginning of her job, Piper functioned as a waitress to support herself monetarily while she auditioned for various functions.

Piper's development duty can be found in 2000, when she landed the part of Violet Sanford in the cult timeless movie "Coyote Ugly". The film amassed her widespread acknowledgment as well as a nomination for an MTV Movie Award for Best Music Moment. Complying with the success of this film, she took place to star in a number of various other flicks, such as "Lost and also Delirious" (2001) as well as "Slap Her ... She's French!" (2002).

In 2005, Piper showcased her acting flexibility by venturing into independent movies, such as "The I Inside" and "Imagine Me & You". Her ability for stabilizing both mainstream as well as indie jobs led her to deal with noticeable supervisors like Christopher Nolan in "The Prestige" (2006) as well as Neil LaBute in "The Shape of Things" (2003).

However, it was her role as Annie Walker in the critically well-known tv collection "Covert Affairs" (2010-2014) that brought her a lot more recognition and distinctions. For her outstanding efficiencies throughout the show's run, she gathered a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series-- Drama in 2011.

Along with her on-screen success, Piper has been associated with numerous humanitarian reasons. In 2013, she was identified for her humanitarian job by being called the 2013 recipient of the "Women in Film Dallas Topaz Award". She has actually been a strong advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and also has actually functioned tirelessly on boosting representation and inclusivity within the entertainment industry.

As for her personal life, Piper married her longtime partner, supervisor and also producer Stephen Kay, in 2014. The pair preserves a fairly low-profile lifestyle and also stays in New York City. From her trip as a struggling artist to acquiring success in Hollywood, Piper Perabo's life tale serves as a testimony to her strength, effort, as well as commitment to her craft.

Our collection contains 31 quotes who is written / told by Piper.

Related authors: George Will (Journalist), Neil LaBute (Director), Adam Garcia (Actor), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Christo (Artist), Christopher Nolan (Director)

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31 Famous quotes by Piper Perabo

Small: I dont know how you get dressed if you live in Wales, because its pouring rain and then its hot sunshin
"I don't know how you get dressed if you live in Wales, because it's pouring rain and then it's hot sunshine, and then it might hail. It's just so confusing"
Small: I can only pay my electric bill for my last two years on my acting
"I can only pay my electric bill for my last two years on my acting"
Small: Theres no changing your mind about whom you love. Thats part of the tough thing about being in love - i
"There's no changing your mind about whom you love. That's part of the tough thing about being in love - it's sort of undeniable"
Small: I had just done what she does in the story just about a year earlier - I moved from New Jersey and came
"I had just done what she does in the story just about a year earlier - I moved from New Jersey and came to New York and was working at a bar, and you know, trying to make it"
Small: I can understand in some sense, having played the character, how unimaginably frustrating it is for peo
"I can understand in some sense, having played the character, how unimaginably frustrating it is for people to tell you that you can't love who you love, because you ain't going to change it, and so they have to get out of your way"
Small: I mean, its hard to be an actor in the city - trying to make it as an actor - because you waitress all
"I mean, its hard to be an actor in the city - trying to make it as an actor - because you waitress all night, you get home really late and you're super tired and your feet hurt"
Small: But Paulie gives all of herself away, and so to create a love like that and a person who would give the
"But Paulie gives all of herself away, and so to create a love like that and a person who would give themselves away was what I thought was going to be difficult. I was little scared of such a challenge"
Small: In Wales, its eight different weathers in a day
"In Wales, it's eight different weathers in a day"
Small: I went to college in Ohio, at Ohio University, and I graduated two years ago
"I went to college in Ohio, at Ohio University, and I graduated two years ago"
Small: So it was just funny to read a script that was just similar to what had been going on in my life
"So it was just funny to read a script that was just similar to what had been going on in my life"
Small: Nobody got Punkd and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids were ve
"Nobody got Punk'd and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids were very aware that it was filming and that was his show and they were very much on the lookout for that"
Small: Let me tell you who I am: Im a girl from New Jersey who moved to New York and worked in a bar while try
"Let me tell you who I am: I'm a girl from New Jersey who moved to New York and worked in a bar while trying to make a living at what I really wanted to do, which was act"
Small: I got lost a lot, and I was a really bad waitress... I got lost on the subway
"I got lost a lot, and I was a really bad waitress... I got lost on the subway"
Small: Well, love is confusing at all ages, but especially when youre 17
"Well, love is confusing at all ages, but especially when you're 17"
Small: Ive never been one for sitting on beaches
"I've never been one for sitting on beaches"
Small: Im not lost, they just moved my street
"I'm not lost, they just moved my street"
Small: You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you dont truly love - you keep something ba
"You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you don't truly love - you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever"
Small: It was so much fun to play, that Ive now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now
"It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now"
Small: I think that you love who you love, and there are people who you love that people arent going to unders
"I think that you love who you love, and there are people who you love that people aren't going to understand why, and that sort of doesn't really matter"
Small: There are a lot of people who wait tables. And especially because you can do it at night and you can do
"There are a lot of people who wait tables. And especially because you can do it at night and you can do your work in the day, she and I had a very similar experience"
Small: Thats what I think were all looking for - an honest love wherever you can find it
"That's what I think we're all looking for - an honest love wherever you can find it"
Small: So I started to learn guitar right away
"So I started to learn guitar right away"
Small: I was bookish and dorky in high school, so the best part of this movie was getting to be on the other s
"I was bookish and dorky in high school, so the best part of this movie was getting to be on the other side"
Small: I really like to just jump in a truck with your backpack and just drive and go somewhere
"I really like to just jump in a truck with your backpack and just drive and go somewhere"
Small: But at school, I wasnt athletic, and if youre not athlete in high school, its kind of hard to find your
"But at school, I wasn't athletic, and if you're not athlete in high school, it's kind of hard to find your place, so play practice seemed perfect, especially if you were as uncoordinated as I was"
Small: She tries to get a waitressing job for a while - I mean, shes looking for a while before she finds Coyo
"She tries to get a waitressing job for a while - I mean, she's looking for a while before she finds Coyote Ugly - and it's hard to get a waitressing job in the city"
Small: Its like a blind turn on a highway: You cant see whats coming, so you dont really know how to prepare
"It's like a blind turn on a highway: You can't see what's coming, so you don't really know how to prepare"
Small: It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance
"It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance"
Small: I was never the girl who walked down the centre of the hallway snapping people out of her way
"I was never the girl who walked down the centre of the hallway snapping people out of her way"
Small: I live not too far from it in New York City
"I live not too far from it in New York City"
Small: In Texas its always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky
"In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky"