Anna Faris

Anna Faris: Biography in Details

Who is Anna Faris?

Anna Faris is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough came with the role of Cindy Campbell in Scary Movie, which spawned a film franchise.

She appeared in the subsequent 3 sequels of the movie, with her last appearance being in the fourth installment, released in 2006.

Anna received critical praise for her role in Smiley Face and then starred in The House Bunny, which earned her an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Comedic Performance.

Faris has played Christy Plunkett on the CBS sitcom Mom since 2013. The show has earned the actress further critical and popular acclaim and 2 People’s Choice Award nominations.

Who are the parents of Anna Faris?

Anna was born Anna Kay Faris in Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday, November 29th, 1976, to Karen and Jack Faris.

Her father, Jack Faris was the vice president of internal communication at Washington University then later he shifted to the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association.

Her mother, Karen was a teacher at Seaview Elementary School in Edmonds. Anna is an American by nationality. She has a mixed ethnicity in English, German, Scottish, French, Dutch, and Welsh.

As regards Anna’s childhood, Her family moved to Edmonds, Washington, when she was 6 years old. Faris has an older brother, Robert. He is a professor and sociologist at California University.

Education, School/College University

Faris attended Edmonds-Woodway High School, graduating in 1994. She then attended the University of Washington and earned a degree in English literature in 1999.

Anna Faris: Professional Life, Career

She gave her first professional acting performance when she was 9. She went on to play the title character in Heidi and Rebecca in Our Town.

Faris’ first major film role came shortly after college with Lovers Lane (1999), in which she played an ill-fated cheerleader.

Faris’s break-out role came in 2000 when she starred in the horror-comedy parody film Scary Movie, portraying Cindy Campbell. It marked her first starring credit, as she had only appeared in small and supporting parts in theater plays and low-budgeted features until then.

For her performance, she received nominations for the Breakthrough Female Performance and Best Kiss Awards at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards. Faris subsequently reprised her role in Scary Movies 2 and 3 also.

Her next film appearance was in a supporting role in the indie horror May. Later in 2002, she starred in The Hot Chick. Afterward, Faris debuted on the last season of the sitcom Friends.

She filmed a small part in Brokeback Mountain in 2004. In 2005, she appeared in the comedies Waiting… and Just Friends.

The role in the latter earned her nominations for 1 MTV Movie Award and 2 Teen Choice Awards.

She played Cindy Campbell for the fourth and final time in Scary Movie 4, which opened on April 14, 2006. Later in 2006, she appeared in My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

Faris headlined Smiley Face in 2007. She subsequently was cast in Mama’s Boy. In 2008, she had the starring role in The House Bunny. She appeared as Shelley, a former Playboy bunny.

She was nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance. Faris’ first movie of 2009 was Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. She then co-starred in Observe and Report.

Faris’ retro comedy Take Me Home Tonight, received a wide theatrical release in 2011. She then obtained a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Actress – Comedy.

Later that year, she starred and served as executive producer of What’s Your Number? She followed this movie with a voice-over reprise in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.

In 2012, she played Zoey in the political satire The Dictator. Faris won the Star of the Year Award at the National Association of Theatre Owners.

Her first 2013 release was Movie 43. In the British romantic comedy I Give It a Year, she had the supporting role of Chloe. In 2013, she was cast in the main role of the series Mom.

For her work on the show, Faris was nominated for 1 Prism Award and 2 People’s Choice Awards. Faris reprised her voice role in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.

In 2014, she had an uncredited cameo in the closing-credits sequence of 22 Jump Street.

She launched Anna Faris is Unqualified, in November 2015, and reprised the voice-over role in The Road Chip. In the 2016 action-comedy Keanu, Faris has a brief appearance as an exaggerated version of herself.

In 2016, Faris stars in the music video for “Hold On To Me”.

Anna Faris: Net Worth, Salary

Anna has an estimated net worth of around $20 million(2017). According to 2023, her net worth is estimated to be $30 million.

For the series, Mom earned $125,000 per episode in the first and second seasons. Later, the show started getting good TRP and from the third season, her income became $200,000 per episode.

Is Anna Faris involved in any rumors and controversies?

There were rumors that Anna Faris accused her ex-husband Chris Pratt cheated on her. On the sets of Passengers, Chris was really close to his co-actor, Jennifer Lawrence.

So, Anna was insecure about the thought of her husband cheating on her. Recently, the couple split and after the rumors about Jennifer Lawrence, the other reason for the couple’s split is rumored to be Chris’s career.

Due to his career, he is not able to handle his wife and kids and also there are rumors that he does not want to expand his family.

Back in 2016, Anna has been in controversy due to her adopted pet. The controversy was due to the violated agreement with the owner of the dog(pet).

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Anna has a slim body with a height of  5 feet 4 inches and a weight of 54 kg.

Her hair color is Blonde and her eye color is blue.

She has a figure of 34-24-34 inches, so her dress size is 4(US) and shoe size is 8(US). She wears a bra size of 32C.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Anna is active on social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. She has many fans and fan pages too.

Her followers on Facebook are more than 3.1m, on Twitter, more than 489.7k and on Instagram, around 2.1 million followers.

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