Anna Kay Faris (born November 29, 1976) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as her lead roles in The Hot Chick (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Just Friends (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Smiley Face (2007), and The House Bunny (2008). She also provided voice acting in the animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and Yogi Bear (2010).

Anna Faris

Personal Quotes

I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted.

I don’t really like to go out to clubs or anything. It’s just not my style. I’d much rather go to a dive bar or a local place. I just don’t love feeling awful, having to tell people, “Hi, yeah, I was in Scary Movie (2000). Do you mind if we come in?” I mean, it’s so awkward.

I never imagined being able to make money from acting – and now I can.

They’ve [the Scary Movie series] given me a career but they’ve also sort of boxed me in. What really surprised me when I first moved here is that the industry thought of actors as either comedic or dramatic. And I’m still confused. I understand that maybe some people are better at one or the other, but I can’t understand why it’s so divided. I’ve been able to chip away at that a bit; I think it gets easier as my body of work expands.

Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She’s a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.

[on doing another Scary Movie (2000) sequel] After Scary Movie 3 (2003), I was like, ‘no I’m done,’ but then I had so much fun making [Scary Movie 4 (2006)] that I think that I would. I would definitely be open to doing it.

I was never the class clown or anything like that. When I was growing up and doing theatre in Seattle I was always doing very dramatic work. Now I can’t get a dramatic role to save my life!