Piper Perabo
Biography: Piper Lisa Perabo (born October 31, 1976) is a Golden Globe Award nominated American stage, film and television actress. Since her breakthrough role in Coyote Ugly (2000), she has appeared in films such as Lost and Delirious (2001), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), The Prestige (2006), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008), and Looper (2012). Since 2010, she has played Annie Walker on the USA Network series Covert Affairs, for which she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Early life Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Mary Charlotte (née Ulland), a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a professor of poetry at Ocean County College. She is of English, German, Irish, and Norwegian descent; while her surname is sometimes described as Portuguese, it originates in Germany, where her paternal grandfather's family came from. She grew up in Toms River, New Jersey. Perabo's parents named her after actress Piper Laurie. She has two younger brothers: Noah (born 1979) and Adam (born 1981). She graduated from Toms River High School North in 1994, and earned a bachelor's degree in theater from Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University in 1998. She also studied Latin, physics, and poetry in her final year. Perabo was first noticed a year before she graduated from university. She was in New York City, visiting her then-boyfriend, and accompanied him to an audition. Casting director Denise Fitzgerald spotted her and asked her to read for a part. She was not cast, but when Fitzgerald found out that she didn't have any representation, she made phone calls on Perabo's behalf and found her an agent. Personal life Perabo has been close friends with actress Lena Headey since they starred together in the 2005 films The Cave and Imagine Me & You. She speaks fluent French, and is an advocate of LGBT rights. As of 2013, she is engaged to Stephen Kay.She is the part-owner of the prohibition-themed bar Employees Only in West Village, Manhattan, which opened in 2005, and the restaurant Jack's Wife Freda in SoHo, Lower Manhattan, which opened in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Piper Perabo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Known For
The Prestige
2006-10-17
The Prestige
Overview: A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-17
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Because I Said So
2007-02-02
Because I Said So
Overview: In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-02
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Imagine Me & You
2006-01-27
Imagine Me & You
Overview: During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-27
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Edison
2005-07-29
Edison
Overview: In the troubled city of Edison, a young journalist, his jaded editor, and an honest investigator from the district attorney's office join forces to gather evidence against corrupt members of an elite police unit.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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Cheaper by the Dozen
2003-12-24
Cheaper by the Dozen
Overview: The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-24
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George and the Dragon
2004-03-28
George and the Dragon
Overview: In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of a peaceful life on his own piece of land. However, in order to obtain his land from the ruling King Edgaar, he must help find the King's missing daughter, Princess Lunna, a quest which sees George drawn into an unexpected battle with the kingdom's last surviving dragon.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-28
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Slap Her... She's French
2002-02-07
Slap Her... She's French
Overview: Welcome to Splendona High School, Texas, where football players, cheerleaders and beauty queens rule the hallways. And Starla Grady, the most popular girl in school, is on top of it all. That is, at least until Genevieve LePlouff, a French foreign exchange student arrives and turns her life upside down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-07
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The I Inside
2004-03-21
The I Inside
Overview: When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the last two years from his memory. He learns that his brother was killed, he has married a woman he doesn't remember and he's haunted by strange visions of the woman he loved.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-21
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Coyote Ugly
2000-07-30
Coyote Ugly
Overview: Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-30
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The Cave
2005-08-26
The Cave
Overview: After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While exploring deeper into the underwater caves, a rockslide blocks their exit, and they soon discover a larger carnivorous creature has added them to its food chain.
Genres: Action Adventure Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-26
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Sordid Things
2009-04-18
Sordid Things
Overview: A wealthy couple hires their cousin to be the surrogate for the child they are unable to have on their own, but chaos ensues when the woman holds the baby hostage for ransom. In this vicious game of cat and mouse, unlikely alliances are forged and nothing is ever what it seems.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-18
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Carriers
2009-09-04
Carriers
Overview: A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roads of the American West on their way to a secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal their fates.
Genres: Action Drama Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-04
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10th & Wolf
2006-02-19
10th & Wolf
Overview: A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-19
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005-12-21
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Overview: Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-21
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The Lazarus Project
2008-10-24
The Lazarus Project
Overview: After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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Whiteboyz
1999-09-10
Whiteboyz
Overview: In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-10
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008-10-03
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Overview: A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-03
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Perfect Opposites
2004-02-06
Perfect Opposites
Overview: The story of two college graduates from the Midwest who move to Los Angeles, where their love is tested for the first time.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-06
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First Snow
2006-05-05
First Snow
Overview: A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-05
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Lost and Delirious
2001-01-21
Lost and Delirious
Overview: After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-21
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000-06-30
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Overview: Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon show. Boris and Natasha somehow manage to crossover into reality and team up with Fearless Leader, an evil criminal turned media mogul with some evil plans up his sleeve. Rocky and Bullwinkle must stop the three of them before they wreak havoc.
Genres: Family Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-30
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Looper
2012-09-26
Looper
Overview: In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-26
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Single Spaced
1997-09-13
Single Spaced
Overview: Single Spaced shouts a tale of a portly lad on the brink of shutting himself off from reality. An update of every film noir since the 1930's in roughly 16 minutes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-13
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Knuckleface Jones
1999-09-30
Knuckleface Jones
Overview: Just as things start to turn ugly, a new folk hero emerges from the butthole of America. Knuckleface Jones is a tale of broken hearts and empty bladders, a story of hope and misshapen boobies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-30
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Perception
2005-01-01
Perception
Overview: When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her - like she did them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
2007-02-20
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
Overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Prestige" (2006).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-20
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Into the Grizzly Maze
2015-02-27
Into the Grizzly Maze
Overview: Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-27
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Ashes
2011-03-05
Ashes
Overview: A young Indian man struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill brother... but their lives are unraveling and he falls in with the wrong crowd.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-05
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The Prince of Motor City
2008-07-09
The Prince of Motor City
Overview: A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-09
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Good Morning Baby
2005-11-16
Good Morning Baby
Overview: A short film featured in Glamour Magazine’s short film series, "Reel Moments."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-16
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Followers
2000-10-13
Followers
Overview: Inspired by a series of actual racial hazing incidents, 'Followers' focuses on three friends who want to pledge an exclusive fraternity. The friendship disintegrates when one of the friends is not accepted because he is black. To test the loyalty of the two white friends, the fraternity president forces them to target their African American friend through a series of dangerous, racially motivated hazing incidents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-13
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In Vivid Detail
2007-04-29
In Vivid Detail
Overview: In Vivid Detail is the unusual love story between Leslie and Justin, an architect who suffers from Prosopagnosia, a neurological disorder that makes him incapable of recognizing faces. The couple must decide whether their new relationship can overcome the obstacles ahead of them as they try to cope with this bizarre but real condition, meanwhile raising the questions about how beauty is measured.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-29
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Black Butterfly
2017-05-26
Black Butterfly
Overview: Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-26
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Spontaneous
2020-10-02
Spontaneous
Overview: When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-02
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Angel Has Fallen
2019-08-21
Angel Has Fallen
Overview: After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-21
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Tough Love
2018-07-31
Tough Love
Overview: A couple on a date are trapped in a car and experience a lifetime of marriage over the course of one night.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-31
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Adam
Adam
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
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