Piper Perabo - wikipedia Piper Perabo Piper Perabo Perabo at the 2011 San Diego Comic - Con Piper Lisa Perabo ( 1976 - 10 - 31 ) October 31, 1976 ( age 40 ) Dallas, Texas, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1997 -- present Spouse ( s ) Stephen Kay ( m. 2014 ) Piper Lisa Perabo ( / ˈpɛrəˈboʊ / ( listen ) ; born October 31, 1976 ) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing CIA Agent Annie Walker in the spy drama series Covert Affairs, which ran on the USA Network for five seasons between 2010 and 2014. Since her breakthrough starring role in Coyote Ugly ( 2000 ), Perabo has appeared in films such as Cheaper by the Dozen ( 2003 ), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 ( 2005 ), The Prestige ( 2006 ), and Looper ( 2012 ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Stage 4.4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links 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 ( father ) and Norwegian ( mother ) descent ; while her surname is sometimes mistakenly described as Portuguese, it originates in Italy and was first recorded in 1491 in Milan. For prominent members of the original Italian family Perabò see the Villa Perabò in Varese. Members of the Italian Perabo family emigrated to Germany, where Piper Perabo 's paternal grandfather 's family came from. She grew up in Toms River, New Jersey. Perabo 's parents named her after actress Piper Laurie, although `` Piper '' was actually Laurie 's stage name. She is the eldest of three children with two 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 did n't have any representation, she made phone calls on Perabo 's behalf and found her an agent. Career After graduating, Perabo moved to New York, where she worked as a waitress. She also studied acting at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and had roles in various plays. She was cast in her first feature film just a month after moving to the city, Marc Levin 's comedy Whiteboyz. In 2000, she was cast in Coyote Ugly as Violet `` Jersey '' Sanford, for which she won an MTV Movie Award for Best Music Moment for `` One Way or Another ''. She also appeared in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as FBI agent Karen Sympathy. After the success of Coyote Ugly, Perabo decided to move away from blockbusters and focus on independent films. In 2001, she starred in an independent Canadian drama called Lost and Delirious, playing a boarding school student who falls in love with a female classmate. The film received mixed reviews, but her performance was widely praised, with Loren King of the Chicago Tribune calling it her `` breakout performance ''. Entertainment Weekly 's Owen Gleiberman called her `` an actress of glittering ferocity '' and her performance `` a geyser of emotion ''. Jim Lane of the Sacramento News & Review said that `` Perabo is a revelation, wild and fiery -- it 's a breakthrough performance, astonishing in its fervency '', and Roger Ebert praised her performance for its sincerity and `` wonderful abandon and conviction ''. The next year she starred as a French exchange student in the independent comedy Slap Her... She 's French, which was shelved in North America for two years, then released under the new title She Gets What She Wants. The film was released under its original title in Europe. She had a role as the eldest Baker child, Nora, in Cheaper by the Dozen ( 2003 ), a role she reprised in the film 's 2005 sequel. Her other films include The I Inside ( 2003 ), Perfect Opposites ( 2004 ), George and the Dragon ( 2004 ), The Cave ( 2005 ), Imagine Me & You ( 2005 ), Edison ( 2005 ), The Prestige ( 2006 ), and Beverly Hills Chihuahua ( 2008 ). She appeared as a nutritionist on the Fox show House, in an episode entitled `` Resignation ''. In 2008, Perabo made her Off - Broadway debut in the Neil LaBute play Reasons to Be Pretty. As the play 's run was coming to an end, she read the script for the USA Network television spy series Covert Affairs : `` I was reading movie scripts and I was n't finding anything that was really speaking to me and my agent suggested that I read ( the Covert Affairs script ). And I had n't thought about doing television, but when I read it, it kind of changed everything for me. She 's such a powerful character, she 's so smart, the action is so intense, and I really thought it would be fun to do. '' The following year, she was cast as CIA agent Annie Walker, the lead character in Covert Affairs. In August 2010, Perabo injured her knee filming an episode of Covert Affairs. After the finale of the first season it was announced that the second season would begin in summer of 2011. For her work on Covert Affairs, she received a nomination for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Television Series Drama. Perabo broke her leg the day before shooting finished for the second season finale of Covert Affairs. The series ran for five seasons, from 2010 to 2015. In September 2012, Perabo had a supporting role in the time travel thriller Looper. In December 2012, she was cast as a recurring character on the sitcom Go On. Her character, Simone, is a former member of Matthew Perry 's character 's support group, returning to the group and becoming his love interest. Perabo was originally scheduled to appear in three episodes, but this was increased to four. Perabo next had a starring role in the thriller Into the Grizzly Maze. She starred as Julia George in the ABC TV series Notorious in 2016. Personal life In 2013, she became engaged to Stephen Kay, director and writer of film and television. They married on July 26, 2014 in New York City. 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 for LGBT rights. 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. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Single Spaced The Dame Short film 1999 Knuckleface Jones That Girl Short film 1999 Whiteboyz Sara 2000 Coyote Ugly Violet `` Jersey '' Sanford 2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle FBI Agent Karen Sympathy 2000 Followers Girl at Party 2001 Lost and Delirious Pauline `` Paulie '' Oster 2002 Slap Her... She 's French Genevieve Le Plouff Also known as She Gets What She Wants 2002 Flowers Iris 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen Nora Baker Perfect Opposites Julia Bishop The I Inside Anna George and the Dragon Princess Luna 2005 Edison Willow Summerfield 2005 Karas : The Prophecy Yurine Voice English version 2005 The Cave Charlie 2005 Imagine Me & You Rachel 2005 Good Morning Baby Gabriella Short film 2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Nora Baker - McNulty 2005 Perception Jen 2006 10th & Wolf Brandy 2006 First Snow Deirdre 2006 The Prestige Julia McCullough 2007 Because I Said So Mae Wilder 2007 In Vivid Detail Leslie Short film 2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Rachel Ashe 2008 The Lazarus Project Lisa Garvey 2009 Sordid Things Tabitha White 2009 Carriers Bobby Ashes Bettina 2012 Looper Suzie 2015 Into the Grizzly Maze Michelle 2017 Black Butterfly Laura Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 House Honey Episode : `` Resignation '' 2008 Backdrop NYC Leslie Segment : `` In Vivid Detail '' 2008 The Prince of Motor City Meg Riley Television film 2009 Law & Order : Criminal Intent Calista Haslum Episode : `` Folie à Deux '' 2010 -- 14 Covert Affairs CIA Agent Annie Walker Lead role ; 75 episodes 2013 Go On Simone 4 episodes 2016 Notorious Julia George Lead role ; 10 episodes Stage Year Title Role Notes 2008 Reasons to Be Pretty Carly Lucille Lortel Theatre 2015 Lost Girls Maggie Lucille Lortel Theatre Awards and nominations Year Award Work Result 2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Female - Newcomer Coyote Ugly Nominated 2001 MTV Movie Award Best Music Moment Coyote Ugly Won 2001 MTV Movie Award Breakthrough Female Performance Coyote Ugly Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie : Liplock ( shared with Ashton Kutcher ) Cheaper by the Dozen Nominated 2006 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Nominated 2011 Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama Covert Affairs Nominated 2011 Gracie Award Outstanding Female Actor in a Breakthrough Role Covert Affairs Won 2017 People 's Choice Award Favorite Actress in a New TV Series Notorious Nominated References Jump up ^ `` Piper Perabo News, Piper Perabo Bio and Photos ''. TVGuide.com. Retrieved April 30, 2012. Jump up ^ Gelman, Vlada ( January 6, 2015 ). `` USA Network Cancels Covert Affairs ''. TVLine. United States : Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved January 6, 2015. Jump up ^ According to the State of Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903 -- 1997. At Ancestry.com ^ Jump up to : Curiel, Jonathan ( September 8, 2002 ). `` Putting the right accent on a career / `` Coyote Ugly 's ' Piper Perabo switches genres with `` Slap Her... She 's French ' ''. The San Francisco Chronicle. Jump up ^ `` View of villa Perabò which belonged to the noblemen Gabrio and Giuseppe Perabò from Varese ''. Jump up ^ Piper Perabo - Biography - IMDb Jump up ^ `` Piper Perabo interview with Craig Ferguson ''. Jump up ^ `` Piper Perabo interviewed on Craig Ferguson Show ''. Jump up ^ O'Sullivan, Eleanor. `` COYOTE BEAUTIFUL Toms River 's Piper Perabo finds herself in ` Lost and Delirous ' '', Asbury Park Press, July 8, 2001. Accessed February 3, 2011. `` Perabo, who grew up in Toms River and graduated in 1994 from Toms River High School North, stars in Lost and Delirious, a gritty drama about the love affair between two adolescent schoolmates at a posh Canadian boarding school. '' Jump up ^ `` Hollywood actress returns to OHIO for guest lecture ''. Outlook. January 11, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Alumna Piper Perabo nominated for Golden Globe ''. Oio.edu h. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Alumna Piper Perabo nominated for Golden Globe ''. Oio.edu. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ Jae - Ha Kim ( September 2002 ). `` Piper Perabo ''. Chicago Sun - Times. Retrieved 6 April 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Piper Perabo ''. Broadway.com. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Piper Perabo, ' Covert Affairs ' Star, On The Biggest Misconception About Women In Hollywood ''. The Huffington Post. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ Elizabeth Gilbert ( July 2000 ). `` Piper Pours a Pint ''. GQ. Retrieved 6 April 2013. ^ Jump up to : Melissa Kory ( 1 March 2010 ). `` The Blast Interview : Piper Perabo ''. Blast Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` MTV Movie Awards ''. Mtv. June 2, 2001. Retrieved April 30, 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Exclusive Interview : Piper Perabo for `` Slap Her, She 's French '' ``. DarkHorizons.com. 29 August 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lost and Delirious ''. murphysmoviereviews. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` ` Lost ' a welcome break from summer 's light fare ''. Chicago Tribune. 13 July 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lost and Delirious ( 2001 ) ''. Entertainment Weekly. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lost and Delirious ''. Sacramento News & Review. 23 August 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` LOST AND DELIRIOUS ''. RogerEbert.com. 13 July 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2013. Jump up ^ Antrim, Taylor. `` Staging Around ''. style.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2009. Jump up ^ Brian Gallagher ( 12 July 2010 ). `` Piper Perabo Takes Us Inside the Spy World of Covert Affairs ''. Movieweb.com. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ Emma Brown ( 25 June 2010 ). `` In Between Scenes with Covert Affairs ' Piper Perabo ''. RTVW. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Development Update : Thursday, July 2 ''. The Futon Critic. July 2, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Covert Affairs ''. USA Network. Retrieved August 13, 2010. Jump up ^ Natalie Finn ( August 19, 2010 ). `` Piper Perabo 's Not So Covert Knee Injury ''. E ! Online. Retrieved April 13, 2012. Jump up ^ `` The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards NOMINATIONS OFFICIAL WEBSITE of the HFPA and the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS ''. Goldenglobes.org. December 14, 2010. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Actress Piper Perabo Breaks Leg In TV Show Stunt ''. Cinemablend.com. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ Gelman, Vlada ( January 6, 2015 ). `` USA Network Cancels Covert Affairs ''. TVLine. Retrieved January 6, 2015. Jump up ^ `` ' Covert Affairs ' Star Piper Perabo Books Arc on NBC 's ' Go On ' ''. The Hollywood Reporter. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Piper Perabo Joins Thomas Jane And Billy Bob Thornton In Red Machine ''. Cinemablend. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael ( October 25, 2016 ). `` Notorious ' Season 1 Order Cut at ABC ''. TVLine. Retrieved December 13, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Piper Perabo and Stephen Kay Tie the Knot ''. People. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014. Jump up ^ Lee, Michael J ( 22 March 2007 ). `` Piper Perabo ''. Interview. Radio Free Entertainment. Jump up ^ `` NEW GIVE A DAMN PSAs PREMIERE ON THE USA NETWORK TODAY ! ''. Give a Damn Campaign. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2015 - 10 - 19. Jump up ^ Emma Brown. `` PIPER PERABO 'S CULINARY AFFAIRS ''. Interview Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013. Jump up ^ Emma Brown ( January 27, 2006 ). `` Piper Perabo From `` Coyote Ugly '' ``. ClubPlanet. Retrieved 6 April 2013. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piper Perabo. 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