---
name: "Piper Perabo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/piper-perabo"
fi1m_id: "piper-perabo"
imdb_id: "nm0005305"
tmdb_id: 15555
wikidata_id: "Q228868"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 October 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T04:06:35.343818+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Piper Perabo

## Identity

Piper Perabo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/piper-perabo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** piper-perabo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005305
- **TMDB ID:** 15555
- **Wikidata ID:** Q228868
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Perabo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15555

Actor. Born 31 October 1976 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 October 1976, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2012
- **Also known as:** Piper Lisa Perabo
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (2), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Music 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $271m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Perabo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15555

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Looper*](https://film.one/film/looper.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Piper Perabo is an American actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey. She graduated with a BFA in theatre from Ohio University in 1998.

Perabo's breakthrough came with the role of Violet Sanford in *Coyote Ugly* (2000). She has appeared in films including *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2003), *The Prestige* (2006) as Julia McCullough, *Looper* (2012) and *Angel Has Fallen* (2019). On television she played Annie Walker in *Covert Affairs* (2010–2014), earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series, and has recurred in *Yellowstone* (2018–) as Summer Higgins.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Looper* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Suzie — [page](https://film.one/film/looper.md)
- *The Prestige* (2006), Fi1m 82, as Julia McCullough — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)
- *Coyote Ugly* (2000), Fi1m 38, as Violet Sanford (Jersey) — [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-ugly.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Butterfly* (2025), series, as Juno Lund
- *Peak Everything* (2025), as Tina
- *The Hunting Party* (2025), series, as Colette Akins
- *The Big Leap* (2021), series, as Paula Clark
- *Spontaneous* (2020), as Angela
- *Penny Dreadful: City of Angels* (2020), series, as Linda Craft
- *Angel Has Fallen* (2019), as Leah Banning
- *Turn Up Charlie* (2019), series, as Sara
- *Tough Love* (2018), as Woman
- *Yellowstone* (2018), series, as Summer Higgins
- *Black Butterfly* (2017), as Laura
- *Notorious* (2016), series, as Julia George
- *Billions* (2016), series, as Andy Salter
- *Into the Grizzly Maze* (2015), as Michelle
- *Looper* (2012), as Suzie — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/looper.md)
- *Go On* (2012), series, as Simone
- *Ashes* (2011), as Bettina
- *Covert Affairs* (2010), series, as Annie Walker
- *Carriers* (2009), as Bobby
- *Sordid Things* (2009), as Tabitha White
- *The Lazarus Project* (2008), as Lisa Garvey
- *Beverly Hills Chihuahua* (2008), as Rachel Ashe Lynn
- *The Prince of Motor City* (2008), as Meg Riley
- *Indie Sex: Teens* (2008), Actor
- *In Vivid Detail* (2007), as Leslie
- *Because I Said So* (2007), as Mae
- *The Prestige* (2006), as Julia McCullough — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)
- *First Snow* (2006), as Deirdre
- *10th & Wolf* (2006), as Brandy
- *Imagine Me & You* (2006), as Rachel
- *Cheaper by the Dozen 2* (2005), as Nora Baker-McNulty
- *Good Morning Baby* (2005), as Gabriella
- *The Cave* (2005), as Charlie
- *Edison* (2005), as Willow
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Jenna Gatlin — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Perception* (2005), as Jen
- *House* (2004), series, as Honey — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *George and the Dragon* (2004), as Princess Lunna
- *The I Inside* (2004), as Anna
- *Perfect Opposites* (2004), as Julia Bishop
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2003), as Nora Baker
- *Slap Her... She's French* (2002), as Genevieve Le Plouff
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Calista Haslum
- *Lost and Delirious* (2001), as Pauline 'Paulie' Oster
- *Followers* (2000), as Girl at Party
- *Coyote Ugly* (2000), as Violet Sanford (Jersey) — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-ugly.md)
- *The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle* (2000), as Karen Sympathy
- *Knuckleface Jones* (1999), as That Girl
- *Whiteboyz* (1999), as Sara
- *Single Spaced* (1997), as The Dame
- *ANSWR*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Piper Perabo](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-7e06a68f4e50.jpg) Piper Perabo — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Piper_Perabo_at_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_4.jpg/1280px-Piper_Perabo_at_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![TCA 2010](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-c545bf177a5f.jpg) TCA 2010 — Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Christopher_Gorham_and_Piper_Perabo.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Gorham_and_Piper_Perabo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![TCA 2010](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-702e50490394.jpg) TCA 2010 — Christopher_Gorham_and_Piper_Perabo.jpg: Greg Hernandez
derivative work: Bluedogtn (talk), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/PiperPerabo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Piper Perabo at the 2011 Comic-Con in San Diego.](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-5daad327ba40.jpg) Piper Perabo at the 2011 Comic-Con in San Diego. — Rach, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Piper_Perabo_Comic-Con_2%2C_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Piper Perabo](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-8c4448c28978.jpg) Piper Perabo — Image via TMDB
- ![Piper Perabo](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-a055298a9521.jpg) Piper Perabo — Image via TMDB
- ![Piper Perabo](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-594024c9f3b7.jpg) Piper Perabo — Image via TMDB
- ![Piper Perabo at the 2011 Comic-Con in San Diego.](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-3dc61a9e448f.jpg) Piper Perabo at the 2011 Comic-Con in San Diego. — Rach, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Piper_Perabo_Comic-Con_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Piper Perabo at the 2011 Comic-Con in San Diego.](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-aadfcc379163.jpg) Piper Perabo at the 2011 Comic-Con in San Diego. — Keith McDuffee, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Piper_Perabo_Comic-Con_3%2C_2011.jpg/1280px-Piper_Perabo_Comic-Con_3%2C_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Piper Perabo](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-b257f809dd4e.jpg) Piper Perabo — Image via TMDB
- ![Piper Perabo](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-2be29cb064c2.jpg) Piper Perabo — Image via TMDB
- ![Piper Perabo](https://film.one/media/person/99188/gallery-17b01bc8ded2.jpg) Piper Perabo — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2010: Best Actress – Television Series Drama (nominated), for *Covert Affairs*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance 2001: MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance (nominated), for *Coyote Ugly*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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