Anna Faris

Anna Faris is an actress and comedian best known for her roles in the Scary Movie franchise, The House Bunny and the sitcom Mom. Faris was raised in Edmonds, Washington, and, at age 6, she began taking drama classes. She made her professional stage debut at age 9. She graduated from Edmonds Woodway High School in 1994 and earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Washington in 1999.

Faris made her film debut in Lovers Lane in 2000 before landing her breakthrough role as Cindy Campbell in Scary Movie in 2000. The role established her as a comedy star and she reprised the character in several sequels. She went on to build a film career with projects including Lost in Translation (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Just Friends (2005), The House Bunny (2008), What’s Your Number? (2011) and Overboard (2018). She has also done voice work for characters in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and Alvin and the Chipmunks (2009) franchises.

On television, Faris starred as Christy Plunkett on CBS’ Mom from 2013 to 2020. She also created and hosted the podcast “Anna Faris Is Unqualified” from 2015 to 2023. In 2026, she appeared in the drama I, Object.

Faris married actor Ben Indra in 2004 and they divorced in 2008. She married actor Chris Pratt in 2009 and they welcomed son Jack Pratt in 2012. The couple separated in 2017 and finalized their divorce in 2018. She began dating cinematographer Michael Barrett in 2017 and they married in 2021.