'''Anna Kay Faris''' (born November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American actress, best known for her roles in the ''
Scary Movie'' films as Cindy Campbell.
Faris, the daughter of Jack (of Scottish/Irish descent) and Karen (of German, English and French descent), grew up in Edmonds, Washington, north of Seattle. Her parents encouraged her to pursue acting when she was young and she gave her first professional acting performance at age 9 at the Seattle Repertory Theater. After attending Edmonds Woodway High School, she studied English literature at the University of Washington and lived for awhile in London.
Her first significant film role was in the independent production ''
Lovers Lane'' (1999). Her breakout role was the horror film parody ''
Scary Movie'' (2000). The 5'5" Faris is a natural blonde, but dyed her hair black for the filming of ''
Scary Movie'', leading to the misconception that she is a brunette.
In 2004, Faris married actor Ben Indra,
[Krug, Kurt Anthony, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002943211_faris21.html "Edmonds actress having fun with 'Scary' movies, growing career", ''The Seattle Times'', April 21, 2006. Accessed August 12, 2006.] whom she met while working on ''
Lovers Lane''
[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/faris%20loved%20starring%20in%20.awful%20movie. "Faris loved starring in 'awful movie'" contactmusic.com, January 23, 2004. Accessed August 12, 2006.] and had dated since 1999.
Faris currently stars with Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson in the feature film ''My Super Ex-Girlfriend,'' released on July 21, 2006. She also has two films in the works, ''Mama's Boy'' with Jeff Daniels and Diane Keaton, and ''Smiley Face'' with Adam Brody and John Cho.
Filmography
*''Smiley Face (2007)
*''Mama's Boy (2006)
*''My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) ... as Hannah
*''Scary Movie 4'' (2006) ... as Cindy Campbell
*''
Just Friends'' (2005) ... as Samantha James
*''
Brokeback Mountain'' (2005) ... as LaShawn Malone
*''
Southern Belles'' (2005) ... as Belle
*''
Waiting...'' (2005) ... as Serena
*''
Friends'' (2004) ... as Erica (TV)
*''Lost in Translation'' (2003) ... as Kelly
*''
Scary Movie 3'' (2003) ... as Cindy Campbell
*''
The Hot Chick'' (2002) ... as April
*''Sheer Bliss'' (2002) ... as Justine
**... aka ''Snow Job'' (2002) (USA)
**... aka ''Winter Break'' (2003) (USA: DVD title)
*''
May'' (2002) ... as Polly
*''
Scary Movie 2'' (2001) ... as Cindy Campbell
**... aka ''Scarier Movie'' (2001) (UK)
*''
Scary Movie'' (2000) ... as Cindy Campbell
*''
Lovers Lane'' (1999) ... as Janelle
**... aka ''I'm Still Waiting for You'' (1999) (UK: DVD title)
*''
Eden'' (1996) ... as Dithy
*''Deception: A Mother's Secret'' (1991) .... as
