Full Name: Anna Kay Faris
Nickname: Anna Banana
Height: 5’5” (1.65m)
Date of birth: November 29th, 1976
Current age: 29
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Eye colour: Dark blue
Favourite movies: To kill a Mockingbird, Cujo and Scream 3
Favourite Food: Italian
Education: University of Washington
Family: Mother – Karen Faris
Father – Jack Faris
Brother – Robert Faris
Celebrity Relationships: Ben Indra (Actor and producer)
Occupation: Actress
Filmography:Scary Movie 5 (2008) playing Cindy Campbell
Smiley Face (2007)
Mama's Boy (2006)
My Super ex-girlfriend (2006) playing Hannah
Scary Movie 4 (2006) playing Cindy Campbell
Just friends (2005) playing Samantha James
3 & 3 (2005) playing Jane Connelly
Brokeback Mountain (2005) playing LaShawn Malone
Waiting … (2005) playing Serena
Southern
Belles (2005) playing Belle
Spelling Bee (2004) playing Jane Connelly
Scary movie 3 (2003) playing Cindy Campbell
Lost in Translation (2003) playing Kelly
Winter Break (2003) playing Justine
The Hot Chick (2002) playing April Thomas
May (2002) playing Polly
Scary Movie 2 (2001) playing Cindy Campbell
Scary Movie (2000) playing Cindy Campbell
Lovers Lane (1999) playing Jannelle Bay
Eden (1996) playing Dithy
Deception: A Mother’s Secret (1991) playing Liz
Her family History: Her parents always encouraged Anna to act and even gave her unlimited access to
the family video camera when she was younger to record herself and so that she could set up her own plays with the neighbourhood
children. They also encouraged her to read and use her imagination.
Interesting facts about Anna:
Her name is actually pronounced “Ahhna”
Anna blasted claims in 2003 that her annoying character
in ‘Lost in translation’ is based on Cameron Diaz saying “I think that rumour started with some
early review of a European tabloid, and I feel really bad because I really like Cameron Diaz and it feels like I've insulted
this woman I really admire. I never wanted to imitate anybody”
Anna takes all of her fans to heart and tries her best to
thank all of the reporters
Her natural hair colour is dark blonde, she had to die
it black during the production of ‘Scary Movie’ to give her character a Neve Campbellish look
Anna kicked off her acting career in her local theatre
when she was 9 years old, this was also her first paid acting job at the Seattle Repertory Theatre
She was originally cast for the role of Buffy Gilmore
in ‘Scary Movie’ before she ended up being put in the role of Cindy Campbell
Anna wasn’t even sure if acting was something
she wanted to pursue, she just took a role in a low-budget film for some extra spending money and experience
She worked at an advertising agency when she was in
University
She wants to eventually play a vixen and she also wants
to make our youth more educated and encourage them to read
She was nominated for best kiss in ‘Scary Movie’
in 2001 at the MTV Movie awards which she shared with Jon Abrahams
Anna was nominated for Breakthrough Female performance
at MTV Movie awards in 2001 for ‘Scary Movie’
She was raised in Seattle, Washington, USA
She has been married to Actor and producer Ben Indra
since 1999
Anna studied a Bachelors degree in English Literature
at the University of Washington, she graduated in 1999
Scary Movie, which she starred as Cindy Campbell had the
largest opening for an R rated movie in the US and earned over $140,000,000 at the box office
Anna has played a part in many commercials and theatrical
performances in her home town
Anna originally moved to London to work and write but
after filming ‘Lover’s lane’ and the short film ‘Skanks’ at the age of 21 Anna decided to give
Los Angeles a try
Her agent when she moved to LA was the Gersh agency
where she started getting scripts
When trying to get cast for ‘Scary Movie’ Anna
sent in a video tape of herself from Seattle, finally after narrowing out thousands of girls, Anna was cast as Cindy
Campbell
Anna shooted projects such as ‘ Love’s unlimited
Orchestra’, ‘Saphron Burrows’ and ‘Dog days’ but neither production aired as they all fell through
Anna has made several TV appearances and had a role in
Friends playing Birth mother Erica
Anna was ranked #57 on the Maxim Hot 100 list of 2004
Anna is of Scottish, Irish, English, German and French
descent
Anna’s Personal Quotes:
"I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted."
“I don't really like to go out to clubs or anything. It's just not my style.
I'd much rather go to a dive bar or a local place. I just don't love
feeling awful, having to tell people, "Hi, yeah, I was in 'Scary Movie.' Do you mind if we come in?" I mean, it's so awkward.”
About playing Cindy Campbell - “I love it. She is one of my favorite characters because
she has such great intentions but she's too crazy to follow through with them”
"May" was really fun to make- I only worked about four days on it, so it wasn't anything like making a studio
film - but it was fun. It was very low-budget. I kept thinking "I wonder what this film is going to be like?" I wanted to play a role that was different than anything I'd ever done before. It was such a surprise when it got into Sundance
and then it sold the first night. You should have seen the Sundance audience though they were crazy - they laughed the
whole way through. Angela Bettis is great - she's so talented and I really like Lucky.”
