Anna Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland and studied English literature at the University of Washington. Faris' breakthrough role came in 2000, in the parody movie, Scary Movie, and then starred in all of the other Scary Movie films. In addition, Faris has also starred in The Hot Chick, Lost in Translation, Waiting..., Just Friends, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, The House Bunny, What's Your Number, and Movie 43.
Faris has also made numerous television guest appearances, including as the recurring character Erica on Friends and as herself in Entourage.