<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1997--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Stephen Kay (m . 2014) </Td> </Tr> <P> Piper Lisa Perabo (/ ˈpɛrəˈboʊ / (listen); born October 31, 1976) is an American film and television actress . She is best known for playing CIA Agent Annie Walker in the spy drama series Covert Affairs, which ran on the USA Network for five seasons between 2010 and 2014 . Since her breakthrough starring role in Coyote Ugly (2000), Perabo has appeared in films such as Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), The Prestige (2006), and Looper (2012). </P> <P> Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Mary Charlotte (née Ulland), a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a professor of poetry at Ocean County College . She is of English, German, Irish (father) and Norwegian (mother) descent; while her surname is sometimes mistakenly described as Portuguese, it originates in Italy and was first recorded in 1491 in Milan . For prominent members of the original Italian family Perabò see the Villa Perabò in Varese . Members of the Italian Perabo family emigrated to Germany, where Piper Perabo's paternal grandfather's family came from . She grew up in Toms River, New Jersey . </P>

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