Originally from New Jersey, Piper Perabo took to acting early by creating staged adaptations of her favorite books in her grandmother's living room. After graduating cum laude from Ohio University, Piper landed her first major film role in Marc Levin's Whiteboys, an indie about a posse of white rapper wannabes in Iowa. Next up for Piper was the role of Karen Sympathy, the bumbling FBI agent in the mostly live-action big screen version of the TV cartoon classic The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Robert DeNiro produced and starred in the film along with Rene Russo and Jason Alexander. One week after she finished shooting, Piper landed her big break-out role in Coyote Ugly. Cast as Violet Sandford, a charming but shy girl from the suburbs, Piper brought her talents to the forefront as a character that follows her dream to become a singer/songwriter. Her next role was that of a swashbuckling, charismatic boarding school girl fighting for her right to love another woman in award-winning director Lea Poole's Lost and Delirious. A Piece of My Heart is a romantic comedy in which Piper co-stars opposite Australian heartthrob Martin Henderson, and she recently completed George and the Dragon.