After graduating college, Piper Perabo moved to New York and was later cast in a short film called Single Spaced (1997). Her first big role came after that, where she played the girlfriend of a wannabe rapper in Whiteboyz (1999). In 2000 she was cast in Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle (2000) as FBI agent Karen Sympathy. However, the role that really got her recognized was in Coyote Ugly (2000). She played Violet Sanford aka "Jersey," who moves to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter. In 2001, she starred in an independent Canadian movie called Lost and Delirious (2001), playing a boarding-school student who falls in love with another girl. The next year, she starred as a French exchange student in Freche Biester! (2002). In 2003, she had a small role as the oldest daughter in Im Dutzend billiger (2003), which also starred Steve Martin, Ashton Kutcher, and Bonnie Hunt. She has also appeared in The I inside - Im Auge des Todes (2004), Perfect Opposites (2004), George und das Ei des Drachen (2004), Edison (2005), The Cave (2000), and Streets of Philadelphia - Unter Verrätern (2006).
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