Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#365
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Anna Faris represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 26 years in, and Anna is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Anna Faris appears in 35 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Anna. Brokeback Mountain is the clearest case: a film rated 7.8 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, crime, drama. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Michael Tiddes, Lance Oppenheim, Andrew Niccol and others, Anna Faris helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Brokeback Mountain (2005) as Lashawn Malone · Lost in Translation (2003) as Kelly · Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) as Cassie
Career snapshot
Ranked #365 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
35
2000–2026
Career length
26 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.8
Brokeback Mountain
Average Nutevio score
5.6
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.8
Brokeback Mountain
Most frequent director
Phil Lord
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Phil Lord
Most common genre
Comedy
32 titles
Average runtime
1h 35m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.3
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2000s
6.2 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
6.2
Across 16 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.2
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel.
Most productive era
2000s
16 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.94 films | 6.01 film | 1.83 films |
| Action | — | 6.42 films | 6.51 film |
| Thriller | — | — | 0.01 film |
| Comedy | 6.115 films | 6.013 films | 4.74 films |
| Crime | 5.41 film | 6.42 films | 0.01 film |
| Romance | 6.56 films | 6.24 films | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2000Scary Movie
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Cindy Campbell.
Career peak
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Highest rated performance
7.8 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Most recent film
2026Spa Weekend
The current state of the argument, as Sophie.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
35 of 35 films
as Kelly
Directed by Sofia Coppola
as Kate Sullivan
Directed by Rob Greenberg
as Cindy Campbell
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Lashawn Malone
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Performance score7.6
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Lashawn Malone gives Anna Faris a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Kelly
Lost in Translation (2003)
Performance score7.6
Lost in Translation asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Kelly is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Kate Sullivan
Overboard (2018)
Performance score7.4
Overboard asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Kate Sullivan is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Cindy Campbell
Scary Movie (2000)
Performance score7.3
Scary Movie asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Cindy Campbell is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Lashawn Malone
Start here. Brokeback Mountain is the clearest statement of what Anna Faris does — accessible, 134 minutes, and rated 7.8 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Anna at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Scary Movie (2000)
A deliberate change of key after Brokeback Mountain — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Lost in Translation (2003)
Keeps the comedy register of Scary Movie but asks for a colder reading of it.
Overboard (2018)
Keeps the romance register of Lost in Translation but asks for a colder reading of it.
Scary Movie (2026)
Keeps the comedy register of Overboard but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Director
2 films together
Notably Scary Movie
David Zucker
Director
2 films together
Notably Scary Movie 3
Phil Lord
Director
2 films together
Notably 22 Jump Street
Tom Brady
Director
1 film together
Notably The Hot Chick
Sofia Coppola
Director
1 film together
Notably Lost in Translation
Roger Kumble
Director
1 film together
Notably Just Friends
Ang Lee
Director
1 film together
Notably Brokeback Mountain
Ivan Reitman
Director
1 film together
Notably My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Gregg Araki
Director
1 film together
Notably Smiley Face
Fred Wolf
Director
1 film together
Notably The House Bunny
Jody Hill
Director
1 film together
Notably Observe and Report
Betty Thomas
Director
1 film together
Notably Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Eric Brevig
Director
1 film together
Notably Yogi Bear
Mike Mitchell
Director
1 film together
Notably Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Michael Dowse
Director
1 film together
Notably Take Me Home Tonight
Mark Mylod
Director
1 film together
Notably What's Your Number?
Larry Charles
Director
1 film together
Notably The Dictator
Dan Mazer
Director
1 film together
Notably I Give It a Year
Cody Cameron
Director
1 film together
Notably Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Brett Ratner
Director
1 film together
Notably Movie 43
Peter Atencio
Director
1 film together
Notably Keanu
Rob Greenberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Overboard
Peter Segal
Director
1 film together
Notably My Spy The Eternal City
Jon Lucas
Director
1 film together
Notably Spa Weekend
Andrew Niccol
Director
1 film together
Notably I, Object
Lance Oppenheim
Director
1 film together
Notably Primetime
Michael Tiddes
Director
1 film together
Notably Scary Movie
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Phil Lord
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
22 Jump StreetKeenen Ivory Wayans
Director
2 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Scary MovieDavid Zucker
Director
2 films together · 5.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Scary Movie 3Ang Lee
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Brokeback MountainSofia Coppola
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Lost in TranslationMichael Tiddes
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Scary MovieRob Greenberg
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
OverboardPeter Segal
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
My Spy The Eternal CityCody Cameron
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2Mark Mylod
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
What's Your Number?Tom Brady
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Hot ChickLarry Charles
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The DictatorRoger Kumble
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Just FriendsGregg Araki
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Smiley FacePeter Atencio
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
KeanuMichael Dowse
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Take Me Home TonightMike Mitchell
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Alvin and the Chipmunks: ChipwreckedBetty Thomas
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The SqueakquelFred Wolf
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The House BunnyEric Brevig
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Yogi BearDan Mazer
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Give It a YearJody Hill
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Observe and ReportIvan Reitman
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
My Super Ex-GirlfriendBrett Ratner
Director
1 film together · 4.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Movie 43Lance Oppenheim
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
PrimetimeAndrew Niccol
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I, ObjectJon Lucas
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spa WeekendSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Brokeback Mountain
as Lashawn Malone
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Brokeback Mountain
as Lashawn Malone
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Brokeback Mountain
as Lashawn Malone
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
22 Jump Street
as Anna (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Brokeback Mountain
as Lashawn Malone
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Anna Faris has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
26 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
32 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Brokeback Mountain
as Lashawn Malone
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
22 Jump Street
as Anna (uncredited)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Brokeback Mountain
as Lashawn Malone
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
as Jeanette (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
22 Jump Street
as Anna (uncredited)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
My Spy The Eternal City
as Nancy
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as Jeanette (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Scary Movie
as Cindy
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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