She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as roles in The Hot Chick (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Just Friends (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Smiley Face (2007), and The House Bunny (2008). Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Faris grew up in Edmonds, Washington. Faris gained further popularity after she received the role of the recurring character Erica, the mother whose twin babies are adopted by Chandler and Monica Bing, in the final season of the American sitcom Friends. Faris appeared in the film Waiting…, with Ryan Reynolds and Justin Long. in 2005, she appeared again with Reynolds in Just Friends, playing a supporting role as a pop-diva singer named Samantha James.