Editing Piper Perabo (section)

===1997–2007: Beginning and breakthrough===
After graduating, Perabo moved to New York, where she worked as a waitress.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://piper-perabo.com/press/2010/11/gq-july-2000/ |title=Piper Pours a Pint |publisher=GQ |date=July 2000 |access-date=April 6, 2013 |author=Elizabeth Gilbert |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927204830/http://piper-perabo.com/press/2010/11/gq-july-2000/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="blastmag">{{cite web|url=http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/movies/the-blast-interview-piper-perabo/ |title=The Blast Interview: Piper Perabo |publisher=Blast Magazine |date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=April 6, 2013 |author=Melissa Kory}}</ref> She also studied acting at the [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]] and had roles in various plays.<ref name="broadway">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/6640/piper-perabo/ |title=Piper Perabo |publisher=Broadway.com |date=June 19, 2008 |access-date=April 6, 2013}}</ref> She was cast in her first feature film just a month after moving to the city, [[Marc Levin]]'s comedy ''[[Whiteboyz]]''.<ref name="blastmag"/> In 2000, she was cast in the [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[comedy-drama]] film ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'' as Violet "Jersey" Sanford, for which she won an [[MTV Movie Award]] for Best Music Moment for "[[One Way or Another]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2001/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094859/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2001/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2008 |title=MTV Movie Awards |work=Mtv |date=June 2, 2001 |access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a661541/where-are-the-cast-of-coyote-ugly-now-heres-what-happened-to-piper-perabo-leann-rimes-and-the-coyotes/|title=Where are the cast of Coyote Ugly now?|last1=Reynolds|first1=Simon|last2=Fletcher|first2=Rosie|date=August 26, 2018|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref> Despite the film's mixed response from critics, it was a box office success, grossing over $113 million worldwide.<ref name=":0" /> She also appeared in ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' as [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI agent]] Karen Sympathy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE |url=https://www.screenit.com/movies/2000/the_adventures_of_rocky_and_bullwinkle.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.screenit.com}}</ref>

After the success of ''Coyote Ugly'', Perabo decided to focus on [[independent film]]s.<ref name="slapher">{{cite web |url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/892 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621025415/http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/892 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 21, 2013 |title=Exclusive Interview: Piper Perabo for "Slap Her, She's French" |publisher=DarkHorizons.com |date=August 29, 2001 |access-date=April 6, 2013 }}</ref> In 2001, she starred in an independent Canadian drama called ''[[Lost and Delirious]]'', playing a [[boarding school]] student who falls in love with a female classmate (played by [[Jessica Paré]]). The film was met with mixed reviews, but the performances of Perabo, Paré and co-star [[Mischa Barton]] were widely praised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.murphysmoviereviews.net/Archive/lostdelirious.html |title=Lost and Delirious |publisher=murphysmoviereviews |date=December 21, 2001 |access-date=May 26, 2013 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927221109/http://www.murphysmoviereviews.net/Archive/lostdelirious.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Perabo's performance in particular received critical acclaim; Loren King of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called it her "breakout performance".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/07/13/lost-a-welcome-break-from-summers-light-fare/ |title='Lost' a welcome break from summer's light fare |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=July 13, 2001 |access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s [[Owen Gleiberman]] called her "an actress of glittering ferocity" and her performance "a geyser of emotion".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255489,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421115303/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255489,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |title=Lost and Delirious (2001) |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 3, 2001 |access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref> Jim Lane of the ''[[Sacramento News & Review]]'' said that "Perabo is a revelation, wild and fiery — it's a breakthrough performance, astonishing in its fervency"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/lost-delirious/content?oid=8293 |title=Lost and Delirious |publisher=Sacramento News & Review |date=August 23, 2001 |access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref> and [[Roger Ebert]] praised her performance for its sincerity and "wonderful abandon and conviction".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lost-and-delirious-2001 |title=LOST AND DELIRIOUS |publisher=RogerEbert.com |date=July 13, 2001 |access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref>

The next year she starred as a French exchange student in the independent comedy ''[[Slap Her... She's French]]'', which was shelved in North America for two years, then released under the new title ''She Gets What She Wants''. The film was released under its original title in Europe. She had a role as the eldest Baker child, Nora, in ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)|Cheaper by the Dozen]]'' (2003), a role she reprised in the film's [[Cheaper by the Dozen 2|2005 sequel]]. Her other films include ''[[The I Inside]]'' (2003), ''Perfect Opposites'' (2004), ''George and the Dragon'' (2004), ''[[The Cave (2005 film)|The Cave]]'' (2005), ''[[Imagine Me & You]]'' (2005), ''[[Edison (film)|Edison]]'' (2005), and ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'' (2006).
[[File:Piper Perabo at the premiere of Looper, Toronto Film Festival 2012 (8001819275).jpg|thumb|Perabo at the premiere of ''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2012]]