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Missi Pyle
Pyle at the Dallas Comic Con 2008
Born	Andrea Kay Pyle November 16, 1972 (1972-11-16) (age 36) Houston, Texas

Andrea Kay "Missi" Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress. She has appeared in several films, including Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. She is also the other half of country band Smith & Pyle with actress Shawnee Smith.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Personal life

Pyle was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Linda and Frank Pyle.¹ She has two older sisters, Debbie and Julie, two older brothers Sam and Paul, and one younger half-brother Gordon, and a half-sister Meredith. Pyle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated in 1995. For her achievements, Pyle was honored by the Poplar Pike Playhouse at her alma mater Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee.

Pyle married Casey R. Anderson, a grizzly bear specialist for National Geographic, in September 2008. The wedding was country-western themed and took place in Montana.

Career

She has guest starred on many television shows, including Heroes, Mad About You, Boston Legal, and The Sarah Silverman Program. She started her film career with a minor role in As Good as It Gets, starring Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson. After her breakout role in Galaxy Quest, she had supporting roles in Bringing Down the House (for which she and Queen Latifah were nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight), Josie and the Pussycats, Exposed, Big Fish, Along Came Polly, Soul Plane and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Barely recognizable, she stars in Dodgeball . She also had a brief appearance in 50 First Dates. She was ranked #98 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004.²

Pyle is also part of a music group with actress Shawnee Smith called Smith & Pyle. Their first CD, It's OK to Be Happy, was released in July 2008.³

She is very often confused with Elaine Hendrix, best known for playing Meredith Blake in the 1998 movie The Parent Trap, also starring Lindsay Lohan.

Missi is currently starring in the Broadway play, Boeing-Boeing opposite Christine Baranski, Mark Rylance, Greg Germann, Paige Davis and Rebecca Gayheart.

Pyle was scheduled to ring the closing bell for the trading day at the New York Stock Exchange on September 29, 2008 to promote Boeing-Boeing, but backed out minutes before the close of trading in order to not associate herself with ending a calamitous day of financial turmoil which resulted in the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 778 points, the largest point loss ever in a session in the wake of the global financial crisis of September–October 2008. She watched from the floor as an NYSE staffer pushed the button and gaveled the end of trading instead ⁴.

She is currently part of a country music group with actress Shawnee Smith called Smith & Pyle. The band started after Smith invited Pyle to join her in attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Pyle talked about her dream to be a rock star and Smith agreed to form a band with her to make her dreams come true. Their first album, "It's OK to Be Happy", was released digitally through iTunes and Amazon.com in July 2008 and was released on CD in September 2008. The debut album was recorded in Joshua Tree, California at Rancho de la Luna. The two actresses have also become business partners and formed their own record label called Urban Prairie, which "It's OK to be Happy" was released under.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	As Good as It Gets	Cafe 24 Waitress
1998	Number One	Laurel
1999	Trick	Actress with Flowers
	Galaxy Quest	Laliari
2001	Josie and the Pussycats	Alexandra Cabot
	Let It Snow	Ily
2002	Home Alone 4	Vera
2003	Bringing Down the House	Ashley
	Big Fish	Mildred
	Exposed	Amy
2004	50 First Dates	Noreen
	Soul Plane	Barbara
	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky
	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Zoo Keeper	uncredited
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Mrs. Beauregarde
	The Civilization of Maxwell Bright	Cop
2006	Just My Luck	Peggy Brayden
	Stormbreaker	Nadia Vole
	Mojave Phone Booth	Sarah
2007	Feast of Love	Agatha
2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Raylene
	Meet Market	Ericka
	Visioneers	Sara
	Spring Breakdown	Charlene
	Soccer Mom	Wendy/Coach Lorenzo
	Patriotville	Faith Fishback

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episode
1999	Mad About You	Beautiful Woman	"The Final Frontier"
	The Drew Carey Show	Stacey	"Drew's Reunion"
	Friends	Hillary	"The One with Ross' Teeth"
2001	Ally McBeal	Marcia Hooper	"Reach Out and Touch"
	Roswell	Windy Sommers	"Control"
	The Tick	Stacy Waxman	"Arthur Needs Space"
2002	Philly	Charise DuPree	"Mojo Rising"
2003	Frasier	Shannon Palmer	"Maris Returns"
2004	Two and a Half Men	Delores Pasternak	"A Bag Full of Jawea"
2005	My Name Is Earl	Shelly Stoker	"Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine"
2006	Boston Legal	Renee Winger	"Lincoln: Part 1", "On the Ledge: Part 2"
2007	The Sarah Silverman Program	Scarlett Lacey	"Humanitarian of the Year"
	Heroes	Hope	"Run!", "Unexpected"
	The Wedding Bells	Amanda Pontell	Series Regular
2008	In Plain Sight	Treena Morris	"Never the Bride"
	Pushing Daisies	Betty Bee	"Bzzzzzzz!"

References

External links

• Missi Pyle at the Internet Movie Database.
• Missi Pyle Official Website