Career
Her first significant film role was in the independent production Lovers Lane. Her breakout role was in the horror film parody Scary Movie (2000). She gained further popularity after she received the role of the recurring character Erica, the mother whose twin babies are adopted by Chander and Monica Bing, in the final season of the American sitcom Friends. She also appeared in the critically acclaimed film Lost in Translation, in which she plays an actress promoting an action movie
Faris appeared in the film Waiting...., withRyan Reynolds and Justin Long. In 2005, she appeared again with Reynolds in Ju, playing Just Friends supporting role as a pop-diva singer named Samantha James. Faris's role as LaShawn Malone in Brokeback Mountain (2005) brought her to the attention of a much wider audience. Faris starred with Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson in the feature film My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006). In 2007, she played in Mama`s Boy with Jon Heder, Jeff Daniels and Diane Keaton and in 2007's Smiley Face, with Adam Brody.