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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
Spouse(s)	Casey Anderson (2008–present) Antonio Sacre (2000-2005) (divorced)

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 3 Television 4 Broadway 5 Discography 6 References 7 External links

Biography

Personal life

Andrea Kay "Missi" Pyle, the daughter of Linda and Frank Pyle, was born in Houston, Texas but raised in Tennessee.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 Anderson, a grizzly bear specialist for National Geographic, on September 12th, 2008. The wedding was country-western themed and took place in Montana. Wedding guests included Anderson's bear, Brutus, and Pyle's bandmate, Shawnee Smith.²

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. Missi had am appearnce on Two and a Half Men (2004). She was ranked #98 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004.³

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 two actresses met while filming an ABC comedy pilot titled Traveling in Packs. The band started after Smith invited Pyle to join her in attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. While stuck in traffic, Pyle talked about her dream to be a rock star and Smith agreed to form a band with her. 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 and was produced by Chris Goss. The two actresses have also become business partners and formed their own record label called Urban Prairie Records, which "It's OK to be Happy" was released under. According to an interview Smith did with pretty-scary.net in August 2008, a Smith & Pyle television or webisode series might be in the works. Smith also mentioned the idea of a series on Fangoria radio with Dee Snider.⁵ Currently there are 3 videos posted on YouTube that show the making of the record. They also have a 10-minute "making of" video on Vimeo called Smith & Pyle: Desert Sessions.⁶⁷

Filmography

• The Cottonwood (1996)
• As Good as it Gets (1997) .... Cafe 24 Waitress
• Number One (1998) .... Laurel
• Trick (1999) .... Actress with Flowers
• Snow Days (1999) .... Ily
• Galaxy Quest (1999) .... Laliari
• But Enough About Me... (2000) .... Catherine Grey
• Neurotic Tendencies (2000) (TV)
• Josie and the Pussycats (2001) .... Alexandra Cabot
• Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV) .... Vera
• Untitled Jenny McCarthy Project (2003) (TV)
• Bringing Down the House (2003) .... Ashley
• BachelorMan (2003) .... Heather
• Exposed (2003) .... Amy
• Big Fish (2003) .... Mildred
• Along Came Polly (2004) .... Roxanne
• 50 First Dates (2004) .... Noreen (uncredited)
• Soul Plane (2004) .... Barbara
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) .... Fran
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) .... Zoo Keeper (uncredited)
• Blue Skies (2005) (TV) .... Claire
• The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005) .... Cop
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) .... Mrs. Beauregarde
• Haskett's Chance (2006) (TV) .... Melicent Bauers
• Just My Luck (2006) .... Peggy Braden
• Stormbreaker (2006) .... Nadia Vole
• Mojave Phone Booth (2006) .... Sarah
• Traveling in Packs (2007) (TV) .... Mary
• Entry Level (2007) .... Liz
• Feast of Love (2007) .... Agatha Smith
• Giants of Radio (2008) (TV) .... Dr. Amelia Moran
• Meet Market (2008) .... Ericka
• Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) .... Raylene
• American Crude (2008) .... Gigi
• Visioneers (2008) .... Sara
• Point View Terrace (2008) (TV) .... Mary
• Soccer Mom (2008) .... Wendy/Coach Lorenzo
• Spring Breakdown (2009) .... Charlene

Television

• Mad About You (1999) .... Beautiful Woman (1 episode)
• The Drew Carey Show (1999) .... Stacey (1 episode)
• Friends (1999) .... Hillary (1 episode)
• Battery Park (2000) .... Suzanne (1 episode)
• Ally McBeal (2001) .... Marcia Hooper (1 episode)
• Roswell (2001) .... Windy Sommers (1 episode)
• The Tick (2001) .... Stacy Waxman (1 episode)
• The Wayne Brady Show (2001) .... Various (unknown episodes)
• Philly (2002) .... Charise DuPree (1 episode)
• Frasier (2003) .... Shannon (1 episode)
• Two and a Half Men (2004) .... Delores Pasternak (1 episode)
• My Name Is Earl (2005) .... Shelly Stoker (1 episode)
• Heroes (2007) .... Hope (2 episodes)
• The Wedding Bells (2007) .... Amanda Pontell (4 episodes)
• Boston Legal (2006-2008) .... Renee Winger (3 episodes)
• In Plain Sight (2008) .... Teri Ranzino (1 episode)
• Pushing Daisies (2008) .... Betty Bee (1 episode)
• The Sarah Silverman Program. (2007-2008) .... Scarlett Lacey (3 episodes)

Broadway

• Boeing-Boeing (2008-2009) .... Gretchen

Discography

• It's OK to be Gay, Smith & Pyle (2008)

References

External links

• Missi Pyle at the Internet Movie Database.
• Missi Pyle Official Website
• Smith & Pyle Official Site