Anna Faris Weight, Height and Age in 2026

Anna Faris has not published her weight, and figures online are estimates, but she is widely listed at about 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) with a slim build. As of 2026 the actress is 49.

Quick facts

About the numbers

Weight is a hard detail to pin down for any actress, and Faris is not someone who foregrounds it. What shows up in her public image instead is a petite, expressive physicality that has powered her comedy. Slapstick, rapid facial changes and willingness to look ridiculous are the tools she has used, and her smaller frame has worked in her favour on screen. She has spoken on her podcast about taking a relaxed approach to health and fitness.

At about 5 ft 4 in she is close to the average for American women, which makes the effect of her comic physicality all the more striking. Because she isn’t a towering presence, the broad gestures and exaggerated reactions that define her best performances read as a kind of controlled chaos. Physical comedy depends heavily on timing and commitment, and she has long been regarded as one of the best in the business at both.

Early life

Faris was born in Baltimore and grew up in the Seattle area, where she studied English at the University of Washington. She did acting work as a teenager and moved to Los Angeles to build a career. The jump from Pacific Northwest student to Hollywood comedian wasn’t immediate, and she has talked about spending a long time doing auditions and small roles before anyone knew her name.

Career highlights

Her breakthrough came with Scary Movie (2000), in which she played Cindy Campbell, and she led three more sequels in the series. The franchise parodied horror hits with a mix of slapstick and pop-culture gags, and Faris’s willingness to throw herself at the material is what made Cindy a lasting comic heroine. She also had a part in Lost in Translation, and later appeared in Brokeback Mountain and The House Bunny, where she played the lead role of Shelley, a relentlessly upbeat woman who ends up as house mother to a struggling sorority. Other comedies on her résumé include Just Friends, Smiley Face, What’s Your Number? and Overboard, and she voiced Sam Sparks in the animated Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

On television, she starred in the CBS sitcom Mom alongside Allison Janney from 2013, a role that became a central part of her later career. She left the series after several seasons to pursue other projects.

Beyond acting

Faris hosts the podcast Anna Faris Is Unqualified, which grew into a book, Unqualified, published in 2017. It showed a more candid side of her, mixing humour with life advice and interviews. The podcast let her display a conversational skill that many fans hadn’t seen in her film roles: she is a good listener, quick with a joke and willing to share embarrassing stories about herself.

Personal life

She married cinematographer Michael Barrett in 2021. She was previously married to actor Chris Pratt, and the two have remained cordial in public.

Why she remains a comedy favourite

There’s a reason people keep coming back to her films. Faris has an unusual ability to be both the butt of the joke and the person in on it. Her characters are often naive or clumsy, but she plays them without condescension, so audiences laugh with them rather than at them. That generosity is a big part of why the Scary Movie films and The House Bunny are still popular on streaming services.

What fans ask

Fans most often ask about her height and her age, and sometimes whether she’ll return to the Scary Movie series. The first two answers are straightforward: about 5 ft 4 in, and 49 with a milestone birthday just around the corner. As for the franchise, announcements about new installments come and go, so official studio news is the only reliable source. Many fans also ask where to start with her work, and the usual recommendation is The House Bunny for a lighter, character-led entry point or the first Scary Movie for the full parody experience.

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