Missi Pyle

Missi Pyle
Missi Pyle

Pyle at the Dallas Comic Con in 2008
Born Andrea Kay Pyle
November 16, 1972 (1972-11-16) (age 39)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actress/Singer
Years active 1997–present
Spouse Casey Anderson (2008–present)
Antonio Sacre (2000–2005; divorced)

Andrea Kay "Missi" Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in several films, including Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Big Fish, 50 First Dates, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. She has also appeared in various television roles, such as Mad About You, Friends, Two and a Half Men, Frasier and My Name Is Earl. She is also the other half of Smith & Pyle, a desert country-rock band, with actress Shawnee Smith.

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Early life

Pyle, the daughter of Linda and Frank Pyle, was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Memphis, 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 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina 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.

Career

Pyle has guest starred on many television shows, including Heroes, Mad About You, Boston Legal, Frasier, 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, Home Alone 4, Exposed, Big Fish, Along Came Polly, Soul Plane, Stormbreaker, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She was also the female lead in BachelorMan. Barely recognizable, she appears in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. She also had a brief appearance in 50 First Dates.

Missi plays Jake's Elementary School teacher Ms. Pasternack on Two and a Half Men. The role was recast in 2009 for unknown reasons, but Pyle returned to the series in the same role for 2010.

In 2008, Missi starred in the Broadway play Boeing-Boeing opposite Christine Baranski, Mark Rylance, Greg Germann, Paige Davis and Rebecca Gayheart. The play closed in January 2009.

Smith & Pyle performing at Universal Citywalk in 2008.

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.[2]

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. 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.[3] 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.[4][5]

Personal life

Pyle married Casey Anderson, a grizzly bear specialist for National Geographic, on September 12, 2008. The wedding was country-western themed and took place in Montana. Wedding guests included bandmate Shawnee Smith and comedian Steve Agee. Anderson's grizzly bear, Brutus the bear, served as his best man in the ceremony.[6]

Pyle previously dated comic actor Josh Meyers.

Pyle is 5'11" feet (1.80 m) tall.[7]

Pyle married actress and bandmate Shawnee Smith in a faux ceremony at the All Love is Equal Launch Party in West Hollywood on November 18, 2009. The two actresses pretended to get married in support of repealing Prop 8 in California. Actor Hal Sparks dressed as a priest and performed the ceremony with them using rainbow-colored hula hoops as rings.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1997 As Good as It Gets Cafe 24 Waitress
1998 Number One Laurel
1999 Trick Actress with Flowers
1999 Galaxy Quest Laliari
2000 But Enough About Me... Catherine Grey
2001 Neurotic Tendencies TV movie
2001 Josie and the Pussycats Alexandra Cabot
2001 Let It Snow Ily
2002 Home Alone 4 Vera TV Movie/First film to appear as a villain
2003 Bringing Down the House Ashley
2003 BachelorMan Heather
2003 Big Fish Mildred
2003 Exposed Amy
2004 50 First Dates Noreen
2004 Soul Plane Barbara
2004 Along Came Polly Roxanne
2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Zoo Keeper Uncredited
2005 Blue Skies Claire TV movie
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mrs. Beauregarde
2005 Civilization of Maxwell Bright, TheThe Civilization of Maxwell Bright Cop
2006 Haskett's Chance Melicent Bauers TV movie
2006 Just My Luck Peggy Brayden
2006 Stormbreaker Nadia Vole
2006 Mojave Phone Booth Sarah
2007 Live! Plummy
2007 Entry Level Liz
2007 Feast of Love Agatha Smith
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Raylene
2008 Meet Market Ericka
2008 Giants of Radio Dr. Amelia Moran TV movie
2008 Visioneers Sara
2008 American Crude Gigi
2008 Soccer Mom Wendy Handler/Coach Lorenzo
2008 Pretty Ugly People Lucy
2008 Point View Terrace Mary TV movie
2009 Big D, TheThe Big D Mary Margaret TV movie
2009 Still Waiting... Rocky Rhoades/Exotic Dancer
2009 Spring Breakdown Charlene
2009 Taking Chances Faith Fishback
2010 Miss Nobody Charmine
2010 Lawless Melonie Cavanaugh
2011 My Uncle Rafael Blair Schumacher
2011 The Artist Constance
2011 A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song Gail van Ravensway
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Mad About You Beautiful Woman
1999 Drew Carey Show, TheThe Drew Carey Show Stacey
1999 Friends Hillary episode: The one with Ross's teeth
2000 Battery Park Suzanne
2001 Ally McBeal Marcia Hooper
2001 Roswell Windy Sommers
2001 Tick, TheThe Tick Stacy Waxman
2001 Wayne Brady Show, TheThe Wayne Brady Show Various appearances
2002 Philly Charise DuPree
2003 Frasier Shannon Palmer
2004, 2010, 2011 Two and a Half Men Dolores Pasternak 3 episodes
2005 My Name Is Earl Shelly Stoker
2006 Boston Legal Renee Winger 3 episodes
2007 Sarah Silverman Program, TheThe Sarah Silverman Program Scarlett Lacey 3 episodes
2007 Heroes Hope 2 episodes
2007 Wedding Bells, TheThe Wedding Bells Amanda Pontell 4 episodes
2007 Traveling in Packs Mary Unsold TV Pilot
2008 American Dad! Voice
2008 In Plain Sight Treena Morris
2008 Pushing Daisies Betty Bee
2009 Numb3rs Janet Galvin
2010 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Baylow
2010 Funny in Farsi Debbie Appleby
2010 Rizzoli & Isles Bartender
2010 The Mentalist Karen Cross 2 episodes
2010 $h*! My Dad Says Katie Palmer

Broadway

Discography

Albums

  • It's OK To Be Happy, Smith & Pyle (2008)

Singles

  • "One Night Stand," Smith & Pyle (2010)
  • "Rafael" Smith & Pyle (2010)

References

External links


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