Years after rocketing to fame as an aspiring songwriter in Coyote Ugly, Piper Perabo is still commanding attention.
The actress, 49, absolutely stunned at the 2025 Glamour of the Year Awards on Monday evening.
The star wowed in a glamorous, nude-illusion gown adorned with a shimmering animal print inspired print as she took the red carpet by storm.
Perabo slicked her hair back into a chic updo with semi-center part and a pair of twisty gold hoop earrings.
She worked a dashing of pink blush, lip tint, and appeared a touch of eyeliner upon her upper lid for a dramatic flair.
Since her 2000 cult classic film Coyote Ugly, Perabo has continued gracing screens, including in the hit Western series Yellowstone, where she played an environmental activist.
Coyote Ugly star Piper Perabo absolutely stunned at the 2025 Glamour Women of the Year Awards on Monday in New York City
Perabo cut a sexy figure in her 2000 cult classic film Coyote Ugly
In recent years she portrayed Summer Higgins, an environmental activist on Yellowstone
She portrayed Summer Higgins, a woman who has a romance with Kevin Costner’s John Dutton III.
The role came over 20 years after she had her breakthrough playing Violet Sanford in the 2000 cult classic film Coyote Ugly.
The movie followed Violet Sanford (Perabo), who leaves her hometown in New Jersey to pursue her dreams of becoming a songwriter in New York City.
The romantic comedy/drama, based on the actual Coyote Ugly Saloon, was directed by David McNally and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
She next was in Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), its sequel Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), The Prestige (2006), Angel Has Fallen (2019), and the spy drama series Covert Affairs (2010–2014).
Born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Toms River, New Jersey, she graduated from Toms River High School North in 1994 then went to Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University in 1998.
After graduating, Perabo moved to New York and landed a role in the comedy Whiteboyz.
Then came Coyote Ugly.
She also appeared in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as FBI agent Karen Sympathy.
In 2001, she starred in Lost and Delirious, playing a boarding school student who falls in love with a female classmate (played by Jessica Paré).
Her Yellowstone character romanced John Dutton III, played by star Kevin Costner
She wowed in a glamorous, nude-illusion gown adorned with a shimmering animal print inspired print as she took the red carpet by storm
A pair of metallic silver heels peeked out from beneath her nearly floor-length dress
She grinned from ear to ear, her complexion radiant with a dashing of blush, lipstick, and eyeliner
Since her 2000 cult classic film Coyote Ugly, Perabo has continued gracing screens, including in the hit Western series Yellowstone, where she played an environmental activist
The next year she starred as a French exchange student in the independent comedy Slap Her… She’s French, released under the new title She Gets What She Wants. She was also in The I Inside (2003), Perfect Opposites (2004), George and the Dragon (2004), The Cave (2005), Imagine Me & You (2005), Edison (2005), and The Prestige (2006).
In 2008, Perabo co-starred with Jamie Lee Curtis in the family comedy film Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
The following year, Perabo was cast as CIA field agent Annie Walker, the lead character in Covert Affairs.
In September 2012, Perabo had a supporting role, alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt, in the time travel thriller film Looper.
Next came the sitcom Go On and the thriller Into the Grizzly Maze, the series Notorious (2016), the thriller film Black Butterfly, the comedy series Turn Up Charlie, the action film Angel Has Fallen and the supernatural horror series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels then the dark comedy film, Spontaneous.
In 2021, Perabo joined the cast of Yellowstone as Summer Higgins, an animal rights activist and John Dutton’s lover.
This year she was in the film Peak Everything as Tina.
The movie followed Violet Sanford (Perabo), who leaves her hometown of South Amboy to pursue her dreams of becoming a songwriter. Perabo, right, with Maria Bello, left
In 2013, Perabo became engaged to director and writer Stephen Kay; they married in 2014.
In February some of the cast members reunited after more than two decades.
Tyra Banks, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan and Melanie Lynskey were all seen with songwriter Diane Warren, who wrote four songs for the movie.
They came together to celebrate Coyote Ugly’s 25th anniversary for a screening and Q&A at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.
Despite a relatively low budget and mediocre reviews, the film was considered a hit as it grossed $113 million worldwide.
The romantic comedy/drama, based on the actual Coyote Ugly Saloon, set in New York City, was directed by David McNally and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The star, right, with LeAnn Rimes, left
Tyra Banks, Perabo, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan and Melanie Lynskey
Prior to the reunion, Bello teased that she hadn’t ‘seen some of those girls in 25 years’ and was excited to see what would happen.
Back in 2018, she teased that she was eager to reprise her role in the no-nonsense bartender in Coyote Ugly.
‘I’m dying to do Coyote Ugly 2,’ the actress told People. ‘I want to produce it — I just need to get the rights from Mr. Jerry Bruckheimer or work with him.’
