# Perrey Reeves
**Perrey Reeves** (born 1970 in New York City) is an American actress best known for playing Melissa Gold, the wife of [Jeremy Piven](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeremy-piven)'s talent agent Ari Gold, on the HBO comedy series *Entourage* (2004–2011) and in its 2015 feature film.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716275) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) Her screen career, which began in television movies at the end of the 1980s, spans studio comedies such as *Old School* (2003), independent films such as *[Smoke Signals](https://www.edgepedia.org/smoke-signals-film)* (1998), and guest roles across a long list of American series.[3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970, New York City; raised in the countryside of New Hampshire[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716275) • [4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5) |
| Signature role | Mrs. Ari (Melissa Gold), Ari Gold's wife on HBO's *Entourage*, 2004–2011, and the 2015 film[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) |
| Notable films | *Child's Play 3* (1991), *Kicking and Screaming* (1995), *Smoke Signals* (1998), *Old School* (2003), *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), *Plus One* (2019)[3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves) • [5](https://www.fandango.com/people/perrey-reeves-558867/film-credits) |
| Later series regular | Nina Devon on Freeform's *Famous in Love*, 19 episodes across 2017–2018[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/5257/perrey-reeves) |
| Recognition | Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with the ensemble), outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series, 2007, for *Entourage*[3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves) |
| Off-screen work | Co-built Sanctuary at Two Rivers, a 100 percent solar-powered yoga retreat in Costa Rica; longtime supporter of the International Fund for Animal Welfare[7](https://www.ofm.co.za/article/healthy-living/167642/perrey-reeves-i-love-being-part-of-a-community) |
## Early life and family
Reeves was born in New York City and raised in the [New Hampshire](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-hampshire) countryside by academic parents who came from upper-class families.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5) Through her family, Reeves has ties to two prominent American figures in media and politics: on her father's side, her grandfather Hazard E. Reeves, a pioneer in sound, brought magnetic stereophonic sound to the movies, while on her mother's side, her great-grandfather James H. Hughes represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate between 1937 and 1943.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5)
Her parents chose not to own a television, preferring to immerse their children in literature, and the family lived abroad in France and Italy during her childhood; her father was a physician.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5) • [7](https://www.ofm.co.za/article/healthy-living/167642/perrey-reeves-i-love-being-part-of-a-community) In a 2015 interview she recalled that living in a small French apartment after a large American house taught the family to travel light, and that European habits of buying fresh food daily reinforced a family culture in which diet and preventive medicine came first.[7](https://www.ofm.co.za/article/healthy-living/167642/perrey-reeves-i-love-being-part-of-a-community) Her education ranged from years in France and Italy to [Ivy League](https://www.edgepedia.org/ivy-league) colleges in the United States, but drama studies interested her most and led her to an acting career.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5)
## Television career
**Early roles.** Her first on-screen credit came soon after high school in the ABC made-for-television movie *The Preppie Murder*, which Encyclopedia.com dates to 1989 and Rotten Tomatoes to 1990.[3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) Her first recurring role came in 1991 on ABC's *Doogie Howser, M.D.*, and she appeared in series including *21 Jump Street*, *The Flash*, *Homefront*, *The X-Files* (as Kristen Kilar in the 1994 episode "3"), *Murder, She Wrote*, and *Sliders* through the 1990s.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) • [3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves) She also played lead roles in the television movies *An Element of Truth* (CBS) and *Escape to Witch Mountain* (ABC), both 1995.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5) Her first series regular role was as Daphne opposite [Rob Lowe](https://www.edgepedia.org/rob-lowe) on the NBC legal drama *The Lyon's Den* in 2003.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves)
**Entourage.** In 2004 Reeves made her first appearance in the role she is most recognized for, Mrs. Ari Gold, the long-suffering wife of Jeremy Piven's agent on HBO's *Entourage*, which ran through 2011.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) The character is described in her own words as Ari's "supportive, yet strong-willed wife".[7](https://www.ofm.co.za/article/healthy-living/167642/perrey-reeves-i-love-being-part-of-a-community) The ensemble received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series in 2007.[3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves) She returned as Mrs. Ari in the 2015 film continuation of the series, which picks up months after the show ended.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) • [8](https://time.com/3899467/where-the-bros-are/) In a later interview she expressed interest in exploring a post-Me Too era *Entourage* reboot.[9](https://lamag.com/theindustry/perrey-reeves-wants-to-explore-an-post-me-too-era-entourage-reboot/)
**Later series work.** After *Entourage*, Reeves worked consistently in television, most notably in a recurring role as Caitlyn Cook on the final season of [USA Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/usa-network)'s *Covert Affairs* (six episodes in 2014).[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) • [6](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/5257/perrey-reeves) In 2017 she premiered as a series regular on Freeform's drama *Famous in Love*, playing Nina Devon, a powerful Hollywood producer who discovers [Bella Thorne](https://www.edgepedia.org/bella-thorne)'s character and whose son, played by [Carter Jenkins](https://www.edgepedia.org/carter-jenkins), is a major movie star; she appeared in 19 episodes through the show's 2018 second season.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) • [6](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/5257/perrey-reeves) • [10](https://theknockturnal.com/exclusive-carter-jenkins-perrey-reeves-talk-hit-show-famous-love/) Her guest credits in this period include *White Collar*, *Royal Pains*, *Castle*, *Hawaii Five-0*, *Perception*, *Breaking In*, *American Housewife*, and *The Affair*.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/5257/perrey-reeves) • [11](https://www.metacritic.com/person/perrey-reeves/)
## Film career
Reeves's film debut-era credits include Universal's *Child's Play 3* (1991), in which she played Kristen De Silva, and [Noah Baumbach](https://www.edgepedia.org/noah-baumbach)'s *Kicking and Screaming* (1995).[3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves) She played Holly in Miramax's *Smoke Signals* (1998), the film Rotten Tomatoes lists as her highest rated at 90 percent.[3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves) In 2003 she joined the cast of [Todd Phillips](https://www.edgepedia.org/todd-phillips)'s DreamWorks comedy *Old School* as Marissa, the traditional wife of [Will Ferrell](https://www.edgepedia.org/will-ferrell)'s character, opposite a cast that included Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, and Ellen Pompeo.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5) Later film work includes *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), *American Dreamz* (2006), *An American Affair* (2009), *Plus One* (2019), *The Jurassic Games* (2018), and *High Voltage* (2018).[3](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves) • [5](https://www.fandango.com/people/perrey-reeves-558867/film-credits) Upcoming or recent projects listed by her booking agency and IMDb include *Murder at Hollow Creek* (2024) and *The Italians*.[12](https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/perrey-reeves/) • [13](https://www.imdb.com/de/name/nm0716275/)
## Stage work
Reeves has performed in theater productions of *High Tor*, *House Arrest*, *Women of Manhattan*, *Picnic*, and *Last Night at Ballyhoo* at The Canon Theatre, where she played the daughter of [Rhea Perlman](https://www.edgepedia.org/rhea-perlman)'s character.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5)
## Wellness work and advocacy
A lifelong vegetarian, Reeves has described her health practices as arriving from different directions and converging: she began a meditation practice in 1992, started seeing an Ayurvedic physician in 1993, and took up yoga in 1994.[7](https://www.ofm.co.za/article/healthy-living/167642/perrey-reeves-i-love-being-part-of-a-community) She credits a vegetarian diet, Ayurvedic medicine, and yoga for her health, and has said she became vegetarian young, in a health-oriented family, with the moral aspect as part of the motivation.[7](https://www.ofm.co.za/article/healthy-living/167642/perrey-reeves-i-love-being-part-of-a-community)
She helped build, literally from the ground, Sanctuary at Two Rivers, a 100 percent solar-powered tropical modern luxury yoga retreat in [Costa Rica](https://www.edgepedia.org/costa-rica) offering wellness services and organic vegetarian and vegan food.[7](https://www.ofm.co.za/article/healthy-living/167642/perrey-reeves-i-love-being-part-of-a-community) She also donates her time to The International Fund for Animal Welfare.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5)
## References
1. [Perrey Reeves, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716275)
2. [Perrey Reeves Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/perrey_reeves)
3. [Reeves, Perrey (Perry Reeves), Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television via Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/reeves-perrey-perry-reeves)
4. [Perrey Reeves: Bio & Filmography, Prime Video](https://www.primevideo.com/person/Perrey-Reeves/amzn1.dv.gti.6e5d8dbb-29f8-4689-97df-f39a5d5b6a5c/ref%3Datv_pp_co_5)
5. [Perrey Reeves Filmography and Movies, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/perrey-reeves-558867/film-credits)
6. [Perrey Reeves, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/5257/perrey-reeves)
7. [Perrey Reeves: I love being part of a community, OFM](https://www.ofm.co.za/article/healthy-living/167642/perrey-reeves-i-love-being-part-of-a-community)
8. [The Man-child Fantasy of Entourage, Time](https://time.com/3899467/where-the-bros-are/)
9. [Perrey Reeves Wants To Explore A Post-Me Too Era 'Entourage' Reboot, LAmag](https://lamag.com/theindustry/perrey-reeves-wants-to-explore-an-post-me-too-era-entourage-reboot/)
10. [Exclusive: Carter Jenkins and Perrey Reeves Talk Hit Show 'Famous In Love', The Knockturnal](https://theknockturnal.com/exclusive-carter-jenkins-perrey-reeves-talk-hit-show-famous-love/)
11. [Perrey Reeves, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/perrey-reeves/)
12. [Perrey Reeves, MN2S Booking Agency](https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/perrey-reeves/)
13. [Perrey Reeves, IMDb (German locale)](https://www.imdb.com/de/name/nm0716275/)
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