Where Is the Coyote Ugly Cast Now?

Coyote Ugly came out on August 4, 2000, and followed Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo), a New Jersey songwriter who moves to NYC chasing a music career, immediately gets humbled, and ends up working at the loudest, boldest bar in town.

The cast was stacked with big names like Tyra Banks, Izabella Miko, and John Goodman, the soundtrack lived in everyone’s brain rent-free, and the sequel rumors still refuse to die. Piper Perabo even said in July 2025 that there had been talks and key people were discussing the big return. No official sequel yet, but the interest is definitely still there.

Now, here’s a quick look at the cast and what they are up to now.

Piper Perabo – Violet Sanford

After realizing just how far she’d fallen, Violet slowly started turning into the main character. She was terrified, messy, but still kept going. After Coyote Ugly, Piper kept getting movie roles, but her big TV era was Covert Affairs, which scored her a Golden Globe nomination. More recently, she jumped into the Yellowstone world as Summer Higgins, who causes the exact kind of chaos that the show thrives on. She married director-producer Stephen Kay in 2014, and she’s openly into the idea of doing more Coyote Ugly.

Tyra Banks – Zoe

Tyra was already busy being a successful supermodel, but some acting experience never hurt anyone’s résumé. After Coyote Ugly, she built a full TV empire with America’s Next Top Model, which ran for 15 seasons. She also hosted Dancing with the Stars from 2020 to 2023. Tyra has said she’d love to do a sequel. In the mid-2020s, she was reported to be dating businessman Louis Bélanger-Martin, and they appear to be going steady to this day.

Maria Bello – Lil

Playing the hard-ass boss must have been quite an experience for Maria Bello. She stayed consistently busy even after the movie, with roles across major films and TV. She’s known for ER, and later showed up in movies like Grown Ups (2010) and Lights Out (2016), plus TV series like Goliath and NCIS. She shares a son with ex Dan McDermott and reportedly married chef Dominique Crenn in April 2024.

Izabella Miko – Cammie

Cammie was part of the core crew, and Coyote Ugly was Izabella Miko’s first Hollywood role. In 2025, she joked about how, not long before the movie, she was doing random jobs in Times Square and even popping into AA meetings for the free snacks. After the film, she kept working with roles in Save the Last Dance 2 (2006), Step Up: All In (2014), and she appeared on NCIS: Hawai’i in 2022.