Diora Baird

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Diora Baird
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Diora Baird in 2003
Born (1983-04-06) April 6, 1983 (age 40)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2004–present
Spouse
(m. 2013;div. 2016)
Children1

Diora Lynn Baird (born April 6, 1983) [1] is an American actress and former model for clothing brand Guess?.

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Early life

Baird was born in Miami, Florida on April 6, 1983. Her mother was also a model. She got into acting when her mother enrolled her in an acting class to help her overcome introversion. Later, she became vice president of her school's Thespian Society. [1]

At 17, she moved to Los Angeles with the hope of pursuing an acting career. To earn money while auditioning, she worked as a salesperson at The Gap, a caterer, a waitress, a pre-school teacher and a clown at children's parties, until breaking into the modeling industry - most notably with Guess?. [1] Her exposure increased considerably with an appearance on the cover of the August 2005 issue of Playboy magazine. [2] [3] She was signed to Elite Model Management in Miami. [4]

Career

In 2004, Baird also started earning acting roles, such as an appearance on the Drew Carey Show and in the low budget film Brain Blockers . Her breakthrough appearance in a major film was in Wedding Crashers in 2005, which she followed up with roles in Accepted and Hot Tamale . In 2006, she appeared in four films, most notably a major role in the horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning .

Baird had featured photo spreads in several magazines including Playboy, FHM , Stuff , Maxim (in which she was ranked #76 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list, [5] #64 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list, [6] #76 on the Maxim Magazine Hot 100 of 2011 list, [7] the #17 spot on FHM's top 100 2010, and the #40 spot in 2011), [8] Toro and Esquire (UK) . [9] She lent her voice to the Scarface video game as one of Tony Montana's possible girlfriends. [10]

Baird has also guest starred in episodes of Big Day , Shark , The Loop , and Two and a Half Men (the 2009 episode "She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime"). She starred in the movie 30 Days of Night: Dark Days , directed by Ben Ketai, [11] which is produced by Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures. [12] Baird stars in the FEARnet webseries Tea Party Macabre, which is part of the series "Women in Horror Month". [13] She also starred in the 2009 comedy Stan Helsing . [14]

She starred in several videos for the Funny or Die website, including one with Garfunkel and Oates called "Go Running with Chicken" and "Sexy Dark Ages" with Robert Englund. [15] She starred in another web video with the comedic duo called "This Party Took a Turn for the Douche". In 2010, she appeared in Night of the Demons . In February 2011, she starred in a short musical film called "Howlin' for You" for the band The Black Keys. [16]

She plays a porn star in her 2014 film Beautiful Girl. Baird was cast in a recurring role in the Amazon Studios pilot Cocked along with costars Brian Dennehy, Jason Lee, Dreama Walker, and Sam Trammell. The show was not picked up for series. [17] Baird guest starred in an episode of the Hulu series Casual . [18]

Personal life

Baird was married to actor Jonathan Togo from 2013 to 2016; they have one child. [19] [20] In 2017, Baird revealed that she was dating comedian Mav Viola. [21] Baird told The Advocate magazine that after years of assuming herself to be asexual, she identifies as lesbian. [22] On December 29, 2017, Baird announced that she and Viola were engaged. [23]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Wedding Crashers Vivian
2006 Hot Tamale Tuesday Blackwell
2006 Bachelor Party Vegas PenelopeDirect-to-video film
2006 Fifty Pills Tiffany
2006 Accepted Kiki
2006 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Bailey
2007 Brain Blockers Suzi KleinDirect-to-video film
2007 Young People Fucking Jamie
2008South of HeavenLily
2008 My Best Friend's Girl Rachel
2009 Stan Helsing Nadine
2009 Night of the Demons Lily Thompson
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Mrs. Steelman
2010 Let the Game Begin Kate
2010QuitDanielle
2010 30 Days of Night: Dark Days AmberDirect-to-video film
2010 Love Shack LaCienga Torrez
2010Dry RunLaurie
2012 Transit Arielle
2012 Last Call Janine
2013 Riddle Amber Richards
2013Concrete BlondesSammi Lovett
2014Beautiful GirlOdessa
2021 The Virtuoso Johnnie's Girl
2023Night TrainJaylynne Jackson
TBASpreadTBApost-production
TBAWitchy WaysTBApost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 The Drew Carey Show ValerieEpisode: "Drew Thinks Inside the Box"
2006 South Beach BriannaUnaired TV pilot
2006–2007 Big Day Kristin3 episodes
2007 Shark Nina LangeEpisode: "Fall from Grace"
2007 The Loop CaraGuest role; 2 episodes
2009 Two and a Half Men WandaEpisode: "She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime"
2009 Robot Chicken Fantasia / Spanish Woman / Woman / Lady / GirlVoice role; 2 episodes
2009 Gary Unmarried RedheadEpisode: "Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel"
2009 Accidentally on Purpose AndreaEpisode: "The Love Guru"
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lainie McCallumEpisode: "Witness"
2011 Psych NicoleEpisode: "The Tao of Gus"
2012 Bent NatalieEpisode: "Smitten"
2012–2013 Shameless Meg4 episodes
2014 Franklin & Bash Cindy MaloneyEpisode: "Dance the Night Away"
2014 Newsreaders Ashley / JenniferEpisode: "Strip Club Expose; Long Lost Twins"
2015CockedAubreyTelevision film
2015 Casual AprilEpisode: "Animals"
2016 Telenovela Maria WilsonEpisode: "Caught in the Act"
2016 Angel from Hell Brandi3 episodes
2018–2022 Cobra Kai Shannon KeeneRecurring role, 7 episodes
2018My Daughter VanishedMelanieTelevision film; also known as Hidden Family Secrets
2019The Missing SisterColletteTelevision film; also known as My Sister's Deadly Secret
2020Her Secret Family KillerAprilTelevision film
2020Psycho Sister-In-LawCallie HayesTelevision film
2022Bound by BlackmailDianaTelevision film
2023You're Not Supposed to Be HereKennedyTelevision film

Web

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