Diora Baird

Diora Lynn Baird (born April 6, 1983)[2] is an American actress and former model for Guess? who has appeared in films such as Wedding Crashers (2005), Accepted (2006), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Young People Fucking (2007), My Best Friend's Girl (2008), Stan Helsing (2009), and Transit (2012).
== Early life ==
Baird was born in Miami, Florida. 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.[2]
At the age of 17, she moved to Los Angeles in hope of pursuing an acting career. To earn money while auditioning, she worked at The Gap as well as a clown at children's parties, caterer, waitress and pre-school teacher until breaking into the modeling industry, most notably with Guess?.[2] Her exposure increased considerably with an appearance on the cover of the August 2005 issue of Playboy magazine.[3][4] She is signed to Elite Model Management in Miami.[5]
== Career ==
In 2004, Baird also started earning acting roles, such as a guest 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. In 2009, Baird portrayed an Orion Starfleet officer in Star Trek directed by J. J. Abrams but was cut from the final version of the film. She can be seen in the deleted scenes of the home video release.[6]
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,[7] #64 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list,[8] #76 on the Maxim Magazine Hot 100 of 2011 list,[9] the #17 spot on FHM's top 100 2010, and the #40 spot in 2011),[10] Toro and Esquire (UK).[11] She lent her voice to the Scarface video game as one of Tony Montana's possible girlfriends.[12]
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,[13] which is produced by Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures.[14] Baird stars in the FEARnet webseries Tea Party Macabre, which is part of the series "Women in Horror Month".[15] She also starred in the 2009 comedy Stan Helsing.[citation needed]
She starred in a couple of 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.[16] 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.[17]
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.[18] Baird guest starred in an episode of the Hulu series Casual.[episode needed]
== Personal life ==
Baird and her ex-husband Jonathan Togo have one child.[19] In 2017, Baird revealed that she was dating female comedian Mav Viola.[20] Baird told The Advocate magazine that after years of assuming herself to be asexual, she identifies as lesbian.[21] On December 29, 2017, Baird announced that she and Viola are engaged.[22]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004	Deep Down in Florida 	Maren 	Short film
2005	First Kiss 	Billie 	Short film
2005	Wedding Crashers 	Vivian 	
2005	Fiasco 	Tiffy 	Short film
2005	If Love Be Blind 	Isabel 	Short film
2006	Hot Tamale 	Tuesday Blackwell 	
2006	Bachelor Party Vegas 	Penelope 	Direct-to-video
2006	Fifty Pills 	Tiffany 	
2006	Accepted 	Kiki 	
2006	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Bailey 	
2007	Day 73 with Sarah 	Foxy 	Short film
2007	Brain Blockers 	Suzi Klein 	Direct-to-video
2007	Young People Fucking 	Jamie 	
2008	South of Heaven 	Lily 	
2008	My Best Friend's Girl 	Rachel 	
2009	Stan Helsing 	Nadine 	
2009	Star Trek 	'wrong' Orion girl	Deleted scene
2009	Night of the Demons 	Lily Thompson 	
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine 	Mrs. Steelman 	
2010	Let the Game Begin 	Kate 	
2010	Quit 	Danielle 	
2010	30 Days of Night: Dark Days 	Amber 	Direct-to-video
2010	Love Shack 	LaCienga Torrez 	
2010	Dry Run 	Laurie 	
2011	Last Call 	Janine 	
2011	The Sexy Dark Ages 	Isolde 	Short film
2012	Transit 	Arielle 	
2012	Cheat Day 	Herself 	Short film
2013	Riddle 	Amber Richards 	
2013	Concrete Blondes 	Sammi Lovett 	
2014	Beautiful Girl 	Odessa 	
2018	My Daughter Vanished 	Melanie 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004 	The Drew Carey Show 	Valerie 	Episode: "Drew Thinks Inside the Box"
2006 	South Beach 	Brianna 	Unaired pilot
2006–2007	Big Day 	Kristin 	Guest role; 3 episodes
2007 	Shark 	Nina Lange 	Episode: "Fall from Grace"
2007 	The Loop 	Cara 	Guest role; 2 episodes
2009 	Two and a Half Men 	Wanda 	Episode: "She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime"
2009 	Robot Chicken 	Fantasia / Spanish Woman / Woman / Lady / Girl (voices)	Guest role; 2 episodes
2009 	Gary Unmarried 	Redhead 	Episode: "Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel"
2009 	Accidentally on Purpose 	Andrea 	Episode: "The Love Guru"
2010 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lainie McCallum 	Episode: "Witness"
2011 	Psych 	Nicole 	Episode: "The Tao of Gus"
2012 	Bent 	Natalie 	Episode: "Smitten"
2012–2013	Shameless 	Meg 	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2014 	Franklin & Bash 	Cindy Maloney 	Episode: "Dance the Night Away"
2014 	Newsreaders 	Ashley / Jennifer 	Episode: "Strip Club Expose; Long Lost Twins"
2015 	Cocked 	Aubrey 	Television film
2015 	Casual 	April 	Episode: "Animals"
2016 	Telenovela 	Maria Wilson 	Episode: "Caught in the Act"
2016 	Angel from Hell 	Brandi 	Guest role; 3 episodes
Category:American film actresses