Diora Baird facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Diora Baird
Diora Baird in 2003
Born	(1983-04-06) April 6, 1983 (age 41) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2004–present
Spouse(s)	Jonathan Togo ​ ​ (m. 2013; div. 2016)​
Children	1

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

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.

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?. ..... She was signed to Elite Model Management in Miami.

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.

..... She lent her voice to the Scarface video game as one of Tony Montana's possible girlfriends.

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, which is produced by Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures. Baird stars in the FEARnet webseries Tea Party Macabre, which is part of the series "Women in Horror Month". She also starred in the 2009 comedy Stan Helsing.

..... 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.

..... 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. Baird guest starred in an episode of the Hulu series Casual.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

• Tea Party Macabre (2010), as herself; 5 episodes

Music videos

• "Howlin' for You" (2011), by The Black Keys
• "This Party Took a Turn for the Douche" (2011), by Garfunkel and Oates
• "Out of Goodbyes" (2011), by Maroon 5 featuring Lady Antebellum

Video game

• Scarface: The World is Yours (2006), as Femme Fatale (voice role)

See also

In Spanish: Diora Baird para niños