Diora Baird
Diora Baird in 2003
Born	(1983-04-06) April 6, 1983 (age 40) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	Jonathan Togo ​ ​ (m. 2013; div. 2016)​
Children	1

Diora Lynn Baird (born April 6, 1983)^[1] is an American television and movie 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.^[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

Television

Web

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

Music videos

• "Howlin' for You" (2011), by The Black Keys^{[24][better source needed]}
• "This Party Took a Turn for the Douche" (2011), by Garfunkel and Oates^{[25][better source needed]}
• "Out of Goodbyes" (2011), by Maroon 5 featuring Lady Antebellum^{[26][better source needed]}

Video game

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