Diora Baird Biography

Diora Baird
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Diora Baird

Diora Baird in 2003
Born April 6, 1983 (1983-04-06) (age 26)
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.
Occupation Film/television actress, model
Years active 2004–present

Diora Baird (born April 6, 1983) is an American actress and former model for Guess? who has appeared in films such as Wedding Crashers (2005) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006).

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Early life

Baird was born in Miami, Miami-Dade County, 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. 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 in to the modeling industry, most notably with Guess?. Her exposure increased considerably with an appearance on the cover of the August 2005 issue of Playboy magazine.12 She is signed to Elite Model Management in Miami.

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 prequel 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. However she can be seen in the deleted scenes of the home video release.3

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 and #64 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list), Toro and Esquire (UK). One advantage in her modeling career seems to be her large natural breasts, which measure 32DD4. She lent her voice to the Scarface video game as one of Tony Montana's possible girlfriends.5

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 is to star in the movie 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, directed by Ben Ketai.6, who is produced from Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures7 Baird stars also in the FEARnet webseries Tea Party Massacre, which is part of the series Women in Horror Month.8She also starred in the 2009 comedy Stan Helsing.

Filmography

References

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  1. ^ (April 2007)"Model of the Week". Askmen.com. April 2007. http://www.askmen.com/women/models_300/320_diora_baird.html. 
  2. ^ Miska, Brad (October 2005). "Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel: Star Diora Baird". Defamer.com. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/feature/168. 
  3. ^ a b diora baird star trek deleted scene
  4. ^ http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/2060/diora-baird.htm
  5. ^ Stahie, Silviu (May 2006). "'Scarface: The World Is Yours' Signs Five Hollywood Beauties". Softpedia. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Scarface-The-World-Is-Yours-Signs-Five-Hollywood-Beauties-23426.shtml. 
  6. ^ '30 Days of Night Dark Days' Officially Announced
  7. ^ http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17764 BD's Got Your '30 Days of Night: Dark Days' Casting!]
  8. ^ You're Invited to a Tea Party Macabre

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