Lisa Darr

Acting

Born April 21, 1963, Chicago, Illinois, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lisa Darr (born April 21, 1963) is an American actress. Darr was born Lisa Darr Grabemann in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Mollie, an actress, and Karl Grabemann, a lawyer.  She attended Stanford University and graduated in 1985 with a degree in Biology; she went on to receive an MFA in Acting from UCLA. She played Annie Whitman on ABC's Life As We Know It. Darr's previous television appearances include The WB's teenage drama, Popular, as Jane McPherson as well as the short-lived but critically acclaimed 1996 Fox series Profit as Gail Koner. In the fifth season of the show Ellen, she played Laurie Manning, the girlfriend of the title character, Ellen Morgan; this was notable as the first openly gay relationship involving a major character in an American television series. Darr also made an appearance on the Fox drama House in 2006, playing a victim's mother in the episode "Distractions". She has made an appearance on the third season of The Office in the episode "Product Recall". Darr has recently appeared in the fourth season of Weeds (on Showtime) as Ann Carilli. She also made a guest appearance in Nip/Tuck. Her film work includes the Oscar-award winning Gods and Monsters (1998), in which she appeared as Dana Boone, Brendan Fraser's wife, Pomegranate (2005) and Julia, Leah Pipes's mother, in the soccer film, Her Best Move (2006).

Filmography

• Constantine — Liv's Mother
• 2012This Is 40 — Clair
• Parenthood — Sarah's Doctor
• Drop Dead Diva — Martha Miller
• FlashForward — Principal Byrne
• 2009Hannah Montana: The Movie — Mother on the Pier
• 2009The Twenty — Katherine
• 2008Alma: The Master's Muse — Narrator (voice)
• The Mentalist — Hazel Haibach
• 2007Bagboy — Laurie
• 2007Her Best Move — Julia Davis
• Dexter — Benny's Lawyer
• The Unit — Beverly
• Ghost Whisperer — Amanda Garnett
• The Office — Barbara Allen
• Weeds — Ann Carilli
• CSI: NY — Andrea Warren
• Desperate Housewives — Tammy Brennan
• House — Emily
• Life As We Know It — Annie Whitman
• Nip/Tuck — Darlene Lowell
• The Lyon's Den
• 2002The Big Time
• The Guardian — Dr. Patricia Driscoll
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Nicole Jones
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Woman in Perfume Store
• Strong Medicine — Susan Jackson
• The Weber Show — Angela Nichalos
• Judging Amy — Mrs. Kreiner
• Ladies Man — Dr. Mandell
• Popular — Jane McPherson
• The West Wing — Becca - Women's Alliance for Choice
• Charmed — Paige's Mom
• 1998Gods and Monsters — Dana Boone
• 1998Land of the Free — Annie Jennings
• 1997Casualties — Beth
• 1997Morella — Jenny Lynden
• 1997Plan B — Clare Sadler
• 1997The Sleepwalker Killing — D.A. Mary Ellen Matulus
• 7th Heaven — T-Bone's Mother
• EZ Streets
• Early Edition — Allison Fletcher
• Men Behaving Badly — Alice
• Nash Bridges — Shelly
• Profit — Gail Koner
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Martha
• Marker
• 1995Murderous Intent — Pamela
• The Drew Carey Show — Debbie
• The Office — Natalie Stanton
• 1994Betrayal of Trust — Lorna Lucas
• ER — Nadine Wilkes
• Ellen — Laurie Manning
• One West Waikiki
• 1993Complex of Fear — Penny Evans
• Frasier — Laura Paris
• 1993Incredi-Girl — Ellen
• The X-Files — Attorney Jana Fain
• Renegade — Dr. Helen
• 1991Defenseless — Board Member in Law Firm
• Flesh 'n' Blood — Rachel Brennan
• The Commish
• Northern Exposure — Ann McGrath
• The Flash — Terri Kronenberg
• Wings — Gwen
• Quantum Leap — Ginny Will
• Murder, She Wrote — Kelly Michaels, Carrie Benton, Rhonda Brock