Lisa Darr (born April 21, 1963) is an American actress.

Life and career

Darr was born Lisa Darr Grabemann in

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, the daughter of Mollie, an actress, and Karl Grabemann, a lawyer. She attended

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and graduated in 1985 with a degree in biology. She went on to receive an MFA in Acting from

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. She played Annie Whitman on ABC's '' Life as We Know It''. Darr's previous television appearances include the 1991 short-lived sitcom '' Flesh 'n' Blood'' as Rachel Brennan,

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's teenage drama '' Popular'' as Jane McPherson, as well as the short-lived but critically acclaimed 1996

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series ''

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'' as Gail Koner. In the fifth season of the sitcom ''

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'', she played Laurie Manning, the girlfriend of the title character Ellen Morgan; In "Four for the Seasaw", an episode of ''

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'', she and

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played love interests for the Crane brothers. She played archaeologist Ginny Will on an episode of ''

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''. Darr also made an appearance on the

drama ''

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'' in 2006, playing a victim's mother in the episode "Distractions". She has made an appearance on the third season of ''

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'' in the episode "Product Recall". Darr appeared in the fourth season of ''

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'' (on Showtime) as Ann Carilli. She also made a guest appearance in '' Nip/Tuck''. Nip/Tuck, Season 5, Episode 14 Her film work includes the Oscar-award-winning '' Gods and Monsters'' (1998), in which she appeared as Dana Boone (the wife of

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's character), ''Pomegranate'' (2005), as Julia (the mother of Leah Pipes's character) in the soccer film '' Her Best Move'' (2006), '' National Lampoon's Bag Boy'' (2007), and ''

This Is 40 ''This Is 40'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Judd Apatow and starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. A "sort-of sequel" to Apatow's film ''Knocked Up'', its plot centers on married couple Pete and Debbie, ...

'' (2012).

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1963 births Actresses from Chicago American film actresses American television actresses Living people New Trier High School alumni Stanford University alumni UCLA Film School alumni 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses {{US-tv-actor-1960s-stub