:Diora Baird

Baird was born in Miami, Florida on April 6, 1983. She got into acting when her mother, who was also a model, 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?. Her exposure increased considerably with an appearance on the cover of, and a nude photoshoot in the August 2005 issue of Playboy magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/women/models_300/320_diora_baird.html|title=Model of the Week|date=April 2007|publisher=Askmen.com|access-date=February 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726015937/http://www.askmen.com/women/models_300/320_diora_baird.html|archive-date=July 26, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/feature/168|title=Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel: Star Diora Baird|last=Miska|first=Brad|publisher=Defamer.com|date=October 2005}} She was signed to Elite Model Management in Miami.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329173512/https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/diora_baird/|archive-date=March 29, 2012|url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/diora_baird/|title=Diora Baird|work=Fashion Model Directory|access-date=July 26, 2019}}

In 2004, Baird started earning acting roles 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,[http://www.maxim.com/amg/girls/43960/2007-hot-100.html Maxim Hot 100 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709184423/http://www.maxim.com/amg/girls/43960/2007-hot-100.html |date=July 9, 2011 }}. Maxim.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-26. #64 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list,[http://www.maxim.com/amg/girls/hot-100/77479/2008hot100.html Maxim Hot 100 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716095440/http://www.maxim.com/amg/girls/hot-100/77479/2008hot100.html |date=July 16, 2011 }}. Maxim.com (2007-09-24). Retrieved on 2011-07-26. #76 on the Maxim Magazine Hot 100 of 2011 list,{{cite web|last=Maxim|title=2011 Hot 100|url=http://www.maxim.com/amg/GIRLS/Articles/2011+Hot+100|access-date=4 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505213558/http://www.maxim.com/amg/GIRLS/Articles/2011+Hot+100|archive-date=May 5, 2011|df=mdy-all}} the #17 spot on FHM's top 100 2010, and the #40 spot in 2011),[http://www.fhm.com/girls/100-sexiest-women/100-sexiest-women-in-the-world-2010--the-top-ten--20100420 AdTech Ad FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714043844/http://www.fhm.com/girls/100-sexiest-women/100-sexiest-women-in-the-world-2010--the-top-ten--20100420 |date=July 14, 2011 }}, Fhm.com; retrieved 2011-07-26. Toro and Esquire (UK).{{cite web |last=FHM |title=FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011 |url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/diora-baird |access-date=4 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808023320/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/diora-baird |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |df=mdy }} She lent her voice to the Scarface video game as one of Tony Montana's possible girlfriends.{{cite news|first=Silviu|last=Stahie|title='Scarface: The World Is Yours' Signs Five Hollywood Beauties|date=May 2006|publisher=Softpedia|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Scarface-The-World-Is-Yours-Signs-Five-Hollywood-Beauties-23426.shtml|access-date=December 9, 2006|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328133313/https://news.softpedia.com/news/Scarface-The-World-Is-Yours-Signs-Five-Hollywood-Beauties-23426.shtml|url-status=dead}}

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,[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17804 "'30 Days of Night Dark Days' Officially Announced", October 22, 2009 Bloody-discusting.com]. Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-26. which is produced by Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures.[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17764 BD's Got Your '30 Days of Night: Dark Days' Casting!]. Bloody-disgusting.com; retrieved 2011-07-26. Baird stars in the FEARnet webseries Tea Party Macabre, which is part of the series "Women in Horror Month".Creepy, Uncle. (2010-01-28) [http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35572/youre-invited-a-tea-party-macabre You're Invited to a Tea Party Macabre]. Dreadcentral.com; retrieved 2011-07-26. She also starred in the 2009 comedy Stan Helsing.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Stan-Helsing-Steve-Howey/dp/B002UQLVKK|title=Watch Stan Helsing-Amazon Prime|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|access-date=September 8, 2020}}

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.[http://www.funnyordie.com/diora_baird Diora Baird profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624034506/http://www.funnyordie.com/diora_baird |date=June 24, 2011 }}, Funnyordie.com; retrieved 2011-07-26. 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.{{cite web|url=http://kroq.radio.com/2011/02/11/video-the-black-keys-howlin-for-you-featuring-diora-baird-shaun-white-tricia-helfer-sir-todd-bridges|title=Video-The Black Keys "Howlin' For You"|publisher=Kroq.radio.com |date=2011-02-11 |access-date=2012-11-15}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/new-amazon-shows-what-were-expecting-from-its-first-2015-pilots-20150106|title=New Amazon Shows: What We're Expecting From Its First 2015 Pilots|work=Indiewire|date=January 13, 2015}} Baird guest starred in an episode of the Hulu series Casual.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4577466/fullcredits|title=Casual (TV Series 2015-2018)|publisher=IMDB.com|access-date=September 8, 2020}}

Baird was married to actor Jonathan Togo from 2013 to 2016; they have one child.{{cite web|url=http://stephanievovas.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/new-work-of-the-beautiful-and-expecting-diora-baird/|title=New work of the beautiful (and expecting!) Diora Baird|work=stephanie vovas blog|date=December 3, 2012 |access-date=April 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://twitpic.com/bla9eh|work=Diora Baird official Twitter|title=Someone FINALLY decided to make his grand entrance into the world...|date=December 12, 2012}} In 2017, Baird revealed that she was dating comedian Mav Viola.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/fast-lane/article/2017/05/29/shameless-actor-diora-baird-comes-out|title='Shameless' actor Diora Baird comes out|date=May 29, 2017}} Baird told The Advocate magazine that after years of assuming herself to be asexual, she identifies as lesbian.{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2017/9/08/actress-diora-baird-lucky-love|title=Actress Diora Baird Is Lucky in Love|date=September 8, 2017}} On December 29, 2017, Baird announced that she and Viola were engaged.{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2017/12/29/diora-baird-engaged-mav-viola-ring-photos/|title='Cobra Kai' Star Diora Baird Engaged To Partner Mav Viola — See Her Gorgeous Ring|work=Hollywood Life|first=Avery|last=Thompson|date=December 29, 2017|access-date=December 29, 2017}}

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

• "Howlin' for You" (2011), by The Black Keys{{cite web|title=The Black Keys – Howlin' for You|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLSpj7q6_mM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/TLSpj7q6_mM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|via=YouTube|access-date=November 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{better source needed|reason=This is a primary source. A secondary source should be used for this.|date=December 2022}}
• "This Party Took a Turn for the Douche" (2011), by Garfunkel and Oates{{cite web|title=Garfunkel and Oates – This Party Took a Turn for the Douche|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHH3brmhPyw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/pHH3brmhPyw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|via=YouTube|access-date=November 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{better source needed|reason=This is a primary source. A secondary source should be used for this.|date=December 2022}}
• "Out of Goodbyes" (2011), by Maroon 5 featuring Lady Antebellum{{cite web|title=Maroon 5 – Out of Goodbyes featuring Lady Antebellum|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umtlAZQ4mmk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/umtlAZQ4mmk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|via=YouTube|access-date=November 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{better source needed|reason=This is a primary source. A secondary source should be used for this.|date=December 2022}}

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

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