Diane Farr
{{Short description|American actress, producer (born 1969)}}
{{for-multi|the American historical romance novelist|Diane Farr (writer)|the British horsewoman and writer|Diana Farr}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|9|7}}
| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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| years_active = {{circa}} 1981–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Seung Yong Chung|2006|2017|end=divorced}}
| children = 3
| occupation = Actress, producer
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Diane Farr (born September 7, 1969) is an American actress, producer, and writer. Her television roles have included FBI agent Megan Reeves in Numb3rs, the firefighter Laura Miles in Rescue Me, and the division chief Sharon Leone in Fire Country.
Life and career
Diane Farr was born on September 7, 1969, in New York City.{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/diane-farr/bio/147297 | title =Diane Farr Biography | work = TV Guide | access-date = October 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091105122519/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/diane-farr/bio/147297 |archive-date= Nov 5, 2009 }} She is of Irish and Italian descent.{{cite web |url=http://www.more.com/diane-farr-interracial-marriage |title=White Women Need Not Apply |website=MORE Magazine |first1=Diane |last1=Farr |date=May 2011 |access-date=2012-11-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623095622/http://www.more.com/diane-farr-interracial-marriage |archive-date=2011-06-23 }} Farr studied drama at New York's Stony Brook University, with semesters at Loughborough University in England, graduating magna cum laude with a joint BA in Theatre from the two universities,
Farr has written two books. The first, The Girl Code,{{cite book |first=Diane |last=Farr |title=The Girl Code |year=2001 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York |isbn=0-316-26061-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/girlcodesecretla00farr/page/n7/mode/2up |access-date=2025-03-13 |url-access=limited |via=Internet Archive Book Reader}} was published in 2001 and has been translated into seven languages. It discusses the secret language of single women.{{cite web | first = Nathan | last = Southern | url = http://www.allmovie.com/artist/diane-farr-362413 | title = Diane Farr Biography | website = AllMovie | access-date = October 28, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026121124/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/diane-farr-p362413 |archive-date= Oct 26, 2012 }} Her second book, Kissing Outside the Lines, was published in May 2011 and is a comical memoir of her path to an interracial marriage.{{cite book |first=Diane |last=Farr |title=Kissing Outside the Lines |year=2011 |publisher=Seal Press |location=Berkeley |isbn=978-1-58005-390-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/kissingoutsideli00farr/page/n5/mode/2up |access-date=2025-03-13 |url-access=limited |via=Internet Archive Book Reader}} Farr also writes for a number of American magazines and has an internationally syndicated newspaper column for the International Herald Tribune.{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/numbers-diane-farr-sells-semi-395826/ | title='Numbers" Diane Farr Sells Semi-Autobiographical Comedy to NBC (Exclusive) | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=November 30, 2012 }}
Farr was a co-host for 200 episodes of the advice program Loveline on MTV and made guest appearances on The Drew Carey Show, Arli$$, and CSI. She portrayed the recurring role of Amy DeLuca, mother to the series co-star Majandra Delfino's character Maria, on The WB's and later UPN's Roswell. She also played Maddie Hudson on The WB's Like Family. Later, she played Detective Jan Fendrich on the ABC series The Job, co-created by and starring Denis Leary. Following the end of that series, she appeared in the cast of Rescue Me (also co-created by and starring Leary), playing a firefighter for two seasons. She left Rescue Me to star as FBI agent Megan Reeves on the CBS crime drama Numb3rs.
Farr opted not to renew her contract and left Numb3rs following the show's fourth season.{{cite web | url =https://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-diane-farrs-8105/| title = Exclusive: Diane Farr's Numbers Up | website = tvguide.com | date = March 25, 2008 | access-date = March 25, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080329011521/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Ausiello-Scoop-Diane/800036166 | archive-date = March 29, 2008 }} She starred in her final episode on May 18, 2008.{{cite news | url =https://people.com/celebrity/numb3rs-star-diane-farr-welcomes-a-boy/| title = Numb3rs Star Diane Farr Welcomes a Boy | date = March 16, 2007 | author = Stephen M. Silverman | author-link = Stephen M. Silverman | work = People | access-date = May 21, 2007 }} Farr then joined the Showtime series Californication for a 10-episode run in autumn 2009.{{cite web | url = http://eztv.it/index.php?main=tvnews&show_news=3624 | title = Diane Farr joins 'Californication' |website=eztv.it }}
In April 2010, Farr had a role as Barbara, a mother whose negative influence led her son Eddie to become a serial killer, in a flashback episode of Desperate Housewives. When Barbara discovered Eddie's collection of newspaper articles about the women he hurt or murdered, he strangled her to death. She guest-starred in White Collar as a waitress named Gina De Stefano.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/White-Collar-Farr-1019134.aspx |title=White Collar Recruits Diane Farr |website=TVGuide.com}}
Farr guest-starred in season seven of Grey's Anatomy, where in episode 130, she played the role of a patient with Huntington's disease under the care of Meredith, played by the series star Ellen Pompeo.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Grey-Anatomy-Farr-1022091.aspx|title=Grey's Anatomy Admits Diane Farr|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=August 20, 2010}} She also had a recurring role in the final season (2012–13) of the Grey's Anatomy spin-off series, Private Practice, as Miranda, a terminal cancer patient and the love interest of Dr. Sheldon Wallace (Brian Benben).
For several years starting in 2010, Farr wrote, directed and presented a reality comedy series for FunnyorDie.com called AssCastles.{{cite magazine | first = Mandi |last=Bierly|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/08/13/diane-farr-asscastles/|title=Diane Farr talks the inspiration behind 'AssCastles' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
In Adam Carolla's 2015 film Road Hard, Farr starred as his character's love interest.
Currently, Farr stars as Sharon Leone, Cal Fire Division Chief and mother of lead character Bode Donovan, in Jerry Bruckheimer's 2022 American drama television series, Fire Country.
Personal life
On June 24, 2006, then-36-year-old Farr married 35-year-old entertainment marketing executive Seung Yong Chung, at a ceremony in Mammoth Lakes, California.{{cite news |author= |title=Diane Farr, Seung Chung |work=The New York Times |date=2006-06-25 |department=Fashion {{!}} Weddings |quote=She graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/fashion/weddings/25FARR.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120124606/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/fashion/weddings/25FARR.html |archive-date=2025-01-20 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Famous People Getting Married: Arquette, Farr Tie the Knot: And, oh yeah, so does 81-year-old 'Wyatt Earp' star |website=Zap2it |date=June 26, 2006 |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-celebweddingroundup,0,5715725.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines |access-date = May 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307082423/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-celebweddingroundup,0,5715725.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines |archive-date= March 7, 2012 |url-status=dead}} Their first child, son Beckett Mancuso Chung, was born in March 2007,{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/numb3rs-star-diane-farr-welcomes-a-boy/|title=Numb3rs Star Diane Farr Welcomes a Boy|date=March 16, 2007|website=People|author=Stephen M. Silverman|access-date=September 10, 2012|archive-date=August 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822122255/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20015274,00.html|url-status=live}} and they had twin daughters in August 2008.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/diane-farr-gives-birth-to-twin-girls/|title=Diane Farr Gives Birth to Twin Girls|date=August 28, 2008|website=People|access-date=September 10, 2012}} The couple divorced in 2017,{{cite magazine |first=Diane |last=Farr |title=I Love My Boyfriend, But I’m Never Going to Live With Him |magazine=Elle |date=2024-05-15 |quote=… who I am really enjoying seven years after my divorce… |url=https://www.elle.com/life-love/sex-relationships/a60572252/diane-farr-living-with-boyfriend-essay/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122235847/https://www.elle.com/life-love/sex-relationships/a60572252/diane-farr-living-with-boyfriend-essay/ |archive-date=2025-01-22 |url-status=live}} though the relationship remains amicable and the family congregated together during the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020.{{Cite Instagram |first=Diane |last=Farr |user=getdianefarr |postid=CJO-KmPJ7O4 |date=2020-12-25 |title=Merry Christmas from my fam and in my ex husband's defense - that headband came with the hairbrush Beckett bought him and he is so hung over he put it right on his head. #TheManIsStillFun #merrychristmas |location= |access-date=2025-03-13}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1998
|Divorced White Male |Lisa | |
| 1999
|Bingo |Miranda |Short film |
| 1999
|Little Indiscretions |C.J. | |
| 2000
|Flooding |Personal Ad Girl | |
| 2002
|Hourly Rates |Shania | |
| 2007
|{{sortname|The|Third Nail}} |Hannah | |
| 2010
|Ass Castle: Part 1 | |Short film |
| 2011
|{{sortname|The|Carrier|nolink=1}} |Claudia |Short film |
| 2012
|Jillian | |
| 2013
|Almost Broadway |Rachel |Completed |
| 2013
|Jane | |
| 2015
|Sarah | |
| 2016
|Clara | |
| 2016
|Brenda Reed | |
| 2017
|Palm Swings |Claire | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1992
|Production Assistant |Episode: "Baser Instincts" |
| 1996
|Michelle |Episode: "Jack Writes Good" |
| 1997
|Dr. Young |Episode: "Saint Marion" |
| 1998
|Helen |Episode: "Scents and Sensibility" |
| 1998
|Erica Lansing |Episode: "Behind Every Great Client..." |
| 1999
|{{sortname|The|Drew Carey Show}} |Tracy |3 Episodes: "Three Guys, a Girl and a B-Story", "Boy Party/Girl Party", "Tracy Bowl" |
| 1999
|Chesara / Jacinda / Morphera (voice) |Video Game |
| 1999
|Cindy |Episode: "Lost in America" |
| 1999–2001
|Amy DeLuca |Recurring Role (11 Episodes) |
| 2000
|{{sortname|The|David Cassidy Show|nolink=1}} |Lisa Erickson |TV Film |
| 2000
|Karen Yeager |TV Film |
| 2000
|Trish Fjord |Episode: "The Elders" |
| 2001–2002
|{{sortname|The|Job|The Job (2001 TV series)}} |Jan Fendrich |Main Cast (19 Episodes) |
| 2002
|{{Ill|Superfire (film)|it|3=Inferno di fuoco (film 2002)|lt=Superfire}} |Sammy Kerns |TV Film |
| 2002
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Marcie Tobin |Episode: "Cats in the Cradle..." |
| 2002
|Penny Larson |Episode: "Profiles in Agenting" |
| 2002
|Tovah |Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2003
|{{sortname|The|Ripples|nolink=1}} | |TV Film |
| 2003
|Harry's Girl | |TV Film |
| 2003–2004
|Maddie Hudson |Main Cast (23 Episodes) |
| 2004–2005
|Laura Miles |Main Cast (19 Episodes) |
| 2005–2008
|Main Cast (60 Episodes) |
| 2009
|Jill Robinson |Recurring Role (9 Episodes) |
| 2010
|Barbara Orlofsky |Episode: "Epiphany" |
| 2010
|Gina De Stefano |Episode: "By the Book" |
| 2010
|Lila Davis |Episode: "Can't Fight Biology" |
| 2011
|{{sortname|The|Council of Dads|nolink=1}} |Catherine Wells |TV Film |
| 2011
|Victoria Preston |TV Film |
| 2011
|Marilyn Milner |Episode: "By the Book" |
| 2012
|{{sortname|The|Mentalist}} |Amy Barron |Episode: "At First Blush" |
| 2012–2013
|{{sortname|The|Secret Life of the American Teenager}} |Willadean |Recurring Role (5 Episodes) |
| 2012–2013
|Miranda |3 Episodes: "I'm Fine", "Full Release", "In Which We Say Goodbye" |
| 2013
|Diane |Episode: "Larry's Wife" |
| 2013
|Rachel |Episode: "On Vodka, on Soda, on Blender, on Mixer!" |
| 2016–2017
|Christina Chance |Recurring Role (12 Episodes) |
| 2018–2019
|Maya |Main Cast (25 Episodes) |
| 2019
|Hannah Cosair |Episode: "American Epidemic" |
| 2021
|Jean Starzac |Episode: "Gender Reveal" |
| 2021
|Francesca Jameson |3 Episodes: "Spectral Healing", "Chaos Theory", "The Storm Before the Calm" |
| 2022–present
|Sharon Leone |Main Cast |
References
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