Diane Farr
Diane Farr is most recently known for her trifecta of civil service jobs on television as an FBI agent, firefighter and detective, but first achieved recognition as a sex therapist on MTV’s “Loveline.” She is also a published author, yoga instructor, general contractor, sponsored snowboarder, former nightclub owner, maximum security men’s prison teacher, mother of three kids and owner of a greeting card company.
And now she’s writing a column for the Humor Hotel feature.
Farr, who, according to The New York Times, “Looks like Barbie and talks like Ken,” brought her beauty and unique sense of humor to Showtime’s “Californication” this season as Jill Robinson, the id to David Duchovny’s ego. Having just finished three years as the female lead on CBS’ “Numb3rs” playing FBI Agent Megan Reeves, Farr says she was thrilled to put her gun down and don a sundress for a comedy.
Just prior to joining “Numb3rs,” Farr starred on the critically acclaimed FX show “Rescue Me” as Laura Miles, the only female firefighter in a New York City firehouse. Farr previously starred opposite Denis Leary in “The Job.” She also appeared in “The Drew Carey Show” and “Roswell.” However, it was her work as the sole female on the breakout MTV hit “Loveline” that made her a household name.
Farr’s first book “The Girl Code,” took a comic look at single women in the 21st century. Her next book, “Shades of America,” chronicles 10 mixed-race couples from dating through marriage and rearing their multiracial children. Farr has also written for Glamour, O, Esquire, Marie Claire, GQ, Maxim, Jane, Cosmopolitan, Better Homes and Gardens, Soma and Self magazines.
During her three seasons on “Numb3rs,” Farr got married and had three children in as many years. Today she is a mother to a toddler and identical twins.
Diane Farr Samples
Don’t Touch the Celebrity and Other Things to Know When Approaching “The Famous”
My name is Diane Farr. I’m an actress. If you were to bump into me, your first thought might be, “I think I went to high school with that girl.” But, you didn’t.
If you keep this thought to yourself and continue jogging your memory, you might envision me with a gun or a fire hose. This is not because I’ve been lurking around your house. I have played a cop, a firefighter and an FBI agent over the last decade on TV. If you have managed to keep all of these thoughts to yourself so far, you may then approach me and say, “I know you!” Even though you don’t.
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Plastics Companies are Doing a Fine Job
Every playgroup my kids attend and every grocery checkout line I’m stuck in with another mother subjects me to another discussion about the dangers of plastic. Not credit cards, but the ubiquitous array of products to which our our kids are exposed.
But I’m not believing the hype. We were all raised with plastic in our mouths. Well, actually, when I was a toddler milk bottles were made of glass and my school sandwiches were wrapped in foil and I drank water from a tap right until college when I started drinking beer from one. Our house didn’t even have Tupperware until the 1980s and it was another 10 years before we had a microwave so we never heated it.
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