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

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

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

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

. 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 '' Frasier'', she and

Megan Mullally Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for playing Karen Walker on the NBC sitcom ''Will & Grace'' (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award no ...

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

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) 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 Brendan Fraser's character), ''Pomegranate'' (2005), as Julia (the mother of Leah Pipes's character) in the soccer film ''

Her Best Move ''Her Best Move'' is a 2007 teen romantic comedy film directed by Norm Hunter. It tells the story of a 17–19-year-old soccer prodigy named Sara Davis who has a chance to join the U.S. National Team. At the same time, she must juggle high schoo ...

'' (2006), ''

National Lampoon's Bag Boy ''National Lampoon's Bag Boy'' is a 2007 American comedy film directed by Mort Nathan, starring Dennis Farina, Paul Campbell and Marika Dominczyk. The plot involves a teenager who enters the competitive world of grocery store bagging. Cast * D ...

'' (2007), and '' This Is 40'' (2012).

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

*
The Unofficial Lisa Darr Cyber-site
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