Diora Baird

Early life Baird was born in Miami, Florida on April 6, 1983. She began 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. She was signed to Elite Model Management in Miami.

Career 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, #64 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list, #76 on the Maxim Magazine Hot 100 of 2011 list, the #17 spot on FHM's top 100 2010, and the #40 spot in 2011), Toro and Esquire (UK). She lent her voice to the Scarface video game as one of Tony Montana's possible girlfriends.

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, which is produced by Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures. Baird stars in the FEARnet webseries Tea Party Macabre, which is part of the series "Women in Horror Month". She also starred in the 2009 comedy Stan Helsing.

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. 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.

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. Baird guest starred in an episode of the Hulu series Casual.

Personal life Baird was married to actor Jonathan Togo from 2013 to 2016; they have one child.

In 2017, Baird revealed that she was dating comedian Mav Viola. Baird told The Advocate magazine that after years of assuming herself to be asexual, she identified as lesbian. On December 29, 2017, Baird announced that she and Viola were engaged, but they later split up. In 2019, she filed a restraining order against Viola.

In May 2025, she gave birth to her second child. She is married to Ken Nelson, the owner of clothing brand Kaiju017.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Wedding Crashers Vivian 2006 Hot Tamale Tuesday Blackwell Bachelor Party Vegas Penelope Direct-to-video film Fifty Pills Tiffany Accepted Kiki The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Bailey 2007 Brain Blockers Suzi Klein Direct-to-video film Young People Fucking Jamie 2008 South of Heaven Lily My Best Friend's Girl Rachel2009 Star TrekThe Wrong Orion Scene cut Stan Helsing Nadine Night of the Demons Lily Thompson 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Mrs. Steelman Let the Game Begin Kate Quit Danielle 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Amber Direct-to-video film Love Shack LaCienga Torrez Dry Run Laurie 2012 Transit Arielle Last Call Janine 2013 Riddle Amber Richards Concrete Blondes Sammi Lovett 2014 Beautiful Girl Odessa 2021 The Virtuoso Johnnie's Girl 2023 Night Train Jaylynne Jackson 2024 Spread Xtasy Witchy Ways Eve

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 The Drew Carey Show Valerie Episode: "Drew Thinks Inside the Box" 2006 South Beach Brianna Unaired TV pilot 2006–2007 Big Day Kristin 3 episodes 2007 Shark Nina Lange Episode: "Fall from Grace" The Loop Cara Guest role; 2 episodes 2009 Two and a Half Men Wanda Episode: "She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime" Robot Chicken Fantasia / Spanish Woman / Woman / Lady Voice role; 2 episodes Gary Unmarried Redhead Episode: "Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel"Accidentally on Purpose Andrea Episode: "The Love Guru" 2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lainie McCallum Episode: "Witness" 2011 Psych Nicole Episode: "The Tao of Gus" 2012 Bent Natalie Episode: "Smitten" 2012–2013 Shameless Meg 4 episodes 2014 Franklin & Bash Cindy Maloney Episode: "Dance the Night Away" Newsreaders Ashley / Jennifer Episode: "Strip Club Expose; Long Lost Twins" 2015 Cocked Aubrey Television film Casual April Episode: "Animals" 2016 Telenovela Maria Wilson Episode: "Caught in the Act" Angel from Hell Brandi 3 episodes 2018 My Daughter Vanished Melanie Television film; also known as Hidden Family Secrets 2018–2025 Cobra Kai Shannon Keene Guest role 2019 The Missing Sister Collette Television film; also known as My Sister's Deadly Secret 2020 Her Secret Family Killer April Television film Psycho Sister-In-Law Callie Hayes Television film 2022 Bound by Blackmail Diana Television film 2023 You're Not Supposed to Be Here Kennedy Television film

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

Music videos "Howlin' for You" (2011), by The Black Keys "This Party Took a Turn for the Douche" (2011), by Garfunkel and Oates "Out of Goodbyes" (2011), by Maroon 5 featuring Lady Antebellum

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