Lisa Darr

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Lisa Darr born April 21 1963 is an American actress Darr was born Lisa Darr Grabemann in Chicago Illinois the daughter of Mollie an actress and Karl Grabemann a lawyer  She attended Stanford University and graduated in 1985 with a degree in Biology she went on to receive an MFA in Acting from UCLA She played Annie Whitman on ABCs Life As We Know It Darrs previous television appearances include The WBs teenage drama Popular as Jane McPherson as well as the shortlived but critically acclaimed 1996 Fox series Profit as Gail Koner In the fifth season of the show Ellen she played Laurie Manning the girlfriend of the title character Ellen Morgan this was notable as the first openly gay relationship involving a major character in an American television series Darr also made an appearance on the Fox drama House in 2006 playing a victims mother in the episode Distractions She has made an appearance on the third season of The Office in the episode Product Recall Darr has recently appeared in the fourth season of Weeds on Showtime as Ann Carilli She also made a guest appearance in NipTuck Her film work includes the Oscaraward winning Gods and Monsters 1998 in which she appeared as Dana Boone Brendan Frasers wife Pomegranate 2005 and Julia Leah Pipess mother in the soccer film Her Best Move 2006