Diane Farr (born September 7, 1971 in New York City, New York) ^[1] is an American actress. She is known for her roles as FBI agent Megan Reeves in the CBS television series Numb3rs and Laura Miles on Rescue Me.

Life and career[link]

Diane Farr studied drama at New York's Stony Brook University and Loughborough University in England and graduated with a joint B.A. from these two universities.^[2]

Farr has also written two books. The first, The Girl Code, was published in 2001 and has been translated into 7 languages and is still sold around the world. It discusses the secret language of single women.^[3] Her most recent book, Kissing Outside the Lines was published in May 2011 and is a comical memoir on her path to an interracial marriage. Farr also writes for a number of American magazines and has an internationally syndicated newspaper column for the International Herald Tribune.^[4]

Farr was a co-host of the advice program Loveline on MTV for 200 episodes, and made guest appearances on The Drew Carey Show, Arli$$ and CSI. She portrayed the recurring role of Amy DeLuca, mother to 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.

On March 24, 2008, Michael Ausiello reported on his TVGuide.com blog that Farr had opted not to renew her contract and would leave Numb3rs following the fourth season of the show.^[5] Farr starred in her final episode on May 18, 2008.^[6] Farr then joined the Showtime cable-television series Californication for a 10-episode run in autumn 2009.^[7]

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 who were hurt or murdered by him, she was strangled to death by Eddie. She has guest starred in White Collar as a waitress named Gina De Stefano.^[8]

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 series star Ellen Pompeo.^[9]

Diane also has a comedy series for FunnyorDie.com that she writes and directs called AssCastles.^[10]

Personal life[link]

Raised Catholic, Farr is now an atheist.^[11] On June 26, 2006, she married 36-year-old entertainment marketing executive Seung Yong Chung.^[12][13] Their first child, Beckett Mancuso Chung, was born in 2007; they had twin girls, Sawyer Lucia Chung and Coco Trinity Chung in 2008.^[14]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Diane Farr at the Internet Movie Database

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Abiola Abrams (born 1976) is an American TV host, internet personality, art filmmaker, and author.^[1][2] She is the author of Dare, a love story retelling of Faust set in the hip hop world and creator of a lifestyle blog and web video series at AbiolaTV.com.

Television[link]

Abiola Abrams is currently a BBC Entertainment Correspondent and former host of The Best Shorts,^[1] Black Entertainment Television's (BET) indie film showcase and competition.^[2]

Abiola also appears on My Two Cents, a panel-style show also on her network's Centric, formerly BET J.

She has hosted or co-hosted such shows as the syndicated The Source: All Access, Source Magazine's hip hop show, and Chat Zone, an HBO interstitial talk show billed as Politically Incorrect for the MTV set, and appeared on The Jimmy Kimmel Show as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of The 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.

In Spring 2009, she was featured as the overly selective "Miss Picky," an advice columnist and one of the eight single women seeking love on VH1's reality television show Tough Love.

In Spring 2011 she starred as a Dating Empowerment Coach helping a geeky teenager find love and become a Ladies Man on MTV's reality television show Made.

In addition she has guest starred on TV series such as Law & Order and soap opera All My Children and appears as a pop culture talking head on networks such as FOX.

Film[link]

Her mini-films, documentaries, and plays have been shown and performed in galleries, festivals, theaters, and museums throughout the US, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.

Writing[link]

Dare (ISBN 1-4165-4166-7, ISBN 978-1-4165-4166-0), Abiola Abrams' debut novel, was published by Simon and Schuster on December 11, 2007.^[1]

Her writing is featured in playwright/activist Eve Ensler's current anthology A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer (ISBN 978-0-345-49791-8) alongside such writers as Maya Angelou, Edward Albee, Alice Walker, and Edwidge Danticat.

In addition, essays by Abiola Abrams will be featured in the upcoming anthologies Behind the Bedroom Door, edited by Paula Derrow, and Dirty Words: An Encyclopedia of Sex, edited by Ellen Sussman. Abiola Abrams is the founder of The Goddess Factory, a fun, inspirational movement to motivate and empower primarily women, but also people of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. In addition to her personal blog she writes for several publications and websites.

Personal[link]

She is a first generation Guyanese-American who was raised in New York City. Abrams earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College.^[3]

Abrams is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Abrams was a featured speaker at Alycia Kaback's NYC Women's Empowerment Summit.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Abiola Abrams' Blog
• Official Site
• Abiola Abrams at the Internet Movie Database
• Simon & Schuster Page
• Eve Ensler Anthology
• Official BlackPlanet Page
• Dare Book Review
• Abiola hosts African American Literary Awards AALBC
• WireImage
• Largehearted Boy Article

Heather Graham
Heather Graham at the Toronto Film Festival, September 2011
Born	Heather Joan Graham (1970-01-29) January 29, 1970 (age 42) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, producer, writer, fashion model
Years active	1984–present
Relatives	Aimee Graham (sister)

Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. Following early roles in License to Drive, Drugstore Cowboy and Twin Peaks, she won critical acclaim for her role as Rollergirl in 1997's Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.^[1] She has since become known as a Hollywood sex symbol and has appeared in films such as Lost In Space, Bowfinger, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, From Hell, Anger Management, Bobby and Hangover, TheThe Hangover.

Early life[link]

Heather Graham was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the older of two children. Her family is of "three quarters Irish" descent, with her father's side from County Cork.^[2][3] Her younger sister, Aimee Graham, is also an actress and writer. Their mother, Joan (née Bransfield), is a teacher and author of children's books.^[4] Their father, James Graham, is a retired FBI agent.^[1][5] The girls were raised with traditional Catholic values.^[6][7] Her family relocated repeatedly before settling down in Agoura Hills, California when she was nine years old.^[1] She was introduced to acting during a school production of The Wizard of Oz. Graham graduated from Agoura High School in California in 1988.^{[citation needed]}