Diane Farr
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Diane Farr is an actress and published writer from New York City. Her better known roles in television include souvenir business owner and single mother Amy DeLuca in the science-fiction series Roswell (1999), police detective Jan Fendrich in the police procedural parody series The Job (2001), struggling single mother Maddie Hudson in the sitcom Like Family (2003), firefighter Laura Miles in the comedy-drama series Rescue Me (2004), FBI profiler Megan Reeves in the police procedural Numb3rs (2005), teaching assistant Jill Robinson in the comedy-drama series Californication (2007) (only in 2009 episodes), the protagonist's estranged ex-wife Christina Chance in the psychological thriller Chance (2016), the protagonist's sister Maya in the co-habitation themed sitcom Splitting Up Together (2018), witch Francesca Jameson in the fantasy series Charmed (2018) (only in 2021 episodes), and firefighter Sharon Leone in the procedural drama Fire Country (2022).
Farr was born in New York City to a family with mixed Irish and Italian ancestry. She studied drama at New York's Stony Brook University and Loughborough University in Leicestershire, earning a joint bachelor of arts from the two universities. She started her acting career in the early 1990s but did not receive any major role until 1999.
In 1998, Farr co-hosted the advice show "Loveline" in MTV. In 2001, Farr published the nonfiction book "The Girl Code," about the secret language of single women. In 2006, Farr married Korean-American marketing executive Seung Yong Chung. In 2011, she published the memoir "Kissing Outside the Lines," in which she described her experiences with interracial marriage. They had three children.
Farr has an internationally syndicated newspaper column in the International Herald Tribune. She has written articles for several American magazines throughout her writing career, including "Glamour," "Esquire," "Maxim," and "Cosmopolitan." She has also co-founded and operates a greeting card firm.
Farr was born in New York City to a family with mixed Irish and Italian ancestry. She studied drama at New York's Stony Brook University and Loughborough University in Leicestershire, earning a joint bachelor of arts from the two universities. She started her acting career in the early 1990s but did not receive any major role until 1999.
In 1998, Farr co-hosted the advice show "Loveline" in MTV. In 2001, Farr published the nonfiction book "The Girl Code," about the secret language of single women. In 2006, Farr married Korean-American marketing executive Seung Yong Chung. In 2011, she published the memoir "Kissing Outside the Lines," in which she described her experiences with interracial marriage. They had three children.
Farr has an internationally syndicated newspaper column in the International Herald Tribune. She has written articles for several American magazines throughout her writing career, including "Glamour," "Esquire," "Maxim," and "Cosmopolitan." She has also co-founded and operates a greeting card firm.
