Lisa Darr

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Biography

She made her feature debut in a small part in "Defenseless" (1991) and had regular roles on four short-lived series: "Flesh 'n' Blood" (NBC, 1991); "Crime & Punishment" (NBC, 1993); "The Office" (CBS, 1995) and "Profit" (Fox, 1996). Darr worked frequently as a guest star, beginning with "Murphy Brown" in 1991, and went on to appear in series like "Murder She Wrote", "Quantum Leap" and "Wings", but had no luck establishing herself as a …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

April 21, 1963

Career Milestones

Cast as Carly Pope's mother on The WB series "Popular"

1997

Landed the recurring role of Laurie, the somewhat insecure mortgage broker and single mother who falls in love with Ellen Morgan, on the ABC sitcom "Ellen"

1996

Portrayed ill-fated lesbian lover of Officer Abby Sullivan (Paige Turco) on ABC's "NYPD Blue"

1996

Played Gail Koner in Fox series "Profit"

1995

Portrayed regular Natalie Stanton on the CBS series "The Office"

1993

Had regular role (Jan Sorensen) in NBC drama series "Crime & Punishment"

1991

Starred as Rachel Brennan in short-lived NBC comedy series "Flesh 'n' Blood"

1991

Appeared as Trish in episode of "Murphy Brown (CBS)

1991

Made feature debut in small part in "Defenseless"

Grew up in Chicago, acting in grammar and high school productions