Iris Bahr
Iris Bahr | |
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Born | New York City, New York |
Nationality | American, Israeli |
Alma mater | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian, director, writer, producer |
Years active | 2000–present |
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Iris Bahr is an American actress, comedian, director, writer and producer. She has appeared on Friends (as Glenda in "The One with Ross' Tan"), Curb Your Enthusiasm as Rachel Heinemann (Season 5 episodes "The Ski Lift" and "The Korean Bookie"), and The King of Queens. Bahr also played a lead role in the 2006 film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, and played the director of a documentary in the 2010 horror film The Last Exorcism. Her TV series Svetlana, which she wrote, directed, starred and executive produced, ran on Mark Cuban's cable network HDnet for two seasons. Her successful Off Broadway solo show DAI, in which she plays 11 characters in a cafe in Tel Aviv moments before a suicide bombing, won the Lortel Award For Best Solo Show. She has performed it all over the world, including at the United Nations for over 100 ambassadors and delegates. Her third solo show, I LOST YOU THERE, premiered at The Cherry Lane Theatre in 2017 and is now being developed into a feature film.
Early life
Bahr was raised in the Bronx, but moved to Israel with her mother at age 13, after her parents divorced.[3][4] During her two years in the Israeli Army military intelligence she attained the rank of sergeant.[2][5][6] As a young woman, she traveled throughout Southeast Asia and South America.[7] She is a magna cum laude graduate of Brown University, where she studied neuropsychology and religious studies.[5][7] Bahr did neuroscience and cancer research at Stanford University and Tel Aviv University.[1]
Career
Bahr did voice acting work for the Star Trek computer games Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force, Star Trek: Elite Force II and Star Trek: Away Team, released in 2000, 2003 and 2001 respectively. She followed this up with an appearance on the last episode of Star Trek: Voyager, "Endgame" in 2001. She also voiced the character of Madeline Taylor in Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002).
Bahr guest starred on a variety of television shows, including guest appearances on Strong Medicine, The Drew Carey Show, Friends, and The King of Queens, as well as recurring character Rachel Heinemann on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
In 2006, Bahr appeared in her first movie lead role in playing Amy Butlin in Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector alongside Larry the Cable Guy. In May 2006 she had a supporting role as Leonard Hofstadter's girlfriend in the unaired pilot of The Big Bang Theory.
In November 2006, she opened her one woman show Dai (Enough) at the Culture Project in New York City.[6] In the show, she plays ten different characters in a Tel Aviv cafe moments before a suicide bomber enters.[4] Bahr received the 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Solo Performance for Dai, which also earned 2 Drama Desk Award nominations for Best Solo show and Best Sound Design. She also received a UK Stage Award Nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance. Bahr was invited to perform Dai at the United Nations for over 100 ambassadors and delegates.
In 2007, Bahr was a part of the controversial film Poughkeepsie Tapes. In this she plays an interviewed news broadcaster.[8]
She moved to Los Angeles after a city truck injured her when it collided with her bicycle on Great Jones Street in New York.[2]
Bahr's memoir entitled Dork Whore was published in 2007, and was translated into German, Italian and Portuguese. It became a bestseller in Germany. The sequel, "Macchu My Picchu" chronicled her travels through South America.
Bahr was a series regular on the Israeli TV series "Irreversible."
Bahr also does a weekly commentary on KCRW entitled "Social Studies",[9] featuring one of her characters - Svetlana, Russian lady of the night and proprietor of the "St. Petersburg House of Discreet Pleasure."[10][11] Svetlana was also a recurring guest on The Marc Maron Show, and has done regular pieces for Kurt Andersen's show on WNYC's Studio 360.[12] Bahr is currently executive producing, writing, directing and starring the series Svetlana The pilot can be seen on Funny or Die, and the series can be seen on HD Net. Her web series Preggo Tips in which her alter ego Rae Lynn Caspar White dispenses pregnancy advice, has gotten over 3 million hits on Youtube.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Reality School | Student | Short film |
2004 | Exit 4A | Sibel | Short film |
2005 | The Unchosen Ones | Fiona, Rivka, Avivit and Aunt Rivka | Short film |
2006 | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Amy Butlin | |
2006 | Mimesis | God | Short film |
2007 | Speed Dating | Lynn | Short film |
2007 | The Poughkeepsie Tapes | Psychiatrist | |
2007 | Superhero | Nicole | Short film |
2010 | Fair Game | CPD Agent | |
2010 | The Last Exorcism | Iris Reisen | |
2013 | 9 Full Moons | Keren | |
2014 | Suparhearo: A True Tail By Chance | Nicole Daniels | Short film |
2015 | How to Grow Your Own | Nina | |
2016 | Justification | Stranger | Short film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Star Trek: Voyager | Female Cadet | Episode: "Endgame" |
2002 | The Rerun Show | Marcy D'arcy | Episode: "Married... with Children: Weenie Tot Lovers & Others Strangers/Bewitched: A Bunny for Tabitha" |
2002 | Strong Medicine | Ronnie Vongolia | Episode: "The Philadelphia Chromosome" |
2003 | Coupling | Alice | Episode: "A Foreign Affair" |
2003 | Columbo | Police Officer | Episode: "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" |
2003 | The Agency | Sara Shamir | 1 episode |
2003 | Dragnet | Becky | Episode: "The Cutting of the Swath" |
2003 | The Drew Carey Show | Mindy | Episode: "Drew Answers the Belle" |
2003 | Friends | Glenda | Episode: "The One with Ross's Tan" |
2004 | Significant Others | Dave's Wife | Episode: "A Date, Fate and Jail Bait" |
2005 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Rachel Heinemann | 2 episodes |
2006 | E-Ring | Rosa | Episode: "Hard Cell" |
2006 | The Big Bang Theory | Gilda | Uncredited Episode: "Unaired Pilot" |
2006 | Commander in Chief | Tuba Ozel | Episode: "Happy Birthday, Madam President" |
2007 | Shorty McShorts' Shorts | — | Voice role Episode: "Too Many Robots" |
2007 | State of Mind | Elizabeth Ellis | Episode: "Helpy Helperpants" |
2009 | Dollhouse | Detective Donovan | Episode: "Instinct" |
2010–2011 | Svetlana | Svetlana | Lead role; 23 episodes |
2011 | Eagleheart | Tiffany | Episode: "Death Punch" |
2012 | Bubala Please | Svetlana | Episode: "Make Your Own Haggadah" |
2013 | Irreversible | Einat | Unknown episodes |
2014 | Irreversible | Julie | Television film; not related to the 2013 TV show of the same name |
2015 | Revenge | Detective Adams | Episode: "Epitaph" |
2015 | The Brink | Talia Levy | 3 episodes |
2015 | Blunt Talk | Doctor | 2 episodes |
2017 | Elementary | Emily Gray | Episode: "The Ballad of Lady Frances" |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force | Telsia Murphy | |
2001 | Star Trek: Away Team | Sira D'Qua | |
2001 | Star Trek: Armada II | — | |
2002 | Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix | Madeline Taylor | |
2003 | Star Trek: Elite Force II | Ensign Telsia Murphy | |
2017 | Prey | Sarah Elazer |
Books
- Bahr, Iris (2009). DAI : (enough) : a play (1st ed.). Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 9780810126435. LCCN 2009024606.
- Bahr, Iris (2007). Dork whore : my travels through Asia as a twenty-year-old pseudo-virgin (1st U.S. ed.). New York, New York: Bloomsbury, Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers. ISBN 9781596912342. LCCN 2006018506.
- Bahr, Iris (2011). Machu my Picchu : searching for sex, sanity, and a soul mate in South America. maps by Piper Verlag. Guilford, Connecticut: Skirt!. ISBN 9780762772773. LCCN 2011024307.
References
- ^ a b "Iris Bahr". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. May 29, 2008. GALE|H1000179084. Retrieved 2012-05-10 – via Fairfax County Public Library. Gale Biography In Context. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Robertson, Campbell (January 5, 2007). "So Many Different People to Be, Onstage and Off, if She Can Dodge the Trucks". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
- ^ Sebba, Anne (20 July 2007). "Interview with Iris Bahr". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009.
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- ^ a b "Iris Bahr - Biography". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ a b Hernandez, Ernio (2006-11-14). "Culture Project Opens Iris Bahr Solo Dai (enough) Nov. 14". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2006-11-30.
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- ^ "Shaw Theatre". Shaw Theatre. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ^ "Social Studies". KCRW. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ^ Roderick, Kevin (June 18, 2007). "Morning Buzz: Monday 6.18.07". LA Observed. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ^ "Knocked Up on Darfur - Social Studies on KCRW". Kcrw.com. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ^ "Getty Fabulous: Live in L.A." Studio 360. 2007-07-06. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
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External links
- Iris Bahr's official website
- Iris Bahr at IMDb
- New York Times feature article on Iris Bahr
- Iris Bahr at TV.com
- Svetlana website for TV series