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'{{Infobox person |name = Iris Bahr | image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[New York City, New York|New York City]], New York | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], California | education = | alma_mater ={{plainlist|[[Brown University]], [[B.A.]] ([[Gale (publisher)|magna cum laude]]) *Actors Center, New York, New York}} | occupation = Actress, comedian, director, writer, producer, author | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = | website = | footnotes = <ref name=ContemporaryAuthors2008/><ref name=Robertson2007/> }} '''Iris Bahr''' is an American [[actress]], [[comedian]], [[television director|director]], [[television writer|writer]],[[Television producer|producer]],and solo performer. She is known for her role as Rachel Heinemann on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (The Ski Lift Episode) and her own TV series "Svetlana" which she wrote, directed, starred and executive produced, and ran on [[Mark Cuban]]'s cable network HDnet for two seasons. Her 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 and was nominated for two Drama Desk awards. She was invited to perform DAI (Northwestern University Press)|publisher=Northwestern University Press}}</ref>I at the United Nations for over 100 ambassadors and delegates. Her third solo show, I LOST YOU THERE, ran at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 2017 and is in development as a feature film. She has published two memoirs, "Dork Whore", published by Bloomsbury, and "Macchu My Picchu", (Skirt). She also co-wrote "Book of Leon" (Simon & Schuster) with comedian JB Smoove.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=iris+bahr}}</ref> Her alter ego, Rae Lynn Caspar White, is the host of the podcast X-RAE which has hosted artists, neuroscientists, pop culture figures and various pundits, including Lawrence O Donnell, Doug Liman, Itamar Moses, Moran Cerf and Kurt Andersen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/itamar-moses/id1435973728?i=1000419699644&mt=2}}</ref> Bahr is also a stand up comic that performs regularly and hosts and produces a monthly show in New York City entitled Just The Tip. ==Early life== Bahr was raised in [[the Bronx]], but moved to [[Israel]] with her mother at age 13, after her parents divorced.<ref name=Sebba2007>{{cite web|url=http://www.annesebba.com/journalist/iris_bahr_interview.htm |date=20 July 2007 |authorlink=Anne Sebba |first=Anne |last=Sebba |title=Interview with Iris Bahr |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106151357/http://www.annesebba.com/journalist/iris_bahr_interview.htm |archivedate=January 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Genzlinger">{{cite news|title=Theater as Russian Roulette, With a Blast That's Soon to Sound|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2006-11-30|date=2006-11-17|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/theater/reviews/17dai.html?adxnnl=1&ref=theater&adxnnlx=1164921277-/UMt5y3aINxxdk3/xgfcAw}}</ref> During her two years in the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Army]] [[military intelligence]] she attained the [[Military rank|rank]] of [[sergeant]].<ref name=Robertson2007>{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]] |date=January 5, 2007 <!--|authorlink=Campbell Robertson--> |first=Campbell |last=Robertson |title=So Many Different People to Be, Onstage and Off, if She Can Dodge the Trucks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/05/theater/05bahr.html |accessdate=2012-05-12}}</ref><ref name=ImdbBio>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052754/bio |accessdate=2010-07-05 |work=[[imdb.com]] |title=Iris Bahr - Biography}}</ref><ref name="Hernandez">{{cite web|title=Culture Project Opens Iris Bahr Solo Dai (enough) Nov. 14|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/103518.html|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130201215835/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/103518.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2013-02-01|last=Hernandez|first=Ernio|publisher=Playbill|accessdate=2006-11-30|date=2006-11-14}}</ref> As a young woman, she traveled throughout [[Southeast Asia]] and [[South America]].<ref name="Lynch">{{cite news|title=Who's News by Lorrie Lynch|date=2006-05-21|accessdate=2006-11-30|publisher=[[USA Today]]|url=http://www.usaweekend.com/06_issues/060521/060521whosnews.html}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> She is a [[magna cum laude]] graduate of [[Brown University]], where she studied [[neuropsychology]] and [[religious studies]].<ref name=ImdbBio/><ref name="Lynch" /> Bahr did neuroscience and cancer research at [[Stanford University]] and [[Tel Aviv University]].<ref name=ContemporaryAuthors2008>{{cite book |chapter=Iris Bahr |title=[[Contemporary Authors Online]] |location=[[Detroit]] |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] |date=May 29, 2008 |accessdate=2012-05-10 |chapter-url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000179084&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=91184681d93be86b877bc149d894e032 |id=GALE&#124;H1000179084 |via=[[Fairfax County Public Library]]}} Gale Biography In Context. {{subscription required}}</ref> ==Career== Bahr [[guest star]]red on a variety of television shows, including [[guest appearance]]s 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 in film|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 man show|one woman show]] ''Dai (Enough)'' at the Culture Project in [[New York City]].<ref name="Hernandez" /> In the show, she plays ten different characters in a [[Tel Aviv]] cafe moments before a suicide bomber enters.<ref name="Genzlinger"/> 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 [[ambassador]]s and delegates. In 2007, Bahr was a part of the controversial film ''[[Poughkeepsie Tapes]]''. In this she plays an interviewed [[News broadcasting|news broadcaster]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theshawtheatre.com/index.php?showid=390 |title=Shaw Theatre |publisher=Shaw Theatre |date= |accessdate=2012-05-10}}</ref> She moved to Los Angeles after a city truck injured her when it collided with her bicycle on [[Great Jones Street]] in New York.<ref name=Robertson2007/> Bahr's [[memoir]] entitled ''Dork Whore'' was published in 2007, and was translated into [[German language|German]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Portuguese language|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 did [[voice acting]] work for the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[computer game]]s ''[[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 (Voyager episode)|Endgame]]" in 2001. She also voiced the character of Madeline Taylor in [[Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix]] (2002). Bahr also had a weekly commentary on NPRs Los Angeles affiliate [[KCRW]] entitled "Social Studies",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ss |title=Social Studies |publisher=KCRW |date= |accessdate=2012-05-10}}</ref> featuring one of her characters - Svetlana, [[Russia]]n lady of the night and proprietor of the "St. Petersburg House of Discreet Pleasure."<ref>{{cite web|last=Roderick |first=Kevin |url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/06/morning_buzz_monday_61807.php |title=Morning Buzz: Monday 6.18.07 |publisher=LA Observed |date=June 18, 2007 |accessdate=2012-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ss/ss070618knocked_up_on_darfur |title=Knocked Up on Darfur - Social Studies on KCRW |publisher=Kcrw.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-10}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2007/07/06 |title=Getty Fabulous: Live in L.A. |publisher=Studio 360 |date=2007-07-06 |accessdate=2012-05-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201082805/http://studio360.org/episodes/2007/07/06 |archivedate=2010-12-01 |df= }}</ref> Her web series Preggo Tips in which her alter ego Rae Lynn Caspar White dispenses pregnancy advice, has gotten close to 4 million hits on Youtube. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C9AKueRom0}}</ref> Rae Lynn now hosts her own podcast entitled X-RAE. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/itamar-moses/id1435973728?i=1000419699644&mt=2}}</ref> ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- |+ List of performances in film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2002 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305457/ Reality School]'' | Student | Short film |- | 2004 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391989/ Exit 4A]'' | Sibel | Short film |- | 2005 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469853/ The Unchosen Ones]'' | Fiona, Rivka, Avivit and Aunt Rivka | Short film |- | 2006 | ''[[Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector]]'' | Amy Butlin | |- | 2006 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832310/ Mimesis]'' | God | Short film |- | 2007 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123409/ Speed Dating]'' | Lynn | Short film |- | 2007 | ''[[The Poughkeepsie Tapes]]'' | Psychiatrist | |- | 2007 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1813641/ Superhero]'' | Nicole | Short film |- | 2010 | ''[[Fair Game (2010 film)|Fair Game]]'' | CPD Agent | |- | 2010 | ''[[The Last Exorcism]]'' | Iris Reisen | |- | 2013 | ''[[9 Full Moons]]'' | Keren | |- | 2015 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1998240/ How to Grow Your Own]'' | Nina | |- | 2016 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6152740/ Justification]'' | Stranger | Short film |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- |+ List of performances on television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 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 (U.S. TV series)|Coupling]]'' | Alice | Episode: "A Foreign Affair" |- | 2003 | ''[[Columbo]]'' | Police Officer | Episode: "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" |- | 2003 | ''[[The Agency (2001 TV series)|The Agency]]'' | Sara Shamir | 1 episode |- | 2003 | ''[[List of Dragnet (2003 series) episodes|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 (2004 TV series)|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<br />Episode: "Unaired Pilot" |- | 2006 | ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]'' | Tuba Ozel | Episode: "Happy Birthday, Madam President" |- | 2007 | ''[[Shorty McShorts' Shorts]]'' | {{N/A}} | Voice role<br />Episode: "Too Many Robots" |- | 2007 | ''[[State of Mind (TV series)|State of Mind]]'' | Elizabeth Ellis | Episode: "Helpy Helperpants" |- | 2009 | ''[[Dollhouse (TV series)|Dollhouse]]'' | Detective Donovan | Episode: "Instinct" |- | 2010–2011 | ''[[Svetlana (TV series)|Svetlana]]'' | Svetlana | Lead role; 23 episodes |- | 2011 | ''[[Eagleheart (TV series)|Eagleheart]]'' | Tiffany | Episode: "Death Punch" |- | 2012 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2547124/ Bubala Please]'' | Svetlana | Episode: "Make Your Own Haggadah" |- | 2013 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2927712/ Irreversible]'' | Einat | Unknown episodes |- | 2014 | ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3520730/ Irreversible]'' | Julie | Television film; not related to the 2013 TV show of the same name |- | 2015 | ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'' | Detective Adams | Episode: "Epitaph" |- | 2015 | ''[[The Brink (TV series)|The Brink]]'' | Talia Levy | 3 episodes |- | 2015 | ''[[Blunt Talk]]'' | Doctor | 2 episodes |- | 2017 | ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' | Emily Gray | Episode: "The Ballad of Lady Frances" |} ===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" |- |+ List of voice performances in video gaming ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2000 | ''[[Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force]]'' | Telsia Murphy | |- | 2001 | ''[[Star Trek: Away Team]]'' | Sira D'Qua | |- | 2001 | ''[[Star Trek: Armada II]]'' | {{N/A}} | |- | 2002 | ''[[Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix]]'' | Madeline Taylor | |- | 2003 | ''[[Star Trek: Elite Force II]]'' | Ensign Telsia Murphy | |- | 2017 | ''[[Prey (2017 video game)|Prey]]'' | Sarah Elazer | |} ==Books== *{{cite book |authorlink=Iris Bahr |last=Bahr|first=Iris |title=DAI : (enough) : a play |edition=1st |location=[[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], Illinois |publisher=[[Northwestern University Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=9780810126435 |lccn=2009024606}} *{{cite book |authorlink=Iris Bahr |last=Bahr|first=Iris |title=Dork whore : my travels through Asia as a twenty-year-old pseudo-virgin |edition=1st U.S. |location=[[New York, New York|New York]], New York |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]], Distributed to the trade by [[Holtzbrinck Publishers]] |year=2007 |isbn=9781596912342 |lccn=2006018506}} *{{cite book |authorlink=Iris Bahr |last=Bahr|first=Iris |title=Machu my Picchu : searching for sex, sanity, and a soul mate in South America |others=maps by [[Piper Verlag]] |location=[[Guilford, Connecticut|Guilford]], Connecticut |publisher=[[Skirt!]] |year=2011 |isbn=9780762772773 |lccn=2011024307}} ==References== {{Reflist|refs= <!-- unused refs <ref name=HuffPo2009>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/iris-bahr/a-jew-goes-to-england_b_171138.html | work=[[Huffington Post]] | first=Iris | last=Bahr | title=A Jew Goes to England | date=March 2, 2009 |accessdate=2012-05-12}}</ref> --> }} ==External links== *[http://www.irisbahr.com/ Iris Bahr's official website] *{{IMDb name|52754|Iris Bahr}} *[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/05/theater/05bahr.html?ref=arts ''New York Times'' feature article on Iris Bahr] *[http://www.tv.com/iris-bahr/person/149544/summary.html Iris Bahr] at [[TV.com]] *[http://www.svetlanasworld.com/ Svetlana] website for TV series {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bahr, Iris}} [[Category:American television actresses]] [[Category:Jewish American actresses]] [[Category:Jewish women writers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from the Bronx]] [[Category:Brown University alumni]] [[Category:Israeli soldiers]] [[Category:American women writers]] [[Category:21st-century American actresses]]'