Iris Bahr is an American actress, comedian, director, writer, author, producer public speaking, and performance coach.
She is best known for her recurring role as Rachel Heineman on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Perla on Hacks, her solo show DAI (enough), and her TV series Svetlana, which she wrote, directed, starred in and produced with Mark Cuban.
[1] [5] Bahr guest starred on a variety of television shows, including guest appearances on "Hacks", "The Conners", Good Girls, Losing Alice, 9-1-1, Strong Medicine, The Drew Carey Show, Friends, and The King of Queens, as well as recurring character Rachel Heineman on Curb Your Enthusiasm, appearing in four episodes, including the finale.
Her sixth solo show, "Stories from the Brink" premiered in Montreal in June 2024 and won the Frankie Storytelling Award.
[7] She moved to Los Angeles after a city truck injured her when it collided with her bicycle on Great Jones Street in New York.
Bahr also had a weekly commentary on NPR's Los Angeles affiliate KCRW entitled "Social Studies",[8] featuring one of her characters - Svetlana, Russian lady of the night and proprietor of the "St. Petersburg House of Discreet Pleasure.
[11] She is the host of the X-RAE podcast as her alter ego Rae Lynn Caspar White, a "Southern Intellectual, professional baby surrogate and sexpert".
Her guests have included Lawrence O'Donnell, Doug Liman, author Roddy Doyle, Andie MacDowell, neuroscientists, academics and various comedians and artists.