In 2009, Diane Farr took the role of Jill Robinson on Season 3 of “Californication.” Jill is a writer and a teaching assistant for Professor Richard Bates (Jason Beghe). When fans meet Jill, she is trying to earn her Ph.D. in English Literature, and upon meeting Hank Moody (David Duchovny) she warns him to stay away from her, telling him, “Unless you’re a serious prospect, do not so much as smile at me.” Of course, this just makes Hank all the more interested in her. While she tells him that he irritates her, it’s only a matter of time before they start casually sleeping together.
When she joined the series, Farr had recently had three children born within two years of each other. Feeling nervous about showing her body on a show in which nudity occurs as often as talking, she had a stipulation. “When I was offered a role on ‘Californication’ as David Duchovny’s new love interest, I accepted only if the producers would proffer me a body double,” she told the Chicago Tribune.
After Becca’s mom and Hank’s on-and-off-again love interest, Karen (Natascha McElhone), returns from New York and suggests the three reunite and move to New York together, he begins attempting to break it off with all the women he’s been seeing, including Jill. Jill tries to make the relationship last longer, telling Hank that she accepts him for who he is, but Hank is unmoved.
