The Canon 85mm f1.8 is cheap, and focuses very fast. Used in on my last two shoots, and was quite impressed with the results.
A friend of mine, shooting on a 30D, is very much in love with her 135mm f2L. Having looked at some of the results, I can't blame her. It's a little bit long on the crop body, but worth it.
The 50mm f1.4 is cheap (although rather more than the 1.8), and allows really shallow depth of field.
For a zoom I'd suggest either the 24-70mm f2.8L (heavy, but a classic lens) or the 24-105mm f4L IS (a little lighter, has IS, but doesn't allow quite as shallow depth of field).
Don't overlook the macro lenses, either - they can take extremely sharp portraits. On the 30D the EF-S 60mm is effectively 96mm. I like the 100mm f2.8 Macro on a full-frame.
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