Kathy Baker

Kathy Baker Biography

Katherine Whitton "Kathy" Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an American stage, film and television actress.

Career

Baker began her career at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, performing in several of Sam Shepard's plays before getting her break in an off-Broadway production of Fool for Love opposite Ed Harris. Her recent projects include All the King's Men (2006) and The Jane Austen Book Club (2007).

She has appeared in numerous films including Edward Scissorhands (Joyce Monroe), The Right Stuff, Street Smart, Jacknife, Inventing the Abbotts and Cold Mountain. As a small-town doctor in the David E. Kelley television series Picket Fences she won Emmy awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series three times in the show's four-year run (1993, 1995 and 1996).

Baker later re-teamed with Kelley, appearing in Boston Public as a teacher named Meredith Peters. Baker guest-starred in the premiere episode of the eighth season of Law and Order: Criminal Intent, playing the role of an ambitious mother of a city politician with a dark family secret. She also had a recurring role in Medium as Allison DuBois's mother-in-law, and another one in Tom Selleck's periodic Jesse Stone crime dramas as Rose, a small-town police officer.

Personal life

Baker was born in Midland, Texas, and raised a Quaker in New Mexico, the daughter of John Seawand Baker, a geologist and educator and his French-born wife, Helene Andree (née Whitton). She studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts in the early 1970s She later earned a B.A. degree in French in 1977 from UC Berkeley. She lives in Southern California with her husband, Steven Robman.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Right Stuff	Louise Shepherd
1986	A Killing Affair	Maggie Gresham
1987	Street Smart	Punchy	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated"?Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
1988	Permanent Record	Martha Sinclair
1988	Clean and Sober	Charlie Standers
1989	Dad	Annie
1989	Jacknife	Martha Flannigan
1990	Edward Scissorhands	Joyce
1990	Mister Frost	Dr. Sarah Day
1992	Article 99	Dr. Diana Walton
1992	Jennifer Eight	Margie Ross
1993	Mad Dog and Glory	Lee
1993	Lush Life	Janice Oliver	TV movie
1996	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Esther Wheeler
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	Helen Holt
1999	The Cider House Rules	Nurse Angela	Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1999	A Season for Miracles	Ruth Doyle	TV movie
1999	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story	Janice Danner	TV movie
2000	Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her	Rose
2000	Ratz	Doris Trowbridge	TV movie
2001	The Glass House	Nancy Ryan
2001	Ten Tiny Love Stories	Ten
2002	Assassination Tango	Maggie
2002	Door to Door	Gladys Sullivan	TV movie Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2003	Cold Mountain	Sally Swanger
2004	13 Going on 30	Bev Rink
2005	Spring Break Shark Attack	Mary Jones	TV movie
2005	Nine Lives	Camille	Nominated"?Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2006	All the King's Men	Mrs. Burden
2007	The Jane Austen Book Club	Bernadette
2007	Jesse Stone: Sea Change	Rose Gammon	TV movie
2008	Last Chance Harvey	Jean
2008	Shades of Ray	Janet Rehman
2009	Unstable	Betty Walker	TV movie
2009	Jesse Stone: Thin Ice	Rose Gammon	TV movie
2010	Jesse Stone: No Remorse	Rose Gammon	TV movie
2011	Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost	Rose Gammon	TV movie
2011	Take Shelter	Sarah	Nominated"?Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2012	Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt	Rose Gammon	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992-1996	Picket Fences	Dr. Jill Brock	87 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Television Series Drama Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1993, 1995-1996) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (1994-1995) Nominated"?Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Television Series Drama (1995-1996) Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995-1996)
1997	Ally McBeal	Katherine Dawson	Episode: "The Affair"
1998	The Practice	Evelyn Mayfield	2 episodes
1999	Hey Arnold!	Dr. Bliss	Episode: "Helga on the Couch"
2000	Touched by an Angel	Ellen	Episode: "Buy Me a Rose" Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
2001-2002	Boston Public	Meredith Peters	14 episodes Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
2004	Monk	Sylvia Fairbourn	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail"
2005	Nip/Tuck	Gail Pollack	2 episodes
2005-2010	Medium	Marjorie Dubois	5 episodes
2007	Law & Order: SVU	Hannah Curtis	Episode: "Sin"
2007	Gilmore Girls	Mia	Episode: "Gilmore Girls Only"
2008	Grey's Anatomy	Anna Loomis	2 episodes
2009	Law & Order: CI	Camille Hayes-Fitzgerald	Episode: "Playing Dead"
2010	Law & Order	Camille Peterson	Episode: "Crashers"
2011	Against the Wall	Sheila Kowalski	13 episodes
2011	Criminal Minds	Linda Collins	Episode: "A Family Affair"

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