Sarah Baker Biography

Sarah Baker is an American actress best known for roles in TV shows such as Go On and Louie as well as movies like The Campaign.

Life and career

Baker was born in the Washington, D.C. area and attended Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia. After graduating from James Madison University with a double major in Theater and English, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia. There, she helped build Whole World Improv Theatre as a performer, and later as a teacher. Moving to Los Angeles, she continued to hone her improvisational and sketch comedy skills at The Groundlings.

In 2012, Baker appeared as Mitzi Huggins, wife of Zach Galifianakis' congressional candidate, along with Will Ferrell, in the comedy The Campaign. The Jay Roach-directed film is the highest grossing politically themed movie of all time. In addition, she played Becky in Tammy, starring Melissa McCarthy, and directed by Ben Falcone. Baker has also appeared as Pamela Lowi in The Good Lie, about the Lost Boys of Sudan, which was directed by Philippe Falardeau (director of the Oscar-nominated Monsieur Lazhar). In 2015, she appeared in Barry Levinson (producer)'s "Rock the Kasbah (film), alongside Bill Murray.

On TV, Baker was also seen as series regular Sonia on the NBC comedy Go On, starring Matthew Perry, as a support group member dealing with the loss of her cat.

She also appeared as Vanessa on the FX show Louie; this performance was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. Entertainment Weekly included the performance in its "50 Best TV Scenes" of 2014, and later nominated the performance for one of their annual "EWwy Awards." The performance was included on numerous year-end "best of" lists for 2014, including NPR's "50 Wonderful Things from 2014".

Other TV appearances have included guest and recurring roles on shows such as A to Z, Bob's Burgers, Bones, The Crazy Ones, In the Motherhood, Kath & Kim, "Key & Peele", Mike & Molly, Modern Family, The Office (U.S. version), Sean Saves the World, and more. Baker appears in the DVD/Blu-ray bonus scenes of the hit comedy Bridesmaids, as a nurse arguing with an injured Paul Rudd. Online, she was seen as Arabella, faithful servant to Megan Mullally in the Funny or Die video Home for Actresses.

Baker has four upcoming film projects. In 2016, she will appear in Christopher Guest's newest film, Mascots. She will also be seen in the Lorne Michaels-produced Brothers in Law. In addition, she will play Elaine in The Meddler, starring Susan Sarandon and directed by Lorene Scafaria. In the fourth project, she will appear in the film adaptation of the acclaimed Speech and Debate, playing Ms. Riggi.

In 2016, it was announced that Baker would be part of the cast of HBO's limited series Big Little Lies, based on the popular book of the same name.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Sweet Home Alabama	Dix	Film
2005	The Lance Krall Show	Various	Main cast
2008	Kath & Kim	Marjorie	1 episode
2008-2009	Free Radio	Emo Sarah	Main cast
2009	In the Motherhood	Doris	2 episodes
2010	The Office	Josie	2 episodes
2010	Good Luck Charlie	Carla	1 episode
2011	In Gayle We Trust	Smith	10 webisodes
2011	Bones	Kim	1 episode
2011	Bridesmaids	Skating Rink Nurse	Deleted scene
2011	Home for Actresses	Arabella	Funny or Die short
2012	Modern Family	Twins' Mom	1 episode
2012	The Campaign	Mitzi Huggins	Film
2012-2013	Go On	Sonia	Recurring episodes 1-13; main episode 14 onwards
2013	Sean Saves the World	Tippy	1 episode
2014	The Crazy Ones	Jean	1 episode
2014	Louie	Vanessa	1 episode
2014	The Good Lie	Pamela	Film
2014	Tammy	Becky	Film
2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Guest actress	1 episode
2014-2016	Bob's Burgers	Rena, Ms. Selbo, Bethany	3 episodes
2015	A to Z	Jennifer	1 episode
2015	Mike & Molly	Stacey	1 episode
2015	Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell	Wendy	1 episode
2015	Brother in Laws	Shannon	Film
2015	Rock the Kasbah	Maureen	Film
2015	Other Space	Alien	3 episodes
2015	Key & Peele	Barista	1 episodes
2015	Fresh Off the Boat	Gator Carol	1 episodes
2015	Married	Mindy	1 episodes
2016	The Meddler	Elaine	Filming
2016	Speech & Debate	Ms. Riggi	Filming