Kathy Baker began her career in theater and made her screen debut in the 1983 drama film The Right Stuff.
21 Facts About Kathy Baker
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Kathy Baker received the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in Street Smart.
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Kathy Baker has appeared in over 50 films, including Jacknife, Edward Scissorhands, The Cider House Rules, Cold Mountain, Nine Lives, The Jane Austen Book Club, Last Chance Harvey, Take Shelter, Saving Mr Banks, and The Age of Adaline.
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On television, Kathy Baker starred as Dr Jill Brock in the CBS drama series Picket Fences, for which she received three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Kathy Baker later received three additional nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award for her performances in Touched by an Angel, Boston Public, and Door to Door.
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Kathy Baker was born in Midland, Texas, and raised a Quaker.
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Kathy Baker attended high school at Mills High School in Millbrae, California.
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Kathy Baker's drama instructor, Allen Knight, was a major influence in her desire to become a professional actress.
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Kathy Baker attended the Boston University School of Fine Arts Acting program and studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts in the early 1970s.
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Kathy Baker began her acting 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.
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Kathy Baker later had dramatic performances as a prostitute in Street Smart and a recovering alcoholic and victim of domestic abuse in Clean and Sober.
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Kathy Baker later starred in films Dad, Jacknife and Edward Scissorhands.
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From 1992 to 1996, Baker starred as Jill Brock, a small-town doctor, in the CBS critically acclaimed drama series Picket Fences created by David E Kelley.
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Kathy Baker later appeared in David E Kelley's dramas Ally McBeal, The Practice and had the recurring role as Meredith Peters in Boston Public, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2001.
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Kathy Baker received Emmy Award nominations for her guest performance in Touched by an Angel and in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Door to Door.
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Kathy Baker has appeared in over 50 theatrical films in supporting and leading roles.
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Kathy Baker starred in two movies directed by Rodrigo Garcia: Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her and Nine Lives.
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Kathy Baker starred opposite Tom Selleck in the Jesse Stone made-for-TV film series in the 2000s.
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Kathy Baker starred in the short-lived Lifetime drama series Against the Wall in 2011.
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Kathy Baker appears in the Netflix series The Ranch along with Ashton Kutcher and Elisha Cuthbert.
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Kathy Baker has a son and daughter with her first husband, Donald Camillieri.