Katie Baker is an American actress who has made a career in film and television. She has over a hundred roles, many nominations and several prestigious awards. In the article we will get acquainted with the most significant projects in the filmography of the actress.
Biography
Katie Baker (photo later in the article) was born in 1950 in the American city of Midland in the family of geologist and educator John Sivand and his wife Helen Andrew. She attended Mills High School in California, and studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts. In 1977, she received a bachelor's degree in French from the University of California at Berkeley. And then went to Paris to study haute cuisine in the famous culinary school of Le Cordon Bleu.
Returning to the United States, Katherine first got a job as a pastry chef, but having once visited the Magic Theater in San Francisco, she decided to join his troupe. At one of the performances, she was noticed by the famous American actor and playwright Sam Shepard. After that, she played in several performances, until she got into the cinema and on television.
Carier start
The first film with Katie Baker was released in 1983. It was a biographical drama by Philip Kaufman “Guys What You Need,” where the actress played Louise Shepard - the wife of astronaut Alan Shepard. Three years later, she was given a role in the drama by David Seyperstin "Murderous novel." Then the actress starred in the thriller Jerry Schatzberg “Street guy” (1987). And in 1988, along with Michael Keaton and Morgan Freeman, she led the cast of Glenn Gordon Caron's drama "In a Sober Mind and Solid Memory."
In the dramatic picture of David Hugh Jones “Stiletto”, Katie played Martha, the sister of a drunken veteran David Flannigan. The role of Annie Tremont received in the drama of Gary David Goldberg's "Papa" (1989), which tells of an unexpected family reunion. The image of Dr. Sarah Day was tried on in the mystical thriller of Philip Setbon “Deadly Mr. Frost” (1990). And in the role of Margie, the wife of Sergeant Freddy Ross, she starred in the thriller Bruce Robinson's "Jennifer 8" (1992).
Glass house winemakers
From 1992 to 1996, Katie Baker starred in 88 episodes of the detective drama "Palisade". She played Jill Brock - the central character of the project by David E. Kelly, for which at one time she received several prestigious awards, including Golden Globe, Emmy and others. Three years after this, the actress received a supporting role in the Lasse Hallstrom melodrama "Rules of winemakers." And a place in the main cast of the drama Rodrigo Garcia, “Women's Secrets” (2000).
In 2001, Katie as one of the main characters appeared in the crime thriller Daniel Sackheim's “Glass House”. The main character played in the thriller Robert Duvall's “Murderous Tango” (2002). Together with Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo starred in the fantasy comedy Gary Winick "From 13 to 30" (2004). And in the drama by Rodrigo Garcia, “Nine Lives” (2005), the plot of which combines the stories of nine women, Katie Biker played Camilla fighting breast cancer. And for this role she was named the best actress at the “Locarno International Film Festival”.
The last preacher from the boulevard
A companion to the protagonist, Rose Gamon, the actress played in Robert Harmon’s television crime drama “Jesse Stone: Abrupt Change” (2006). And subsequently lit up in the remaining parts, telling about the adventures of experienced police chief Jesse Stone.
The role of Bernadette - a fan of the famous writer - the actress went to the romantic comedy "Life by Jane Austen" (2007). And a character named Jane Katie played in Joel Hopkins' drama “Last Chance Harvey” (2008).
In 2011, Katie Baker starred in Nick Stagliano’s crime thriller “And the Hour Punched,” starring Robert Patrick. She played one of the main characters in the police drama Face to the Wall (2011). In the same year, the preacher with a machine gun appeared in the action movie of Mark Forster. She played a supporting role in the drama film of Sean Hanish's "To the Beginning" (2014). And played Joy Mack, the wife of the protagonist, in the drama Dito Montiel's "Boulevard" (2014). Also during 2014, the actress took part in the filming of five episodes of the crime drama Glen Morgan's "Those Who Kill."
Success adalin
The role of Diane Dolph, the mother of the protagonists, Katie performed in eight episodes of the comedy series Rob Schrab and Dan Schimpp “Success in Hollywood, Florida” (2015). She got a supporting role in the fantasy melodrama of Lee Toland Krieger "Age of Adalin" (2015). In the role of the Phillies - a former CIA agent - appeared in the first season of Carlton Cuse’s science fiction drama “Colony” (2016 - ...). For two years, from 2016 to 2017, Joan, the waitress from the Cracker Barrel restaurant, played in David Trainer's comedy series Ranch (2016 - ...). And she played a minor character in six episodes of the comedy series Andrei Savage "I'm Sorry" (2017 - ...).
In addition, Katie Baker has big plans for the future. For example, in 2018, the actress, along with Al Pacino, appeared in
Barry Levinson 's unnamed project about the American football player Joe Paterno. Filming of the mystical drama by Patrick Cunningham Model Home is also being completed and preparations are under way for the production of the drama Tamar Helpern Wake. But there is no information on the date of their premiere.