This article is about the actress. For the golfer known as Kathy Baker in the early part of her career see Kathy Guadagnino.

Baker was born in Midland, Texas to an American father and a French mother; she was raised a Quaker. Baker has appeared in numerous films and television shows including Edward Scissorhands, Picket Fences, The Cider House Rules and Cold Mountain. She 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 next project is the 2006 remake of All the King's Men.

She earned a B.A. degree in French in 1977 from UC Berkeley.

Selected filmography

• All the King's Men (2006)
• Spring Break Shark Attack (2005) (TV)
• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• Cold Mountain (2003)
• Assassination Tango (2002)
• The Glass House (2001)
• Boston Public (2000) (TV series) (2001–2002)
• Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
• The Cider House Rules (1999)
• Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
• Picket Fences (1992) (TV series)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• Jacknife (1989)
• Clean and Sober (1988)
• The Right Stuff (1983)

External links

• Kathy Baker 2003 Interview on Sidewalks Entertainment

1950 births | American character actors | American film actors

American Quakers | American stage actors | American television actors

Living people | People from Midland, Texas

Kathy Baker | Kathy Baker