Maggie Baird

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Maggie Baird
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Baird in an interview in 2014
Born
Maggie May Baird [1] [2]

(1959-03-29) March 29, 1959 (age 65)
Fruita, Colorado, U.S.
Alma mater University of Utah (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present
Spouse
Patrick O'Connell
​
(m. 1995)​
Children
Relatives Brian Baird (brother)

Maggie May Baird (born March 29, 1959) [3] is an American actress. She grew up in Colorado performing music, and studied theater and dance at the University of Utah, before moving to New York City, where she performed on Broadway. She made her television debut in 1981 in the soap opera Another World and her film debut in the 1989 feature An Innocent Man .

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Baird continued to act in television and film after moving to Los Angeles in 1991, and became a member and teacher at The Groundlings, a troupe and Improvisational theatre school. She acted in 2000s television series such as Bones , The X-Files and Six Feet Under , and provided the voices of Samara in the video game series Mass Effect , and various characters in the Saints Row game series. In 2009, Baird released her debut studio album, We Sail.

Baird married Patrick O'Connell in 1995, with whom she has two children: musicians Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish. She wrote and co-starred with her son Finneas in the 2013 film Life Inside Out , which garnered Baird critical acclaim for her performance. In 2016, she edited the music video for "Six Feet Under" for her daughter Billie.

Early life

Baird was born and raised in Fruita, Colorado, where she learned the piano and guitar as a teenager. [4] [5] [6] Her older brother is politician Brian Baird. She graduated from Fruita Monument High School in 1977. [4] She studied theater and dance at the University of Utah before later moving to New York City, where she performed in the 1985 revival of The Iceman Cometh on Broadway, and several Off-Broadway shows. [7] [5] In 1991, Baird moved to Los Angeles, California, where she acted in television and film productions such as L.A. Law , Murphy Brown , Walker, Texas Ranger and Picket Fences . [5]

Career

She made her debut television appearance in 1981, playing a supporting role in the American soap opera Another World , [8] before spending nine months touring with The Heidi Chronicles in 1990, where she played the role of one of Heidi's friends. [9] [10] She played Taylor Baldwin on the soap opera As the World Turns in 1987 before making her film debut as Stacy in An Innocent Man in 1989. [11]

Baird and her son, Finneas promoting Life Inside Out in 2014 Maggie Baird and Finneas O'Connell receive Best Feature at PBIFF 2014.jpg
Baird and her son, Finneas promoting Life Inside Out in 2014

From 1994 to 2000, Baird was a member and teacher at the Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school in Los Angeles. [12] While at the Groundlings, Baird taught and performed with actors such as Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, becoming McCarthy's first improv teacher. [13] Baird has been a voice actress in video games such as the Mass Effect series, the Saints Row series, the EverQuest II series, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII , Rogue Galaxy and Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption . [14]

Some of her notable acting roles from the 2000s to 2010s are Sharon Pearl in The X-Files in 2000, Sandra Hicks in Bones in 2009, Andrea Kuhn in Six Feet Under in 2005, and the asari Samara from the original Mass Effect trilogy. [15] [16] In March 2009, Baird released her debut studio album We Sail, an eleven-track country record. [8] [17]

Baird wrote, co-produced, acted and provided the soundtrack for the film Life Inside Out which was released in October 2013. The film, which explores the relationship between a mother and son through music, features Baird's real-life son Finneas. Gary Goldstein from Los Angeles Times wrote "A beautiful demonstration of a mother's love concludes this special little film on a hugely touching note." [18]

In 2016, Baird edited the music video for the US gold-certified song "Six Feet Under" by her daughter, Billie Eilish. [19] Baird portrayed Zach Galifianakis's sister in a deleted scene from the 2019 film Between Two Ferns: The Movie . [20]

Personal life

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Baird and her daughter Billie Eilish in Atlanta in November 2018

In 1995, she married American actor Patrick O'Connell, who she had met while performing in Alaska, [5] [21] and had their son Finneas two years later. [5] Baird had their daughter, Billie Eilish, in Highland Park, Los Angeles, in December 2001, where they currently live as of January 2021. [21] [22] She and her husband decided to homeschool their children, with Baird stating: "Homeschooling allows us to let them do the things that they really love to do and not have a giant academic schedule on top of it." [5] [8]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Another World Rhonda SadowskiRecurring
1987–1988 As the World Turns Taylor BaldwinRecurring
1992 L.A. Law Rachel MaloneEpisode: "Back to the Suture"
1994 Walker, Texas Ranger Jessica Ann PritchardEpisode: "The Reunion"
Picket Fences Marjorie Engrams3 episodes
1996 The Naked Truth French Filmmaker's WifeEpisode: "Hollywood Honours Male Prostitute"
Chicago Hope Gloria NealEpisode: "A Day in the Life"
1998 Buddy Faro Episode: "Get Me Cody Swift"
L.A. Doctors Episode: "Leap of Faith"
1999 Crashbox VerityVoice
Friends Casting Director No. 2Episode: "The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance"
Jack & Jill DonnaEpisode: "Fear and Loathing in Gotham"
2000 JAG Vera DukeEpisode: "Surface Warfare"
Cover Me Christy Ann HarnickEpisode: "In Plain Sight"
Curb Your Enthusiasm Couple #1Episode: "AAMCO"
The X-Files Sharon PearlEpisode: "Invocation"
2002 The West Wing Ms. Carney, Network News President #3Episode: "The Black Vera Wang"
Birds of Prey Mother2 episodes
2003 Charmed DoctorEpisode: "The Day The Magic Died"
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire Episode: "Little Girl Lost"
2005 Six Feet Under Andrea KuhnEpisode: "A Coat of White Primer"
Everwood Mrs. HarcourtEpisode: "Put on a Happy Face"
2008 The Starter Wife BlairEpisode: "The Remains of the Snow Day"
2009 Bones Sandra HicksEpisode: "Double Trouble in the Panhandle"
2011 Days of Our Lives Female T.V. VoiceEpisode #1.11586
2013 See Dad Run Hippie MomEpisode: "See Dad Host a Play Group"

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Roe vs. Wade TV movie
An Innocent Man Stacy
1995SiringoBlanche
White Dwarf Scarred Cultist
1999 Michael Jordan: An American Hero ReporterTV movie
The Big Split Tracy's Mom
2000Dropping OutWaitress
Running Mates Newscaster #2
2001 Manic Rebecca
2004Sake Bottle BattleCathy GaffneyShort film
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School Linda Sue
2006 Eragon Additional voices
2011 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Additional voicesShort film
2013 Life Inside Out LauraWritten, co-produced, soundtrack
2016I Am BeDemeterShort film
2021 Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry HerselfDocumentary

Video games

YearTitleRole
1999 Battlezone II: Combat Commander Female Ensemble
2000 Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption Anezka
2004 EverQuest II
2005 Rogue Galaxy Amni Rhyza
EverQuest II: Desert of Flames
2006 Saints Row Stilwater's Resident
2008 Saints Row 2 Various
2010 Mass Effect 2 Samara
2012 Mass Effect 3
2013 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Additional voices

Discography

TitleAlbum details
We Sail
  • Released: March 30, 2009 [17]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Awards and nominations

YearOrganizationAwardWorkResultRef.
2013 Heartland International Film Festival Crystal Heart Award for Dramatic Feature Life Inside Out Won [23]
Crystal Heart Award for Best Premiere
2014 Phoenix Film Festival Cox Audience Award [24] [25]
Best PictureNominated
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival Best Narrative FeatureWon [26]

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