Katherine Whitton "Kathy" Baker (lahir 8 Juni 1950) adalah seorang pemeran film, televisi dan pertunjukan teater berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Namanya dikenal secara luas melalui sejumlah film layar lebar maupun televisi.
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Baker at the 45th Emmy Awards, September 1993 | |
| Lahir | Katherine Whitton Baker 8 Juni 1950 Midland, Texas, U.S. |
| Almamater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Pekerjaan | Actress |
| Tahun aktif | 1983–present |
| Suami/istri | Donald Camillieri (m. 1985–1999)Steven Robman (m. 2003) |
| Anak | 2 |
Baker mengawali debutnya pada tahun 1983 melalui film drama The Right Stuff. Dia menerima penghargaan dari National Society of Film Critics Award untuk pemeran pembantu terbaik juga dinominasikan dalam Independent Spirit Award untuk penampilannya dalam film Street Smart (1987). Baker juga tampil di lebih dari 50 film di antaranya Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Cider House Rules (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), Nine Lives (2005), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Last Chance Harvey (2008), Take Shelter (2011) dan Saving Mr. Banks (2013).
Di ranah hiburan televisi, Baker memerankan sebagai Dr. Jill Brock dalam drama seri di kanal CBS berjudul Picket Fences antara tahun 1992 sampai dengan 1996. Peran ini pula yang mengantarkan dia menerima tiga penghargaan dari Primetime Emmy Award. Selain itu, dia juga menerima penghargaan dari Golden Globe dan Screen Actors Guild Awards. Setelah itu, namanya juga tercatat dinominasikan dalam Primetime Emmy Award untuk perannya dalam Touched by an Angel, Boston Public dan Door to Door.
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Baker lahir di Midland, Texas, dan tumbuh di Quaker New Mexico. Dia adalah saudara perempuan dari John Seawand Baker, seorang ahli geologi and pengajar Baker menyelesaikan pendidikannya dalam bidang seni peran di California Institute of the Arts di awal tahun 1970-an. Kemudian dia meraih gelar B.A. di Prancis pada tahun 1977 dari UC Berkeley.
Baker mengawali kariernya di San Francisco's Magic Theatre, tampil di sejumlah karya Sam Shepard sebelum akhirnya berhenti dari projek-projek Broadway Fool for Love (1983) menjadi lawan main Ed Harris. Dia memenangi penghargaan Obie Award untuk perannya ini. Pada tahun yang sama, dia menerima peran sebagai Louise Shepard, istri Alan Shepard dalam film drama The Right Stuff. Setelah itu dia menerima tawaran bermain dalam film drama sebagai pelacur dalam Street Smart (1987) dan peran sebagai orang yang sedang berusaha sembuh dari ketergantungan alkohol dan pemulihan trauma kekerasan keluarga dalam film Clean and Sober (1988). Untuk perannya dalam Street Smart, Baker memenangi penghargaan dari National Society of Film Critics Award untuk kategori pemeran pendukung terbaik dan Boston Society of Film Critics Award untuk kategori yang sama. Kemudian dia membintangi film Dad, Jacknife dan Edward Scissorhands.
Sejak tahun 1992 sampai 1996, Baker memainkan peran sebagai Jill Brock, seorang dokter di kota kecil di drama seri yang disiarkan oleh kanal CBS berjudul Picket Fences, karya by David E. Kelley. Untuk perannya dalam drama seri ini, dia memenangi penghargaan Primetime Emmy Award selama tiga kali 1993, 1995 dan 1996, Golden Globe Award untuk kategori pemeran utama terbaik televisi tahun 1994, dan Screen Actors Guild Award tahun 1995. Selanjutnya, dia tampil dalam drama karya David E. Kelley berjudul Ally McBeal, The Practice dan menerima peran sebagai Meredith Peters dalam Boston Public, yang di kemudian hari masuk nominasi dalam Primetime Emmy Award, 2001. Nama Baker juga tercatat masuk nominasi dalam perhelatan Emmy Award untuk perannya sebagai bintang tamu dalam Touched by an Angel
Baker sudah tampil di lebih dari 50 judul film untuk semua peran. Dia membintangi dua film yang disutradarai oleh Rodrigo García: Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) dan Nine Lives (2005). Selain itu juga terlibat dalam produksi antara lain The Cider House Rules (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), 13 Going on 30 (2004), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Last Chance Harvey (2008), Take Shelter (2011) dan Saving Mr. Banks (2013). Dia pernah menjadi lawan main Tom Selleck dalam Jesse Stone, sebuah drama televisi yang ditayangkan pada tahun 2000-an. Drama televisi lain yang melibatkan dia sebagai bintang tamu di antaranya Nip/Tuck, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Grey's Anatomy, dan Medium. Tahun 2012, dia tampil dalam miniseri Against the Wall.
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Baker tinggal di Southern California bersama suaminya, seorang sutradara dan produser, Steven Robman. Dia memiliki dua putra dan satu putri dari suaminya yang pertama, Donald Camillieri.
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Film sunting
| Tahun | Judul | Peran |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Louise Shepard |
| 1986 | A Killing Affair | Maggie Gresham |
| 1987 | Street Smart | Punchy |
| 1988 | Permanent Record | Martha Sinclair |
| 1988 | Clean and Sober | Charlie Standers |
| 1989 | Dad | Annie |
| 1989 | Jacknife | Martha Flannigan |
| 1990 | The Image | Marcie Guilford |
| 1990 | Edward Scissorhands | Joyce |
| 1990 | Mister Frost | Dr. Sarah Day |
| 1991 | One Special Victory | Ellen |
| 1992 | Article 99 | Dr. Diana Walton |
| 1992 | Jennifer Eight | Margie Ross |
| 1993 | Mad Dog and Glory | Lee |
| 1993 | Lush Life | Janice Oliver |
| 1996 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | Esther Wheeler |
| 1997 | Inventing the Abbotts | Helen Holt |
| 1997 | Not in This Town | Tammy Schnitzer |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Margo Powers |
| 1998 | Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story | Priscilla Salyers |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Nurse Angela |
| 1999 | A Season for Miracles | Ruth Doyle |
| 1999 | A Little Inside | Nancy |
| 1999 | Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story | Janice Danner |
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rose |
| 2000 | Ratz | Doris Trowbridge |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Nancy Ryan |
| 2001 | Ten Tiny Love Stories | Ten |
| 2002 | Assassination Tango | Maggie |
| 2002 | Door to Door | Gladys Sullivan |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Sally Swanger |
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Bev Rink |
| 2005 | Spring Break Shark Attack | Mary Jones |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Camille |
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Mrs. Burden |
| 2007 | The Jane Austen Book Club | Bernadette |
| 2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Rose Gammon |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Jean |
| 2008 | Shades of Ray | Janet Rehman |
| 2009 | Unstable | Betty Walker |
| 2009 | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Rose Gammon |
| 2010 | Miss Nobody | Claire McKinney |
| 2010 | Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Rose Gammon |
| 2011 | Good Day for It | Rose Carter |
| 2011 | Take Shelter | Sarah |
| 2011 | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Rose Gammon |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Wendy Paulson |
| 2011 | Seven Days in Utopia | Mabel |
| 2011 | Machine Gun Preacher | Daisy |
| 2012 | Big Miracle | Ruth McGraw |
| 2012 | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Rose Gammon |
| 2012 | The Party Is Over | Appoline |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Tommie |
| 2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall | Therapist |
| 2014 | Return to Zero | Kathleen Callaghan |
| 2014 | Boulevard | Joy |
| 2014 | Model Home | Brenda |
| 2015 | The Age of Adaline | Connie Jones |
| 2015 | Midnight Rider |
Televisi sunting
| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–1996 | Picket Fences | Dr. Jill Brock | 87 episodes |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Katherine Dawson | Episode: "The Affair" |
| 1998 | The Practice | Evelyn Mayfield | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Hey Arnold! | Dr. Bliss | Episode: "Helga on the Couch" |
| 2000 | Touched by an Angel | Ellen | Episode: "Buy Me a Rose" |
| 2000 | Chicago Hope | Mary Wyzinski | Episode: "Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope" |
| 2001–2002 | Boston Public | Meredith Peters | 14 episodes |
| 2004 | Monk | Sylvia Fairbourn | Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail" |
| 2005 | Nip/Tuck | Gail Pollack | 2 episodes |
| 2005–2010 | Medium | Marjorie Dubois | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Hannah Curtis | Episode: "Sin" |
| 2007 | Gilmore Girls | Mia | Episode: "Gilmore Girls Only" |
| 2008 | Grey's Anatomy | Anna Loomis | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Camille Hayes-Fitzgerald | Episode: "Playing Dead" |
| 2010 | Law & Order | Camille Peterson | Episode: "Crashers" |
| 2011 | Against the Wall | Sheila Kowalski | 12 episodes |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds | Linda Collins | Episode: "A Family Affair" |
| 2012 | Private Practice | Dianne | Episode: "I'm Fine" |
| 2014 | Those Who Kill | Marie Burgess | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Big Time in Hollywood, FL | Diana | 10 episodes |
Penghargaan dan nominasi sunting
| Tahun | Penghargaan | Kategori | Karya | Hasil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Obie Award | Best Performance by an Actress | Fool for Love | Menang |
| 1984 | Theatre World Award | Theatre World Award | Fool for Love | Menang |
| 1988 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award | Best Supporting Actress | Street Smart | Menang |
| 1988 | Independent Spirit Award | Best Supporting Female | Street Smart | Nominasi |
| 1988 | National Society of Film Critics Award | Best Supporting Actress | Street Smart | Menang |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Picket Fences | Menang |
| 1994 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Picket Fences | Menang |
| 1994 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Picket Fences | Nominasi |
| 1994 | Viewers for Quality Television | Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series | Picket Fences | Menang |
| 1995 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Picket Fences | Nominasi |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Picket Fences | Menang |
| 1995 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Picket Fences | Menang |
| 1995 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Picket Fences | Nominasi |
| 1995 | Viewers for Quality Television | Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series | Picket Fences | Menang |
| 1996 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Picket Fences | Nominasi |
| 1996 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Picket Fences | Menang |
| 1996 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Picket Fences | Nominasi |
| 2000 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Touched by an Angel | Nominasi |
| 2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The Cider House Rules | Nominasi |
| 2001 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Boston Public | Nominasi |
| 2003 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Door to Door | Nominasi |
| 2005 | Gotham Awards | Best Cast | Nine Lives | Nominasi |
| 2005 | Locarno International Film Festival | Best Actress | Nine Lives | Menang |
| 2011 | Gotham Awards | Best Cast | Take Shelter | Nominasi |
| 2013 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award | Best Cast | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominasi |
Referensi sunting
- ^ "Kathy Baker - Biography". The New York Times. Diakses tanggal 29 July 2014.
- Tavis Smiley interview archive site; interview date: September 25, 2007[dead link]
- "Kathy Baker profile at Film Reference.com". Filmreference.com. Diakses tanggal 2012-03-01.
- ^ "Kathy Baker Biography". TV Guide. Diakses tanggal 29 July 2014.
- "Against the Wall: Cancelled; No Season Two". TVSeriesFinale.com. December 10, 2011. Diakses tanggal 29 July 2014.
Pranala luar sunting
- Kathy Baker di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) Kathy Baker di AllMovie
- Kathy Baker 2003 Interview 2016-03-08 di Wayback Machine. on Sidewalks Entertainment