Maggie Baird
Born: 1959-03-29 in Fruita, Colorado, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Maggie May Baird (born March 29, 1959) is an American actress, activist, and singer-songwriter. 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 An Innocent Man (1989). 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 film Life Inside Out (2013), which garnered Baird critical acclaim for her performance. In 2016, she edited the music video for "Six Feet Under" for her daughter Billie.
Filmography
2026
- Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) as Self (uncredited)
2025
- Blood as Sandy
2024
2021
2020
- Where Do We Go? The Livestream ... (Creative Consultant)
2014
- Life Inside Out as Laura
2011
- In Love... Psych as The Crazy Dog Walker
2008
- The Starter Wife as Blair
2005
- Bones as Sandra Hicks
2002
- Everwood as Mrs. Harcourt
- Birds of Prey as Mother
2001
- Six Feet Under as Andrea Kuhn
- Manic as Rebecca
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Couple #1
1999
- The West Wing as Ms. Carney, Network News President
- Crashbox
- The Big Split as Tracy's Mom
1998
- Charmed as Doctor
- L.A. Doctors
1995
- JAG as Vera Duke
- The Naked Truth as French Filmmaker's Wife
- Siringo as Blanche
1994
- Chicago Hope as Gloria Neal
1993
- The X-Files as Sharon Pearl
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Jessica
1989
- An Innocent Man as Stacy
- Roe vs. Wade
1986
- L.A. Law as Rachel Malone
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1959
- The Grammys as Self