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Sarah Baker (actress)
American actress and comedian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarah Baker is an American actress and comedian. Originally a member of the Los Angeles-based comedy troupe The Groundlings, Baker made her film debut in Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and was a regular cast member on the Spike TV sketch comedy series The Lance Krall Show (2005).
In the late 2000s, Baker had a main role as Emo Sarah on the VH1 sitcom Free Radio (2008–2009). In the early-to-mid 2010s, she had a main role as Sonia on the NBC sitcom Go On (2012–2013) and guest starred in an episode of the FX series Louie (2014), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. After supporting roles in the films The Campaign (2012), Tammy (2014), and A Simple Favor (2018), Baker had her breakout with a main role as Mindy Kominsky on the Netflix series The Kominsky Method (2018–2021), a role which earned her three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
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Baker honed her improvisational and sketch comedy skills at The Groundlings.[1]
In 2012, Baker appeared in the comedy The Campaign as Mitzi Huggins, wife of Zach Galifianakis' congressional candidate, along with Will Ferrell. At the time, the Jay Roach-directed film was the highest grossing political-campaign themed movie in North America.[2] In 2014, she played Becky in Tammy, starring Melissa McCarthy, and directed by Ben Falcone. Baker has also appeared as Pamela Lowi in The Good Lie, about the Lost Boys of Sudan, which was directed by Philippe Falardeau (director of the Oscar-nominated Monsieur Lazhar).[3] In 2015, she appeared in Barry Levinson's Rock the Kasbah, alongside Bill Murray.
In 2016, she was in a number of films, including Christopher Guest's Mascots where she played Mindy Murray, aka Tammy the Turtle. Other movies released in 2016 include The Meddler, starring Susan Sarandon and directed by Lorene Scafaria, where Baker played Elaine. Baker also appeared opposite Shirley MacLaine in The Last Word and in the film adaptation of the acclaimed Speech & Debate, playing Ms. Riggi. In 2018, she appeared as Gildred in Melissa McCarthy's Life of the Party, and co-starred in Paul Feig's A Simple Favor.
On television, Baker was seen as series regular Sonia on the NBC comedy Go On, starring Matthew Perry, as a support group member dealing with the loss of her cat.[4] In 2017, she played the recurring role of Thea Cunningham on HBO's limited series Big Little Lies, based on the popular book of the same name.[5]
She also appeared as Vanessa on the FX show Louie;[6][7][8][9] this performance was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series.[10] Entertainment Weekly included the performance in its "50 Best TV Scenes" of 2014,[11] and later nominated the performance for one of their annual "EWwy Awards."[12] The performance was included on numerous year-end "best of" lists for 2014, including NPR's "50 Wonderful Things from 2014".[13] This role later led to Baker's performance as Trinity on Pamela Adlon's Better Things in 2016, in an episode written by Adlon and Louis CK.[14]
Other TV appearances have included guest and recurring roles on shows such as A to Z, Bob's Burgers, Bones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Crazy Ones, Ghosted, Graves, Great News, In the Motherhood, Kath & Kim, Key & Peele, Mike & Molly, Modern Family, New Girl, The Office (U.S. version), Santa Clarita Diet, Sean Saves the World, as well as her favorite guest appearance on a TV show, Comedy Bang! Bang![15] In 2018, Baker appeared in the acclaimed "Kill All Others" episode of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, alongside Mel Rodriguez.[16] Baker appears in the DVD/Blu-ray bonus scenes of the hit comedy Bridesmaids, as a nurse arguing with an injured Paul Rudd. Online, she was seen as Arabella, faithful servant to Megan Mullally in the Funny or Die video Home for Actresses.[17]
Baker is a regular in the Netflix series The Kominsky Method, alongside Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin as Mindy, Douglas' character's daughter.[18] After winning a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series, the show was renewed for a second season in January 2019.[19] A third and final season of the show was announced in 2020, shortly before it was nominated for an Emmy for Best Comedy Series.[20]
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