Maggie Baird

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

(1959-03-29) March 29, 1959 (age 65)
Alma materUniversity of Utah (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present
Spouse
Patrick O'Connell
(m. 1995)
Children
RelativesBrian 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.

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.

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  2. ^ "Maggie May Baird (@maggiembaird) • Instagram photos and videos". maggiembaird [confirmed account]. Instagram. Archived from the original on May 1, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  3. ^ Hatcher, Kirsty (March 30, 2023). "billie eilish shares birthday tribute mom maggie baird". People. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.