A versatile and appealing actress who has excelled in both film and television, Kathy Baker (sometimes credited as Kathy Whitton Baker) began acting at age ten but didn't make her professional debut until she was in her 30s. Born in Texas and raised in New Mexico, Baker was brought up following the peaceful tenets of the Quakers, and found it difficult to accept the violence and emotional warfare prevalent in her CalArts acting training, so she dropped out to study French at Berkeley. Following this alternate path, she earned Le Grande Diplome, studying haute cuisine at Paris' famed Cordon
