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Maggie Baird

Maggie Baird

Born: 1959-03-29 • Fruita, Colorado, USA

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
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) poster
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
2026 • Self
Blood poster
Blood
2025 • Sandy
Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction poster
Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction
2024 • Self
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry poster
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
2021 • Self
Life Inside Out poster
Life Inside Out
2014 • Laura
In Love... Psych poster
In Love... Psych
2011 • The Crazy Dog Walker
Manic poster
Manic
2001 • Rebecca
The Big Split poster
The Big Split
1999 • Tracy's Mom
Siringo poster
Siringo
1995 • Blanche
An Innocent Man poster
An Innocent Man
1989 • Stacy
Roe vs. Wade poster
Roe vs. Wade
1989