Maggie May Baird (born March 29, 1959) is an American actress, voice
artist, singer-songwriter and screenwriter. She is the mother of
musicians Finneas and Billie Eilish.Baird 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. In 2009, Baird released her debut
studio album, We Sail. In 2013, Baird wrote and starred in her own
film, Life Inside Out. In 2016, she edited the music video for "Six
Feet Under" for her daughter, Billie Eilish.Baird was born and raised
in Fruita, Colorado where she learned the piano and guitar as a
teenager. She graduated Fruita Monument High School in 1977. She
studied theater and dance at University of Utah before later moving to
New York City where she performed on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She
made her debut television appearance in 1981, playing a supporting
role in the American soap opera Another World, before spending nine
months touring with The Heidi Chronicles in 1990, where she played the
role of one of Heidi's friends. She played a bigger role of Taylor
Baldwin in the soap opera As the World Turns in 1987 before making her
film debut as the role of Stacy in An Innocent Man in 1989.
artist, singer-songwriter and screenwriter. She is the mother of
musicians Finneas and Billie Eilish.Baird 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. In 2009, Baird released her debut
studio album, We Sail. In 2013, Baird wrote and starred in her own
film, Life Inside Out. In 2016, she edited the music video for "Six
Feet Under" for her daughter, Billie Eilish.Baird was born and raised
in Fruita, Colorado where she learned the piano and guitar as a
teenager. She graduated Fruita Monument High School in 1977. She
studied theater and dance at University of Utah before later moving to
New York City where she performed on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She
made her debut television appearance in 1981, playing a supporting
role in the American soap opera Another World, before spending nine
months touring with The Heidi Chronicles in 1990, where she played the
role of one of Heidi's friends. She played a bigger role of Taylor
Baldwin in the soap opera As the World Turns in 1987 before making her
film debut as the role of Stacy in An Innocent Man in 1989.
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