Baker, Jordan (Jordan Baker Kilner)

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Baker, Jordan (Jordan Baker Kilner)

PERSONAL

Married Kevin Kilner (an actor), 1998. Education: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, A.A., 1979; Smith College, B.A. (summa cum laude), theatre, 1982; Rutgers University, M.F.A., theatre; studied playwriting at the John C. Campbell Folk School, The New School, Incline—the Theatre Group, and Sewanee Writers Conference.

Addresses:

Agent—Marc Bass Agency, 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 727, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Actress. Pacific Resident Theatre, Venice, CA, company member.

Awards, Honors:

Theatre World Award, 1996, for Garden District; Max Shorter Award, American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Joanne, Love Potion No. 9, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

Mrs. Marquand, City Hall, Columbia, 1996.

Police anchor, Escape from L.A. (also known as John Carpenter's "Escape from L.A."), Paramount, 1996.

Rental car clerk, The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1999.

Dr. Kelley, Paparazzi, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Edith, Childless, 2008.

Film Work:

(As Jordan Baker Kilner) Associate producer, Little Red, DEJ Productions, 2000.

Television Appearances; Series:

Susan Pengilly, Top of the Hill, CBS, 1989.

District attorney Marcia Fusco, L.A. Law, NBC, 1990.

Jeanne Hiller, Hiller and Diller, ABC, 1997.

Mrs. Belt, The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Top of the Hill, CBS, 1989.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Mrs. Belt, The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Evy Brownfield, "Liberation—October 16, 1968," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1993.

Katherine, "Good Neighbor Sam," Grace Under Fire, ABC, 1996.

Ruth, "Led Zeppelin II," NewsRadio (also known as The Station), NBC, 1996.

District attorney, "Dante's Inferno," Picket Fences, CBS, 1996.

District attorney, "To Forgive Is Devine," Picket Fences, CBS, 1996.

Office Ambrose, "The Flirting Game," Home Improvement, ABC, 1997.

Kate Marshall, "Con-spiracy," Players, NBC, 1998.

Janet, "Jack's Old Partner," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 1998.

Paula Garrett, "Roz and the Schnoz," Frasier, NBC, 1998.

Sheila Rosenberg, "Gingerbread," Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as BtVS, Buffy, and Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Series), 1999.

Janice, "Home Is Where the Heartache Is," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1999.

Donna, "Til Death Do Us Part," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1999.

Ann Hathaway, "On Your Marks," Profiler, NBC, 2000.

Jo Miller, "Love Stinks: Part 2," 7th Heaven (also known as Seventh Heaven), The WB, 2000.

Rachel Cameron, "One Mistake," Family Law, CBS, 2000.

Dr. Camille Nardo, "Ozymandias 2.0," Once and Again, ABC, 2000.

Dr. Cynthia Sayles, "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail," The West Wing, NBC, 2001.

Rita, "The In-Crowd," Kristin, NBC, 2001.

Deborah Abrams, "Mom's Away," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2001.

(Uncredited) Beth Ogilvie, "Boston Terriers from France," Judging Amy, CBS, 2002.

"Bygones," Ally McBeal, Fox, 2002.

Kayla, Good Morning, Miami, NBC, 2002.

"Oh Mother, Who Art Thou?," The Division (also known as Heart of the City), NBC, 2003.

"Well Endowed," Dragnet (also known as L.A. Dragnet), ABC, 2003.

Judge Cheryl Robbins, "Equal Justice," The Practice, ABC, 2003.

Lisa Hyatt, "Two Families," Without a Trace (also known as W.A.T.), CBS, 2004.

Dr. McCleary, "Still Scamming," Still Standing, CBS, 2004.

Captain Laurie Layton, "The Sixth Juror," JAG (also known as JAG: Judge Advocate General), CBS, 2005.

Elaine Stevens, "The Power of Love," The O.C., Fox, 2005.

Elaine Stevens, "The Rainy Day Women," The O.C., Fox, 2005.

Elaine Stevens, "The Brothers Grim," The O.C., Fox, 2005.

Joan Tuxhorn, "In Your Face," Blind Justice, ABC, 2005.

Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2005.

Dr. Jenloe, "Harvest," Numb3rs (also known as Num3ers), CBS, 2006.

Marilyn, "The Long Morrow," Gilmore Girls, The WB, 2006.

Patty Chase, "Mother's Little Helper," Medium, NBC, 2007.

Tara McClaughlin in 2007, "Offender," Cold Case, CBS, 2007.

Dr. Rebecca Graham, "Student Body," Shark, CBS, 2007.

Dr. Sara Toni, "Two Places," Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

C, Three Tall Women, Vineyard Theatre, New York City, 1994, then Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1994-95.

Catharine Holly, "Suddenly Last Summer," Garden District, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1995.

Also appeared in Defiance, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA; Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Globe Theatre, London; The Philadelphia Story, Royal Exchange, England; Merry Wives of Windsor, Globe Theatre, London; Painting Churches, Virginia Stage Company; Three Sisters, L.A. Theatreworks, Los Angeles; Sight Unseen, L.A. Theatreworks; As You Like It; Separation; The Foreigner; Terra Nova; Murder by Chocolate; as Sarah, Spinning Into Butter, Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, CA; Sarah, Spinning Into Butter, L.A. Theatreworks; Desdemona, Othello, Folger Theatre, Washington, DC; Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Philadelphia Drama Guild; Sybil, Private Lives, Arizona Theatre Company.

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