Education
Central School of Speech and Drama.
Central School of Speech and Drama.
Born in Southampton, Hampshire, Baker joined the local Gilbert and Sullivan repertory company aged 13 and took private piano and singing lessons to improve her soprano voice. She received a personal bursary from Cameron Mackintosh to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After graduation, Baker secured roles in Guys & Dolls and A Winter"s Tale at the Royal National Theatre.
Her television debut was in the first episode of Jonathan Creek.
In 1998, Baker had a role in the film Shadow Run with Michael Caine and followed that with leading West End theatre roles in The Postman Always Rings Twice opposite Val Kilmer, and as Vivian in Dirty Dancing. In July 2002, Baker joined Independent Television drama The Bill playing the role of Detective Constable Juliet Becker.
Originally Baker screen tested for the part of ditzy Police Constable Honey Harman, but the producers decided to cast Kim Tiddy in that role and created the role of District of Columbia Becker especially for Baker, allowing her to indulge her passion of riding motorcycles by providing her with a Honda Hornet. Baker took the role due to its variety of portraying a bisexual character, but left as she began to feel the role was not developing beyond a ratings gaining option to exploit the character kissing other women.
Baker also played the love interest, Caroline Garvey, for Doctor Nick West in the British Broadcasting Corporation One daytime series Doctors. and has appeared as Jade Dixon-Halliday in children"s spy drama Michigan High and played the role of "Shinada" in Sciences-Fi movie "Ice Planet".
In 2015 she appeared as Mimi in the British Broadcasting Corporation television series Father Brown episode 3.8 "The Lair of the Libertines".
