Joanne Baker

I'm originally from San Diego and went to the same high school is Kathy Najimy, she was a couple of years behind me. I took drama in high school and that is about the extent to my experience in acting. Even though I got really good at lying to patients when I worked for doctors. "I'm sorry the doctor is running late, he's stuck at the hospital finishing a surgery" when really the doctor was surfing before work! The last 20 years of my career I worked in schools, from Elementary, Middle School and High School. The last 10 years of that was in the high school counseling office. I was an admin assistant and worked with counselors, psychologists, principals, and all our students that would come in. From just information to anxiety, I was there for them. I am accepting of all humans, and was one of the advocates for the lgbtq+ community at my school. In retirement, I work occasionally as a para educator substitute at the high school that I retired from. I currently volunteer for our regional animal shelter by transporting animals to different veterinarian offices. I'm flexible with my time, take direction while and an easy person to get along with.

Seattle-based performer with 20 years in education and healthcare settings. Natural fit for relatable lifestyle commercials, professional/medical roles, and school-adjacent content. Very flexible availability.

• Commercial lifestyle shoots
• Healthcare & medical portrayals
• Family & parent roles
• Education & campus content
• Corporate & industrial videos
• Background & extra work
• Comfortable working with animals
• Washington productions