Brigitte Bako
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Brigitte Bako (born May 15, 1967 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) to Jewish parents is a Canadian actress, best known for her role on Showtime television movie Red Shoe Diaries. She is also writes, produces and stars in the adult comedy G-Spot.
Bako trained with the Grande Ballets du Canada and acted with the Canadian National Shakespeare Company. She has starred in Hollywood productions, numerous Canadian-made movies, and films made in Canada by American producers. Bako's first major break was in Martin Scorsese’s New York Stories. She co-starred with David Duchovney and Billy Wirth in Red Shoe Diaries; Benjamin Bratt and Michael Keaton in One Good Cop; and Ralph Fiennes in Strange Days. "Saint Monica" was featured at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, Bako received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Bako also received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress in 1993. She starred in I Love a Man in Uniform, her first collaboration with Canadian producer Robert Lantos.
In addition to having the starring role, Bako makes her writing and executive producing debut in G-Spot. She currently maintains homes in New York and Los Angeles.
Bako worked with David Duchovney again in a 2007 episode of the Showtime series Californication (Episode 9, "Filthy Lucre," as a Porche saleswoman).
[edit] Filmography
- One Good Cop (1991)
- Red Shoe Diaries (TV-1992)
- Fifteenth Phase of the Moon (TV-1992)
- I Love a Man in Uniform (1993)
- Dark Tide (1993)
- Replikator (1994)
- Strange Days (1995)
- Irving (1995)
- The Escape (1996)
- Double Take (1997)
- Dinner and Driving (1997)
- The Week That Girl Died (1998)
- Paranoia (1998)
- Primary Suspect (2000)
- Wrong Number (2001)
- Sweet Revenge (2001)
- Saint Monica (2002)
- Who's the Top? (2005)
[edit] TV Series
- Gargoyles (voice, 1994)
- 3x3 Eyes (voice, 1995)
- Godzilla: The Series (voice, 1998)
- The Mind of a Married Man (2001)
- G-Spot (2005)
- Californication (one episode, 2007)
