Biography
Bakke began acting as a teen in local productions in her native Portland, OR before making the move to Los Angeles to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After more stage work, Bakke entered films inauspiciously with a supporting role in the teen sex sequel "Hardbodies 2" (1986). This set the stage for her early feature career as she appeared a series of low-budget genre quickies geared toward video and cable. The reasonable spoof …
Career Milestones
1999 | Returned to series TV as the mother of a teenage undercover cop in the Fox drama "Ryan Caulfield: Year One" | |
1997 | Played Lana Turner in the highly-praised film "L.A. Confidential" | |
1995 | Cast as a regular on "American Gothic", a highly touted CBS supernatural drama | |
1993 | Debut as a series regular, played The Wren, a beautiful "sportin' gal" on the short-lived CBS Western "Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times" | |
1993 | First notable mainstream Hollywood credit, "Hot Shots! Part Deux" | |
1988 | TV-movie debut, "A Father's Homecoming" | |
1986 | Feature debut, "Hardbodies 2" | |
| Moved to Los Angeles to study acting at the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts | ||
| Performed in several more local theater productions | ||
| Began her acting career at age 15 in a Portland stage production of "Years Ago" playing the young Ruth Gordon | ||
| Raised in Portland, Oregon | ||