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- Who Is Birgundi Baker?
- Early Life and Education
- Her First Performance
- Rise to Fame
- 'The Chi'
- ‘The Last Shift’
- ‘Summer of '72’
- ‘30 Miles from Nowhere’
- ‘Block Party’
- ‘Station 19’
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Birgundi Angel Baker is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She joined the Launch Showcase after relocating to Chicago. After the presentation there, the actress signed with Gray Talent Group and began her career in television and movies. Refinery29 named her as one of the 'Top Actresses to Watch in 2018.' In 2015, Baker started her television...
Birgundi Angel Baker was born on 6 March 1992 in Raleigh, North Carolina. She grew up in a family where everyone was highly involved in the creative field and loved arts. She was surrounded by art all the time, which made her fall in love with it. From a very young age, Baker was clear to pursue her career as a performer. In a 2020 interview with R...
Baker's first performance was a dance, where she portrayed a cartoon character Purple People Eater. She wore a bright and shiny purple costume with one horn and an eye on its side. She then progressed through dancing classes at various levels. Her mother enrolled her in chorus and acting courses, and she won a contest sponsored by Kraft Macaroni & ...
Baker had a difficult time gaining representation. She tried circulating her headshot, resume and reached out to others who had agents but in vain. Fortunately, Baker had a Launch showcase after moving to Chicago with agents in attendance. So, she could secure a representation, and she never looked back since then. Baker got her first role as teen ...
In 2018, Baker got her breakthrough role as Keisha Williams in the hit Showtime seriesThe Chi. She has been a part of the cast since its beginning. The Chiis a coming-of-age drama focusing on a group of neighbors on Chicago's South Side who bond intimately after meeting by chance. It was created and executive produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe. Th...
Baker portrayed Sydney in the British comedy-drama hybrid The Last Shift,which was released in 2020. The film follows Stanley (played by Richard Jenkins), whose final shift at a restaurant job takes a strange turn after he meets a young African-American coworker named Jevon (played by Shane Paul McGhie). Stanley is shown as a white guy whose opinio...
Baker starred in the 2019 film Summer of '72 as Carmen. The film is set in Alabama in 1972 and one of its plots follows Billy (Devon Bostick) as he develops feelings for an inmate at his father's mental institution. His best buddy becomes embroiled in radical civil rights struggle against Tuscaloosa's power elite, which runs parallel to the former ...
Bakerstarredas Delilah in the horror film 30 Miles from Nowhere, which was released in 2018. The film follows five college friends who travel to remote Wisconsin for the burial of an estranged acquaintance. The situation starts out as an awkward reunion but it quickly turns into a horrific struggle for survival as the plotline proceeds.
Baker portrays Eboni in Block Party, which is still in post-production as of November 2021. The movie is about Keke McQueen (Antoinette Robertson), a recent Harvard graduate who is ready to leave her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream career in Atlanta. However, she realizes that her previously canny Grandma Janice is displaying sympt...
Bakerguest-starredas Yemi Miller in the TV series Station 19in 2019. She appeared in two of its episodes namely 'When It Rains, It Pours!' and 'Baby Boom'. The series is a sequel to the phenomenally popular show Grey's Anatomy, and it chronicles the lives of the men and women of Seattle, Washington's firehouse station 19.
Birgundi Baker is an American actress, singer, and dancer, best known for her role as Keisha Williams in The Chi. She is also a supporter of Black Lives Matter and the Black and Missing Foundation, and has appeared in other TV shows and movies.
Birgundi Baker is an American actor, singer and dancer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She has appeared in TV shows such as Empire, The Chi, Station 19 and Black Lightning, and films such as 30 Miles from Nowhere and Block Party.
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Jul 20, 2020 · Birgundi Baker, the star of Showtime’s The Chi talks about harnessing the power of art to raise awareness about the Black Lives Movement, how she pursued her passion of performing, how she’s staying creatively inspired and the newest season of the show.
Aug 11, 2020 · Kiesha (Birgundi Baker) has been freed from her underground prison on “The Chi” — but her struggles are only beginning. “It’s going to continue to be tough for Kiesha,” says Baker, 28, as the...
Birgundi Angel Baker is an American actor, singer and dancer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Howard University's Musical Theatre Program. Upon moving to Chicago, she attended the Launch Showcase.
Birgundi Baker talks about her role as Keisha in The Chi, her experience working with an all-black cast, and her views on racism and police brutality. She also shares her personal and professional achievements, her latest obsession, and her hopes for the future.
