Brigitte Bako (born May 15, 1967) is a Canadian

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known for her role on ''

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''. She also wrote, produced and starred in the adult comedy ''

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''.

Life and career

Bako was raised in

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, Canada to

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ish parents. Her mother is a

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. She trained with the Les Grands Ballets Canadiens 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

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's '' New York Stories''. She co-starred with

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and Billy Wirth in ''

''; Benjamin Bratt and

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in '' One Good Cop''; and

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in '' Strange Days''. '' Saint Monica'' was featured at the 2002

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, and Bako received a

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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''. Bako worked with David Duchovny again in a 2007 episode of the

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series '' Californication'' (Episode 9, "Filthy Lucre," as a Porsche saleswoman). She voiced Angela in '' Gargoyles'' and Monique Dupre in '' Godzilla: The Series''.

Filmography

Cinema

*'' New York Stories'' (1989) *'' One Good Cop'' (1991) *'' I Love a Man in Uniform'' (1993) *''Dark Tide'' (1994) *'' Replikator'' (1994) *'' Strange Days'' (1995) *''Irving'' (1995) *''

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'' (1997) *''Dinner and Driving'' (1997) *''The Escape'' (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)

TV series

*''

'' (TV-1992) *''Fifteenth Phase of the Moon'' (TV-1992) *'' Gargoyles'' ("Angela" oice1995 - 1997) *''

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'' (voice, 1995) *'' Godzilla: The Series'' (voice, 1998) *'' Secret Agent Man'' ("Mirage"; 2000, episode "Fail-Safe") *'' The Mind of the Married Man'' (2001) *'' The Atwood Stories'' (2003, episode "Isis in Darkness") *''

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'' (2004, episode "Darwinian") *''

'' (2005–2009) *'' Californication'' (2007, episode "Filthy Lucre")

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bako, Brigitte 1967 births Anglophone Quebec people Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States Canadian film actresses Jewish Canadian actresses Canadian people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Living people Actresses from Montreal