After graduating from Georgetown University, Baker and a friend drove for more than six weeks across the US and eventually ended up in Los Angeles, California.
[2] She took a six-week "Acting for Commercials" course at Tepper Gallegos Casting, where she was introduced to her future agent, Steve Simon.
She was signed on by Arlene Thornton's voice-over agency and then started voice acting for commercials and television in 1993.
[2] After graduating from DW Brown's studio, she auditioned for a role in the 1998 feature film Pleasantville.
[2] Besides from film and television, Baker has appeared in several plays for Afternoon Theatre, Basement Productions, and Joanne Baron Studios.