Blanche Baker is an actress of stage, screen and television. After attending Wellesley College, Blanche made her television debut in the miniseries Holocaust, for which she won an Emmy Award. She is best known for her feature films Sixteen Candles with Molly Ringwald, The Handmaid’s Tale with Robert Duvall, Raw Deal with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the Kevin Bacon HBO film Taking Chance. She was part of the Yale Repertory Theatre and Anna Sokolow’s dance troupe. Her theatre roles include Steel Magnolias and Edward Albee’s Lolita with Donald Sutherland. Blanche is Senior Faculty at the New York Film Academy where she teaches in both the Acting and Musical Theatre Departments.
Blanche Baker’s feature films include “The Girl Next Door” with William Atherton, “Chasing Yesterday” with Steve Schirripa, Wishin’ and Hopin’ with Chevy Chase and “Hypothermia” with Michael Rooker.
Blanche has written and directed the award winning short films “Streetwrite” and “Make America Safe” and is slated to direct the feature “Girl in a Glass Box” in the fall of 2024.
