{{short description|Canadian actress (born 1967)}} {{Infobox person | name = Brigitte Bako | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|05|15}} | birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada | education = | occupation = Actress, producer, writer | partner = | years_active = 1989–present }} '''Brigitte Bako''' (born May 15, 1967) is a Canadian actress, producer, and writer. Following her film debut in ''[[New York Stories]]'' (1989), Bako had supporting roles in films such as ''[[One Good Cop]]'' (1991) and ''[[Strange Days (film)|Strange Days]]'' (1995), as well as a lead role in ''[[I Love a Man in Uniform (film)|I Love a Man in Uniform]]'' (1993). She is best known for her lead role as Gigi on the [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]] comedy series ''[[G-Spot (TV series)|G-Spot]]'' (2005–09), which she also wrote and produced.
Bako is also known for providing the voices of Angela on the [[Disney]] animated fantasy series ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' (1995–97) and Monique Dupre on the [[Fox Kids]] animated science fiction series ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' (1998–00).
==Early life== Bako was born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], to [[Jewish]] parents. Her mother is a [[Holocaust survivor]].<ref name=EdmontonSun>{{Cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Television/2006/11/26/2502250.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309220949/http://jam.canoe.com/Television/2006/11/26/2502250.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |title=Bako's Naked Truth About Hollywood|date=November 25, 2006|first=Yuri|last=Wuensch|work=[[Edmonton Sun]]|location=Canada|via=Jam! Showbiz|quote=...the 39-year-old... }}</ref> She trained with the [[Les Grands Ballets Canadiens]] and acted with the Canadian National Shakespeare Company.
==Career== Her first major break was in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[New York Stories]]'' (1989). She co-starred with [[David Duchovny]] and [[Billy Wirth]] in ''[[Red Shoe Diaries]]''; [[Benjamin Bratt]] and [[Michael Keaton]] in ''[[One Good Cop]]'' (1991), and [[Ralph Fiennes]] in ''[[Strange Days (film)|Strange Days]]'' (1995). She starred in ''[[I Love a Man in Uniform (film)|I Love a Man in Uniform]]'' (1993), her first collaboration with Canadian producer [[Robert Lantos]]. ''[[Saint Monica (film)|Saint Monica]]'' was featured at the 2002 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], and Bako received a nomination for the [[Genie Award]] for Best Supporting Actress.
She voiced Angela in ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' and Monique Dupre in ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]''. Bako worked with Duchovny again in a 2007 episode of the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] series ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]'' (Episode 9, "Filthy Lucre," as a [[Porsche]] saleswoman).
== Filmography == === Cinema === {{Div col}} *''[[New York Stories]]'' (1989) *''[[One Good Cop]]'' (1991) *''[[Red Shoe Diaries (film)|Red Shoe Diaries]]'' (1992) *''[[I Love a Man in Uniform (film)|I Love a Man in Uniform]]'' (1993) *''Dark Tide'' (1994) *''[[Replikator]]'' (1994) *''[[Strange Days (film)|Strange Days]]'' (1995) *''Irving'' (1995) *''[[Double Take (1998 film)|Double Take]]'' (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 film)|Sweet Revenge]]'' (2001) *''[[Saint Monica (film)|Saint Monica]]'' (2002) *''Who's the Top?'' (2005) {{Div col end}}
=== TV series === {{Div col}} *''Fifteenth Phase of the Moon'' (TV-1992) *''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' ("Angela" [voice] 1995 - 1997) *''[[3×3 Eyes]]'' (voice, 1995) *''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' (voice, 1998) *''[[Secret Agent Man (TV series)|Secret Agent Man]]'' ("Mirage"; 2000, episode "Fail-Safe") *''[[The Mind of the Married Man]]'' (2001) *''[[The Atwood Stories]]'' (2003, episode "Isis in Darkness") *''[[Law & Order]]'' (2004, episode "Darwinian") *''[[G-Spot (TV series)|G-Spot]]'' (2005–2009) *''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]'' (2007, episode "Filthy Lucre") {{Div col end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0049190}} *{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-16-9202130315-story.html|title=Brigitte Bako 'Very Stressed' Filming 'Red Shoe Diaries'|first=Diane Joy |last=Moca|work= [[Los Angeles Daily News]]|via=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=19 May 1992|accessdate=1 December 2018|archivedate=2 December 2018|archiveurl= https://archive.today/20181202012817/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-16-9202130315-story.html|url-status=live}} {{Authority control}}
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