American comedian
Rosebud Baker
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Born
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Alma mater
| Emerson College
(BA)
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Occupations
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Years active
| 2008?present
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Spouse
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Andy Haynes
(
m.
2020)
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Children
| 1
[1]
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Relatives
| James Baker
(grandfather)
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Awards
| WGA Award, Outstanding Writing Comedy/Variety Sketch Series "Inside Amy Schumer", Emmy-Nominated for Writing on Comedy/ Variety Sketch Series "Saturday Night Live" 2022, 2023
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Comedy career
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Medium
| Stand-up
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Genres
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Subjects
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Website
| rosebudbaker
.com
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Website
| www.rosebudbaker.com
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Rosebud Baker
is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Based in
New York City
, she is known for her
dark humor
based on personal, often
satirical
stories. In 2010, She worked as an actress in independent films, non-union television projects, and
off-Broadway
. She later began appearing in a recurring role on the
Hulu
series
Life & Beth
(2022?present). Baker started her career in stand-up in 2013 by performing at open mics throughout New York City. In 2021, her debut comedy special,
Whiskey Fists
, premiered on
Comedy Central
. She became a writer for the
HBO Max
television series
That Damn Michael Che
in 2020 and a writer for
Saturday Night Live
in 2022.
Early life and education
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Baker was born in
Alexandria, Virginia
to a wealthy and politically connected family, and grew up in
McLean, Virginia
. She has three surviving younger sisters as well as one deceased sister. Her father is James "Jamie" Baker IV, a retired senior partner at
Baker Botts L.L.P.
in
Washington, D.C.
and the son of
James Addison Baker III
, the former
Secretary of Treasury
of President
Ronald Reagan
and the
Secretary of State
under President
George H. W. Bush
, and her mother is Nancy,
[2]
[3]
a painter born in Texas.
[4]
As a child, she was given the nickname Bud due to her being a tomboy and refusing to wear dresses, which gave her the name Rosebud. Because of her family's connections to the
Bush family
, she would often visit the
White House
and spend time with George H. W. Bush's grandchildren. Baker's father was mostly absent in her life and emotionally distant due to his work, while her mother was a painter.
[5]
Baker attended
Langley High School
, where she received mostly poor grades and was briefly a cheerleader before getting suspended from the squad. In June 2002, her 7-year-old sister, Graeme,
[a]
drowned after becoming
caught in a hot tub drain
during Baker's outdoor graduation party in McLean.
[7]
In the wake of Graeme's death, Nancy successfully had the
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
passed in her name advocating for safer pool drains.
[6]
Baker received a
Bachelor of Arts
in acting at
Emerson College
in 2006,
[8]
where she also became severely alcoholic and depressed as a result of grief from the death of her sister, which she compared to "getting very old quickly". After going on a trip throughout Europe with Hallie and spending most of it intoxicated, she told her family she would come home to check herself into
rehab
, but instead moved to
Brooklyn
and moved in with her then-boyfriend. While in Brooklyn, she attended group therapy sessions, where she would often lie about herself, and later started seeing a
grief counselor
.
[5]
She began attending
Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings, which helped her to become sober in 2007.
[9]
[10]
Career
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While working as an actress in independent films and
off-Broadway
, Baker also worked on the side as a nanny and a waitress. She also wrote
horoscopes
for
Elite Daily
as Rosey Baker. In 2010, Baker appeared as a castmember on
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys
, a
Sundance Channel
reality television
series based on the lives of four gay men and their female best friends.
[11]
Baker's father later encouraged her to pursue stand-up comedy as a career. In 2014, Baker did stand-up for the first time during an open-mic night at a comedy club in
Austin, Texas
while on a cross-country road trip with a childhood friend. Her first performance in New York took place at the Metropolitan Room in
Chelsea
. Early in her comedy career, Baker performed four to five times a night at the LOL Comedy Club in
Midtown Manhattan
, also frequenting open-mics at various comedy clubs around the city.
[10]
[5]
In 2018, she appeared on
Just for Laughs
's New Faces list, and was featured in the
Amazon Prime Video
television series
Inside Jokes
, which showed her journey to the New Faces festival.
[12]
[13]
In March 2020, at the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic
, she began hosting
Find Your Beach
, a biweekly podcast hosted alongside her husband, fellow comedian Andy Haynes.
[5]
Baker's debut comedy special,
Whiskey Fists
,
[14]
was produced by
All Things Comedy
and premiered on
Comedy Central
's YouTube channel in August 2021, while an album of the special was released through
800 Pound Gorilla Records
.
[10]
[15]
Also in 2021, Baker became a writer for the
HBO Max
sketch comedy
television series
That Damn Michael Che
, which earned her nominations for the
Writers Guild of America Award
for
Best Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
and the
Black Reel Award
for
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
for the episode "Policin'".
[5]
[16]
[17]
Baker became a writer for
Saturday Night Live
during its
47th season
in February 2022, and appeared in a recurring role on
Hulu
's comedy-drama series
Life & Beth
in March 2022.
[18]
[19]
She also appeared in the
Roku Channel
's
Will Smith
-helmed series
This Joka
in 2022.
[20]
As of 2022, Baker hosts
Devil's Advocate
, an All Things Comedy podcast.
[5]
Comedic style
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Baker's comedy has been described as
dark comedy
, and many of her jokes revolve around personal stories or anecdotes, such as the death of her sister or her domestic abuse at the hands of her alcoholic ex-boyfriend.
[10]
[6]
Her jokes are often
satirical
and have twists. Baker learned how to write jokes after watching comedy specials by
Dave Attell
,
Amy Schumer
,
Dave Chappelle
, and others, and transcribing the jokes to find the set up and the punchline.
[5]
Notes
[
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]
- ^
The original article from 2002 in
The Washington Post
calls Baker's sister Virginia Graham Baker. In interviews, Baker has called her sister Graeme.
[6]
[5]
References
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CyGPfoDgVdM/?hl=en&img_index=1
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"Tortilla Coast Before It Was a Capitol Icon"
.
Roll Call
. 7 November 2013
. Retrieved
9 May
2023
.
- ^
"Resume"
.
Nancy T. Baker
. Retrieved
9 May
2023
.
- ^
Escobar, Romeo; Rubin, Sam (13 September 2021),
"Comedian Rosebud Baker talks about her stand-up special 'Whiskey Fits'
"
,
KTLA
,
Nexstar Media Group
, retrieved
5 October
2021
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Grove, Lloyd (December 30, 2021).
"Her Grandfather Is a Conservative Icon. Her Comedy Is Liberal AF"
.
Rolling Stone
. Retrieved
January 8,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
c
Dingfelder, Sadie (18 May 2020).
"During lockdown, comics Rosebud Baker and Andy Haynes have gotten sick and engaged, plus hosted a surreal podcast"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
4 October
2021
.
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White, Josh (June 19, 2002).
"James Baker III's Grandchild Dies in Whirlpool"
.
Washington Post
. Retrieved
January 8,
2022
.
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"Rosebud Baker Live at Park Theatre - September 22nd 7:00PM"
.
Full House Comedy
.
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Rush, Rebecca (September 3, 2018).
"Rosebud Baker: A Stand-Up Career Started by Sobriety"
.
The Fix
. Retrieved
January 8,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
Fox, Jesse (19 August 2021).
"Rosebud Baker Wants to Be Honest But Not Ruin Birthday Parties"
.
Vulture
.
Vox Media
. Retrieved
4 October
2021
.
- ^
Stuever, Hank (7 December 2010).
"Emotional naggage in 'Girls Who Like Boys'
"
.
Washington Post
. Retrieved
5 October
2021
.
- ^
Wright, Megh (July 23, 2018).
"Just for Laughs Announces Its 2018 New Faces"
.
Vulture
. Retrieved
January 8,
2022
.
- ^
"Rosebud Baker To Perform At Tropicana Room"
.
The Post-Journal
. November 28, 2019
. Retrieved
January 8,
2022
.
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Baker, Rosebud (August 18, 2021).
"Whiskey Fists - Full Special"
.
YouTube
. Retrieved
9 May
2023
.
45:54
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"Rosebud Baker Just Wants a Karaoke Date With Justin Bieber"
.
Vulture
. November 1, 2021
. Retrieved
January 8,
2022
.
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"Plenty of "Love" in the Heart of the Country!"
. Black Reel Awards. 17 June 2021. Archived from
the original
on 28 June 2021
. Retrieved
5 October
2021
.
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Littleton, Cynthia; Schneider, Michael; Vary, Adam B. (March 20, 2022).
"
'CODA,' 'Don't Look Up,' 'Hacks' and 'Succession' Win Top Prizes at 2022 Writers Guild Awards"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
March 24,
2022
.
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Wright, Megh (February 27, 2022).
"SNL Adds 3 New Writers for Season 47"
.
Vulture
. Retrieved
March 24,
2022
.
- ^
VanArendonk, Kathryn (March 18, 2022).
"Amy Schumer's Life & Beth Feels Like a Prestige-Comedy Hallmark Movie"
.
Vulture
. Retrieved
March 24,
2022
.
- ^
Rodriguez, Karla (February 18, 2022).
"Will Smith's Stand Up Comedy Series 'This Joka' Gets March Debut on Roku"
.
Complex
. Retrieved
March 24,
2022
.
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