Jenni Baird

Following Baird's graduation from Western Australian Academy of Performing Art in 1999 Baird made her debut in the film industry in the Australian short film I Promise. In the year 2000 Baird appeared in the movie Metropolis in which she starred as Charlotte. The following year Baird appeared in the TV Movie Crash Palace appearing as Chris Stanford. Despite these appearances Baird first found fame when she was cast in the long running and multi award-winning soap hospital drama All Saints, appearing as Paula Morgan. Baird first appeared on the show in November 2001, and made her final appearance in April 2004 when her character decides to move to New York City to pursue new adventures. Upon first appearing on the show Baird was described as a "new star".[14] Whilst on the show Baird was considered a main character and appeared in over fifty episodes by the end of her stint on the show. When the show ended Baird appeared prominently in the "Final Farewell Trailer" which featured memories from across the entire show.[15] In 2004 Baird left the cast of All Saints after three years as a main character making her final appearance in the episode "Bad Pennies" on 27 April.[16] Also in 2001 Baird appeared in the Australian soap drama Crash Palace as Chris Sanford.

In 2005 Baird appeared in the Australian short film Amorality Tale which featured Her as the protagonist character of Roz. Later in the same year she made her debut on American small screens in the TV Movie Global Frequency in which she starred as Dr. Katrina Finch. The film was originally a pilot episode, but as the decision was made not to produce a series the episode was treated as a television movie. Alongside these appearances Baird also appeared in the television drama movie Conviction. In 2006 she appeared was a guest star in the police mystery drama Justice as Linda Wallis in the episode "The Wrongful Death" which aired on 27 September 2006.[17]

In 2007 Baird appeared in the Australian short film Love Is Love as Sabrina. Later the same year she was confirmed to have been cast in a main role in the fourth season of the Primetime Emmy-nominated American TV show The 4400. Baird subsequently appeared in her first episode on 17 June 2007[18] as Meghan Doyle. In the fourth season of the show, Baird became a main character,[19] and in an interview with TV Guide she expressed her opinion that Doyle was "quite different from everybody else".[20] Following the end of the broadcast of season 4 the show was unexpectedly cancelled. This caused shock and outrage among fans, but a petition with 70,000 signatures was ineffective in having the show return to air.[21]

In 2009 after a year's break Baird returned in the Australian science fiction drama movie Alien Trespass as Tammy. The film gained mixed reviews following its release with some calling the movie "cheesy; however, some critics praised the film. For example, in the Boston.com review critic Ty Burr dubbed it "pretty endearing" and also said the movie had "more simple joy to be found here than in all of DreamWorks' 3-D extravaganza".[22] Entertainment Weekly gave the movie a fairly positive review giving it a "B+" grade.[23] The magazine described Baird's character Tammy was as someone who "thinks on her feet".[24] As a member of the main cast Baird appeared at WonderCon in 2009 to talk about the film.[25]

In 2012 Baird appeared as guest star in the American television series GCB as Mikki. In 2013 she was cast in Bevan Lee's Australian television drama A Place to Call Home as Regina Standish. Baird was originally told her character would be a guest star in the show.[26] She made her first appearance in the episode "Cane Toad" which was awarded an Australian Cinematographers Society Telefeatures, TV Drama & Mini Series Award of Distinction. She subsequently appeared in five episodes in season one. Baird returned in the second season as a recurring character. In 2014 the show earned three Logie Awards and an Equity Ensemble Awards's nomination. Following the second season A Place To Call Home was cancelled by the show's broadcaster Seven Network. Later Foxtel finalized a deal that allowed for a third season to be produced and aired on Foxtel.[27] It premiered in 2015 with Baird returning to the show as a main character. The show was subsequently renewed for a fourth season set for release the following year.[28] During 2015 Baird starred in the Australian thriller/ mystery drama film Backtrack in which she appeared as Carol Bower. In a review by website flickering myth.com the film was described as having "an overall atmosphere of dread".[29] In 2016 her portrayal of Regina Standish in A Place To Call Home earned Baird a Silver TV Logie Award nomination in the category of Most Outstanding Supporting Actress.[30][31] Prior to the release of the fourth season of A Place To Call Home Baird stated that the drama would be "darker than ever" and that the series is set to be "explosive". She also said that she was "excited" for the series to return to the small screen.[32] The fourth season premiered in September 2016.^[10] Before the end of the series' the fourth season the show was renewed for a fifth series set to begin filming in February 2017.[33] In 2017, the fifth series of A Place to Call Home aired. On the season finale of the series Baird stated that she believed it would be "startling" for fans.[34] Alongside working on A Place To Call Home Baird appeared on an episode of Doctor Doctor as Hilda.[35][36]