Brigitte Bako (born May 15, 1967 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) to jewish parents is a Canadian actress, best known for her role on HBO television movie Red Shoe Diaries. She is also writes, produces and stars in the adult comedy G-Spot.

Bako trained with the Grande Ballets du Canada and acted with the Canadian National Shakespeare Company. She has starred in Hollywood productions, numerous Canadian-made movies, and films made in Canada by American producers. Bako's first major break was in Martin Scorsese’s New York Stories. She co-starred with David Duchovney and Billy Wirth in Red Shoe Diaries; Benjamin Bratt and Michael Keaton in One Good Cop; and Ralph Fiennes in Strange Days. "Saint Monica" was featured at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, Bako received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Bako also received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress in 1993. She starred in I Love a Man in Uniform, her first collaboration with Canadian producer Robert Lantos.

In addition to having the starring role, Bako makes her writing and executive producing debut in G-Spot. She currently maintains homes in New York and Los Angeles.

Bako worked with David Duchovney again in a 2007 episode of the Showtime series Californication (Episode 9, "Filthy Lucre," as a Porche saleswoman).


[edit] Filmography
One Good Cop (1991)
Red Shoe Diaries (TV-1992)
Fifteenth Phase of the Moon (TV-1992)
I Love a Man in Uniform (1993)
Dark Tide (1993)
Replikator (1994)
Strange Days (1995)
Irving (1995)
The Escape (TV-1997)
Double Take (1997)
Dinner and Driving (1997)
The Week That Girl Died (1998)
Paranoia (1998)
Primary Suspect (2000)
Wrong Number (2001)
Sweet Revenge (2001)
Saint Monica (2002)
Who's the Top? (2005)

[edit] TV Series
Gargoyles (voice, 1994)
Godzilla: The Series (voice, 1998)
The Mind of a Married Man (2001)
G-Spot (2005)
Californication (one episode, 2007)