The 65-year-old mother to Billie and her brother,Finneas O’Connell, made an appearance on themuch-loved showback in 1999 before her world-famous daughter was born.
Appearing in a season 6 episode titled “The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance,” Maggie portrayed Casting Director No. 2 and shared the screen withMatt LeBlanc, whose characterJoey Tribbianiwas suffering from a painful hernia.
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Billie Eilish’s mother, Maggie Baird, appeared in a 1999 episode ofFriendsbefore theWhat Was I Made For?singer was born
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But during the audition, Joey is wracked with pain and struggles to lift a food product, as the script directs him to.
“Or I could just point to it? Blah, blah, blah, Purina One. Point to a bag today,” he suggests with a grimace.
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Maggie Baird’s appearance inFriendsis just one of her many notable television roles. She played the network news president, Ms. Carney, in a 2001 episode of the U.S. political dramaThe West Wing. She also guest-starred as Sharon Pearl inThe X-Files.
Beyond television, Maggie has also made contributions to film. In 2013, she wrote and directed her own independent movie calledLife Inside Out, in which she starred as singer-songwriter Laura Cushman Shaw.
The 65-year-old mother to the Grammy-winning siblings has made several onscreen appearances and even directed her own independent film,Life Inside Out
Finneas O’Connell commented on the resurfacedFriendsclip and said, “The whole gag of this video is none of you had any idea at all who she was”
A number of people, including the singer’sGrammy-winning brother, came to her defense.
“Ah yes, the classic, 1 day of work on 1 episode of friends to make someone rich and famous- the whole gag of this video is none of you had any idea at all who she was,” Finneas commented on the clip.Aivaras Kaziukonis
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