Acting Bio
Baily Hopkins is an award-winning on-camera actor whose work spans twenty years across the Bay Area and Los Angeles. She has collaborated with industry heavyweights including Joe Robert Cole (All Day and a Night), Academy Award–winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity), Academy Award–winning directors Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master) and Barry Jenkins, and Emmy Award–winning choreographer Mandy Moore.
Her films have screened internationally at festivals such as the San Francisco International Film Festival, Filmapalooza, Cinequest, the Napa Valley Film Festival, and the Livermore Valley Film Festival. Commercially, she has booked more than 60 principal campaigns for brands including Comcast, Toyota, Rocket Mortgage, Uber, NerdWallet, Roku, Credit Karma, and Visa.
Off-camera, Baily works as a Casting Associate at Nancy Hayes Casting and has helped cast national SAG and non-union commercials alongside Kristen Beck, Gregg Cohen, Kristen Armstrong, and Cathi Carlton—giving her an inside understanding of what TV and commercial directors are looking for.
Returning often to her theatrical roots, Baily has performed with Shotgun Players, New Conservatory Theatre Center, We Players, Killing My Lobster, The Speakeasy SF, UCSD/La Jolla Playhouse, American Conservatory Theater YC, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, and Masquer’s Playhouse.
Baily is also on faculty at American Conservatory Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where she teaches On Camera, Audition Prep, and Improv & D&D. She coaches actors through Studio A.C.T. and the Young Conservatory, bringing her practical, warm, and slightly nerdy enthusiasm to every session. Baily holds a degree in Theatre from UC San Diego and is the co-founder of Soft Hold Collective, a directory uplifting women and nonbinary filmmakers in San Francisco.
Music Bio
Baily has been playing the violin for over 20+ years in all sorts of musical settings; from Carnegie Hall, to Black Rock City, to Oakland's Fox Theatre. Currently, Baily performs with the Awesöme Orchestra, Oakland Civic Symphony, and is also an original member of the Black Rock Philharmonic at Burning Man. Baily studied classical violin with Wendy Reid, Janós Négyesy (most recognized for premiering John Cage’s works for violin), Orin Hilestad, and Georges Lammam (world-renowned Arabic violinist). She's a former member of the Young Peoples’ Symphony Orchestra which was invited to play in Carnegie Hall in 2003, and the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra (music director Steven Schick). In 2005 she was the recipient of the “Most Outstanding Member of the La Jolla Symphony” Award. Baily has also hopped into the recording studio for pieces by La Doña (recorded 2024 at 25th Street Studios), and UnderCover Presents (2016, 2018 at Fantasy Studios). Other credits include: SF Civic Symphony, current Director of Communications for Awesöme Orchestra, former Music Content Editor for SF Station, and a member of the pit orchestra for YMTC (Company, Carousel, Les Miserables, Sweeny Todd, and Sound of Music) and The Mountain Play (Beauty & The Beast) in the Bay Area.
