
Becky Ann Baker
Biography
Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jean Weir on the NBC comedy-drama series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and as Loreen Horvath on the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2012–2017); she earned two Critics' Choice Television Award nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the latter.
Baker's film credits include Jacob's Ladder (1990), In & Out (1997), A Simple Plan (1998), Stay (2005), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), Hope Springs (2012), Table 19 (2017), The Half of It (2020), and Holler (2020). Baker has been married to actor Dylan Baker since 1990. They have a daughter.
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Acting History
2025
Ella McCay as Ryan's Mother
2025Starbright as Teresa
2025The Beast in Me as FBI Supervisor
2025Crutch as Kathy
2025Our Hero, Balthazar
2025Tow
2024All Happy Families as Sue Landry
2024Jackpot! as Sweet Irene
2024Elsbeth as Judith
2023Outpost as Bertha
2022The Resort as Jan
2022Alone Together as Jan
2022Would I Lie to You? as Self
2021Only Murders in the Building as Linda
2021Off Broadway as Betty Rytting
2021Holler as Linda
2021The Equalizer
2020Social Distance as Carolyn Currier
2020Ted Lasso as Dottie Lasso
2020Little Voice as Elaine
2020The Half of It as Mrs. Geselschap
2020Nightfire as Diane Rogers
2020Hunters as Juanita Kreps
2020Little America as Mrs. Wren
2019After Class as Mary
2019On Our Way as Mom
2018New Amsterdam as Gwen Bennett
2018Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary as Self
2017Brockmire as Jean Brockmire Glasscock
2017Table 19 as Carol Millner
2017The Good Fight as Alma Hoff
2017Big Little Lies as Judge Marylin Cipriani
2016Billions as Brenda
2015The End of the Tour as Bookstore Manager
2015Younger as Bronwyn Madigan
2015Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Stacey
201423 Blast as Patty Wheatley
2014Gotham as Marge
2014Madam Secretary as Frieda Schulz
2014The Discoverers as Mary
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Voice Over (voice)
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Deborah
2013The Blacklist as Judge Roberta Wilkins
2012Elementary as Pam
2012Hope Springs as Cora, The Waitress
2012Girls as Loreen Horvath
2012Smash as Mrs. Cartwright
2011Person of Interest as Erica Schmidt
2009The Good Wife as Alma Hoff
2009Kings as Jessie Shepherd
2008Nights in Rodanthe as Dot
2007Spider-Man 3 as Mrs. Stacy
2007Spinning Into Butter as Ruby
2006Death of a President as Eleanor Drake
2006Gretchen as Lori Finkle
2006The Exonerated as Defense Attorney
2006Conviction as Deborah Cole
2006The Night Listener as Waitress
2005Stay as Paramedic #1 / Butch Cook
2005War of the Worlds as Disaster Relief Volunteer
2004Life As We Know It as Amanda Connor
2002Two Weeks Notice as RV Woman
2000Wonderland as Dr. Reeples
1999Freaks and Geeks as Jean Weir
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mrs. Brice
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vivienne Patton
1999The Confession as Nurse Jeanine Carrounbois
1999Storm of the Century as Ursula Godsoe
1998A Simple Plan as Nancy Chambers
1998Celebrity as Glenwood High Alumna - Doris
1998Sex and the City as Betsy
1997In & Out as Darlene
1997Men in Black as Mrs. Redgick
1996I'm Not Rappaport as Nurse
1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Elizabeth
1996White Squall as Ms. Boyde
1995Sabrina as Linda
1995Unstrung Heroes as Mrs. Harris
1995Star Trek: Voyager as Ritual Guide
1993Frasier as Marge
1992Lorenzo's Oil as Pellerman's Secretary
1992That Night as Mrs. Bell
1990Jacob's Ladder as Nurse
1990She Said No as Gail
1990Law & Order as Susan Simels
1990Law & Order as Carolyn Walters
1990Come See the Paradise as Marge McGurn
1990Blue Steel as Nurse #1
1988In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders as Carol Ann Matix
1988Full Moon in Blue Water as Dorothy
1986L.A. Law as Melinda Garrett
1986Agent on Ice as Mrs. Donnelli
1985The Protector as Samantha Alexander
1970All My Children
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