Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 17, 1953
Place of Birth:
Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
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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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Starbright | Teresa |
| 2025 | Our Hero, Balthazar | |
| 2025 | Ella McCay | |
| 2025 | Tow | |
| 2024 | Jackpot! | Sweet Irene |
| 2024 | All Happy Families | Sue Landry |
| 2023 | Outpost | Bertha |
| 2022 | Alone Together | Jan |
| 2021 | Holler | Linda |
| 2021 | Off Broadway | Betty Rytting |
| 2020 | Nightfire | Diane Rogers |
| 2020 | The Half of It | Mrs. Geselschap |
| 2019 | On Our Way | Mom |
| 2019 | After Class | Mary |
| 2018 | Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary | Self |
| 2017 | Table 19 | Carol Millner |
| 2015 | The End of the Tour | Bookstore Manager |
| 2014 | 23 Blast | Patty Wheatley |
| 2014 | The Discoverers | Mary |
| 2012 | Hope Springs | Cora, The Waitress |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | Dot |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Mrs. Stacy |
| 2007 | Spinning Into Butter | Ruby |
| 2006 | Death of a President | Eleanor Drake |
| 2006 | The Night Listener | Waitress |
| 2006 | The Exonerated | Defense Attorney |
| 2006 | Gretchen | Lori Finkle |
| 2005 | Stay | Paramedic #1 / Butch Cook |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Disaster Relief Volunteer |
| 2002 | Two Weeks Notice | RV Woman |
| 1999 | The Confession | Nurse Jeanine Carrounbois |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Glenwood High Alumna - Doris |
| 1998 | A Simple Plan | Nancy Chambers |
| 1997 | In & Out | Darlene |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Mrs. Redgick |
| 1996 | I'm Not Rappaport | Nurse |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Elizabeth |
| 1996 | White Squall | Ms. Boyde |
| 1995 | Sabrina | Linda |
| 1995 | Unstrung Heroes | Mrs. Harris |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Pellerman's Secretary |
| 1992 | That Night | Mrs. Bell |
| 1990 | She Said No | Gail |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Nurse #1 |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Nurse |
| 1990 | Come See the Paradise | Marge McGurn |
| 1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water | Dorothy |
| 1988 | In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | Carol Ann Matix |
| 1986 | Agent on Ice | Mrs. Donnelli |
| 1985 | The Protector | Samantha Alexander |
| There She Goes |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Crutch | Kathy |
| 2025 | The Beast in Me | FBI Supervisor |
| 2024 | Elsbeth | Judith |
| 2022 | Would I Lie to You? | Self |
| 2022 | The Resort | Jan |
| 2021 | The Equalizer | |
| 2021 | Only Murders in the Building | Linda |
| 2020 | Ted Lasso | Dottie Lasso |
| 2020 | Hunters | Juanita Kreps |
| 2020 | Little Voice | Elaine |
| 2020 | Little America | Mrs. Wren |
| 2020 | Social Distance | Carolyn Currier |
| 2018 | New Amsterdam | Gwen Bennett |
| 2017 | Brockmire | Jean Brockmire Glasscock |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Alma Hoff |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies | Judge Marylin Cipriani |
| 2016 | Billions | Brenda |
| 2015 | Younger | Bronwyn Madigan |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Stacey |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Voice Over (voice) |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Deborah |
| 2014 | Gotham | Marge |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Frieda Schulz |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Judge Roberta Wilkins |
| 2012 | Elementary | Pam |
| 2012 | Girls | Loreen Horvath |
| 2012 | Smash | Mrs. Cartwright |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Erica Schmidt |
| 2009 | Kings | Jessie Shepherd |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Alma Hoff |
| 2006 | Conviction | Deborah Cole |
| 2004 | Life As We Know It | Amanda Connor |
| 2000 | Wonderland | Dr. Reeples |
| 1999 | Freaks and Geeks | Jean Weir |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mrs. Brice |
| 1999 | Storm of the Century | Ursula Godsoe |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Vivienne Patton |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Betsy |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Ritual Guide |
| 1993 | Frasier | Marge |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Susan Simels |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Carolyn Walters |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Melinda Garrett |
| 1970 | All My Children |