Becky Ann Baker

Becky Ann Baker

Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Becky Ann Baker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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There She Goes poster

There She Goes

Movie

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New England Toys

New England Toys

Movie

2026
Starbright poster

Starbright

Movie · as Teresa

2026
Tow poster

Tow

Movie · as Debbie

2026
Our Hero, Balthazar poster

Our Hero, Balthazar

Movie · as Elaine

2026
CIA poster

CIA

TV · as Mrs. Goodman · 2 eps

2025
Ella McCay poster

Ella McCay

Movie · as Ryan's Mom

2025
Crutch poster

Crutch

TV · as Kathy · 1 ep

2025
The Beast in Me poster

The Beast in Me

TV · as FBI Supervisor · 1 ep

2025
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast poster

Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Jackpot! poster

Jackpot!

Movie · as Sweet Irene

2024
All Happy Families poster

All Happy Families

Movie · as Sue Landry

2024
Elsbeth poster

Elsbeth

TV · as Judith · 1 ep

2023
Outpost poster

Outpost

Movie · as Bertha

2022
Alone Together poster

Alone Together

Movie · as Jan

2022
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
The Resort poster

The Resort

TV · as Jan · 2 eps

2021
Holler poster

Holler

Movie · as Linda

2021
Off Broadway poster

Off Broadway

Movie · as Betty Rytting

2021
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · 1 ep

2021
Only Murders in the Building poster

Only Murders in the Building

TV · as Linda · 1 ep

2020
Nightfire poster

Nightfire

Movie · as Diane Rogers

2020
The Half of It poster

The Half of It

Movie · as Mrs. Geselschap

2020
Ted Lasso poster

Ted Lasso

TV · as Dottie Lasso · 2 eps

2020
Hunters poster

Hunters

TV · as Juanita Kreps · 4 eps

2020
Little Voice poster

Little Voice

TV · as Elaine · 2 eps

2020
Little America poster

Little America

TV · as Mrs. Wren · 1 ep

2020
Social Distance poster

Social Distance

TV · as Carolyn Currier · 1 ep

2019
On Our Way poster

On Our Way

Movie · as Mom

2019
After Class poster

After Class

Movie · as Mary

2019
The Chaperone poster

The Chaperone

Movie · as Lois

2018
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary poster

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

Movie · as Self

2018
New Amsterdam poster

New Amsterdam

TV · as Gwen Bennett · 5 eps

2018
Cultureshock poster

Cultureshock

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Table 19 poster

Table 19

Movie · as Carol Millner

2017
Brockmire poster

Brockmire

TV · as Jean Brockmire Glasscock · 4 eps

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Alma Hoff · 3 eps

2017
Big Little Lies poster

Big Little Lies

TV · as Judge Marylin Cipriani · 3 eps

2017
Manhunt poster

Manhunt

TV · as Patricia Rudolph · 2 eps

2016
Billions poster

Billions

TV · as Brenda · 2 eps

2015
The End of the Tour poster

The End of the Tour

Movie · as Bookstore Manager

2015
Younger poster

Younger

TV · as Bronwyn Madigan · 2 eps

2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt poster

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

TV · as Stacey · 1 ep

2014
23 Blast poster

23 Blast

Movie · as Patty Wheatley

2014
The Discoverers poster

The Discoverers

Movie · as Mary

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Voice Over (voice), Deborah · 1 ep

2014
Gotham poster

Gotham

TV · as Marge · 1 ep

2014
Madam Secretary poster

Madam Secretary

TV · as Frieda Schulz · 1 ep

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Judge Roberta Wilkins · 6 eps

2012
Hope Springs poster

Hope Springs

Movie · as Cora, The Waitress

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Pam · 1 ep

2012
Girls poster

Girls

TV · as Loreen Horvath · 13 eps

2012
Smash poster

Smash

TV · as Mrs. Cartwright · 2 eps

2011
Person of Interest poster

Person of Interest

TV · as Erica Schmidt · 1 ep

2009
Spinning Into Butter poster

Spinning Into Butter

Movie · as Ruby

2009
Kings poster

Kings

TV · as Jessie Shepherd · 8 eps

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Alma Hoff · 3 eps

2009
Nurse Jackie poster

Nurse Jackie

TV · as Elaine · 1 ep

2008
Nights in Rodanthe poster

Nights in Rodanthe

Movie · as Dot

2007
Spider-Man 3 poster

Spider-Man 3

Movie · as Mrs. Stacy

2006
Death of a President poster

Death of a President

Movie · as Eleanor Drake

2006
The Night Listener poster

The Night Listener

Movie · as Waitress

2006
The Exonerated poster

The Exonerated

Movie · as Defense Attorney

2006
Gretchen poster

Gretchen

Movie · as Lori Finkle

2006
Conviction poster

Conviction

TV · as Deborah Cole · 1 ep

2005
Stay poster

Stay

Movie · as Paramedic #1 / Butch Cook

2005
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

Movie · as Disaster Relief Volunteer

2005
Stealing Martin Lane poster

Stealing Martin Lane

Movie · as Winifred Jones

2004
Assassins poster

Assassins

Movie · as Sara Jane Moore

2004
Life As We Know It poster

Life As We Know It

TV · as Amanda Connor · 4 eps

2002
Two Weeks Notice poster

Two Weeks Notice

Movie · as RV Woman

2000
Wonderland poster

Wonderland

TV · as Dr. Reeples · 1 ep

1999
The Confession poster

The Confession

Movie · as Nurse Jeanine Carrounbois

1999
Freaks and Geeks poster

Freaks and Geeks

TV · as Jean Weir · 18 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Mrs. Brice, Vivienne Patton · 1 ep

1999
Storm of the Century poster

Storm of the Century

TV · as Ursula Godsoe · 3 eps

1998
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

Movie · as Glenwood High Alumna - Doris

1998
A Simple Plan poster

A Simple Plan

Movie · as Nancy Chambers

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Betsy · 1 ep

1997
In & Out poster

In & Out

Movie · as Darlene

1997
Men in Black poster

Men in Black

Movie · as Mrs. Redgick

1996
I'm Not Rappaport poster

I'm Not Rappaport

Movie · as Nurse

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Movie · as Elizabeth

1996
White Squall poster

White Squall

Movie · as Ms. Boyde

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

TV · as Elizabeth · 2 eps

1995
Sabrina poster

Sabrina

Movie · as Linda

1995
Unstrung Heroes poster

Unstrung Heroes

Movie · as Mrs. Harris

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Ritual Guide · 1 ep

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Marge · 1 ep

1992
Lorenzo's Oil poster

Lorenzo's Oil

Movie · as Pellerman's Secretary

1992
That Night poster

That Night

Movie · as Mrs. Bell

1990
She Said No poster

She Said No

Movie · as Gail

1990
Blue Steel poster

Blue Steel

Movie · as Nurse #1

1990
Jacob's Ladder poster

Jacob's Ladder

Movie · as Nurse

1990
Come See the Paradise poster

Come See the Paradise

Movie · as Marge McGurn

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Susan Simels, Carolyn Walters · 1 ep

1988
Full Moon in Blue Water poster

Full Moon in Blue Water

Movie · as Dorothy

1988
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders poster

In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders

Movie · as Carol Ann Matix

1986
Agent on Ice poster

Agent on Ice

Movie · as Mrs. Donnelli

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Melinda Garrett · 1 ep

1985
The Protector poster

The Protector

Movie · as Samantha Alexander

1970
All My Children poster

All My Children

TV