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

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Blacklist

Law & Order

Person of Interest

The Good Wife

Elementary

All Movies (55)

Our Hero, Balthazar2026 · as Elaine
Tow2026 · as Debbie
Starbright2026 · as Teresa
Ella McCay2025 · as Ryan's Mom
All Happy Families2024 · as Sue Landry
Jackpot!2024 · as Sweet Irene
Assassins2024 · as Sara Jane Moore
Outpost2023 · as Bertha
Alone Together2022 · as Jan
Off Broadway2021 · as Betty Rytting
Holler2021 · as Linda
Nightfire2020 · as Diane Rogers
The Half of It2020 · as Mrs. Geselschap
After Class2019 · as Mary
On Our Way2019 · as Mom
The Chaperone2019 · as Lois
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary2018 · as Self
Table 192017 · as Carol Millner
The End of the Tour2015 · as Bookstore Manager
23 Blast2014 · as Patty Wheatley
The Discoverers2014 · as Mary
Hope Springs2012 · as Cora, The Waitress
Spinning Into Butter2009 · as Ruby
Nights in Rodanthe2008 · as Dot
Spider-Man 32007 · as Mrs. Stacy
Death of a President2006 · as Eleanor Drake
Gretchen2006 · as Lori Finkle
The Exonerated2006 · as Defense Attorney
The Night Listener2006 · as Waitress
Stay2005 · as Paramedic #1 / Butch Cook
War of the Worlds2005 · as Disaster Relief Volunteer
Stealing Martin Lane2005 · as Winifred Jones
Two Weeks Notice2002 · as RV Woman
The Confession1999 · as Nurse Jeanine Carrounbois
A Simple Plan1998 · as Nancy Chambers
Celebrity1998 · as Glenwood High Alumna - Doris
In & Out1997 · as Darlene
Men in Black1997 · as Mrs. Redgick
I'm Not Rappaport1996 · as Nurse
The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · as Elizabeth
White Squall1996 · as Ms. Boyde
Sabrina1995 · as Linda
Unstrung Heroes1995 · as Mrs. Harris
Lorenzo's Oil1992 · as Pellerman's Secretary
That Night1992 · as Mrs. Bell
Jacob's Ladder1990 · as Nurse
She Said No1990 · as Gail
Come See the Paradise1990 · as Marge McGurn
Blue Steel1990 · as Nurse #1
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders1988 · as Carol Ann Matix
Full Moon in Blue Water1988 · as Dorothy
Agent on Ice1986 · as Mrs. Donnelli
The Protector1985 · as Samantha Alexander
There She Goes—
New England Toys—

All TV Shows (49)

CIA2026 · as Mrs. Goodman
The Beast in Me2025 · as FBI Supervisor
Crutch2025 · as Kathy
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast2025 · as Self
Elsbeth2024 · as Judith
The Resort2022 · as Jan
Would I Lie to You?2022 · as Self
Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Linda
The Equalizer2021
Social Distance2020 · as Carolyn Currier
Ted Lasso2020 · as Dottie Lasso
Little Voice2020 · as Elaine
Hunters2020 · as Juanita Kreps
Little America2020 · as Mrs. Wren
New Amsterdam2018 · as Gwen Bennett
Cultureshock2018 · as Self
Brockmire2017 · as Jean Brockmire Glasscock
The Good Fight2017 · as Alma Hoff
Big Little Lies2017 · as Judge Marylin Cipriani
Billions2016 · as Brenda
Younger2015 · as Bronwyn Madigan
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · as Stacey
Gotham2014 · as Marge
Madam Secretary2014 · as Frieda Schulz
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Voice Over (voice)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Deborah
The Blacklist2013 · as Judge Roberta Wilkins
Elementary2012 · as Pam
Girls2012 · as Loreen Horvath
Smash2012 · as Mrs. Cartwright
Person of Interest2011 · as Erica Schmidt
The Good Wife2009 · as Alma Hoff
Nurse Jackie2009 · as Elaine
Kings2009 · as Jessie Shepherd
Conviction2006 · as Deborah Cole
Life As We Know It2004 · as Amanda Connor
Wonderland2000 · as Dr. Reeples
Freaks and Geeks1999 · as Jean Weir
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Mrs. Brice
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Vivienne Patton
Storm of the Century1999 · as Ursula Godsoe
Sex and the City1998 · as Betsy
The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · as Elizabeth
Star Trek: Voyager1995 · as Ritual Guide
Frasier1993 · as Marge
Law & Order1990 · as Susan Simels
Law & Order1990 · as Carolyn Walters
L.A. Law1986 · as Melinda Garrett
All My Children1970