Becky Ann Baker
Acting
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.
Born: February 17, 1953
Place of Birth: Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Our Hero, Balthazar
A wealthy teenager from New York City tries to win over his activist crush by traveling to Texas and befriending a would-be mass shooter.
Tow
After her car is towed and she is left with a shocking $21,634 tow bill, an unhoused woman wages a relentless fight to reclaim her car—and her life—exposing a broken system and redefining what it means to persevere against all odds.
Wonderland
Focuses on the daily life in a mental institution, from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients.
Only Murders in the Building
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
New Amsterdam
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
Freaks and Geeks
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Person of Interest
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
She Said No
A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury. When the DA's office declines to retry the case, the lawyer opts to sue the woman for malicious prosecution and slander leaving her feeling raped again.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Filmography
as Ryan's Mother
as Teresa
as FBI Supervisor
as Kathy
as Sue Landry
as Sweet Irene
as Judith
as Bertha
as Jan
as Jan
as Self
as Linda
as Betty Rytting
as Linda
as Carolyn Currier
as Dottie Lasso
as Elaine
as Mrs. Geselschap
as Diane Rogers
as Juanita Kreps
as Mrs. Wren
as Mary
as Mom
as Lois
as Gwen Bennett
as Jean Brockmire Glasscock
as Carol Millner
as Judge Marylin Cipriani
as Alma Hoff
as Brenda
as Bookstore Manager
as Bronwyn Madigan
as Stacey
as Patty Wheatley
as Marge
as Frieda Schulz
as Mary
as Voice Over (voice)
as Deborah
as Judge Roberta Wilkins
as Pam
as Cora, The Waitress
as Loreen Horvath
as Mrs. Cartwright
as Erica Schmidt
as Alma Hoff
as Ruby
as Jessie Shepherd
as Dot
as Mrs. Stacy
as Eleanor Drake
as Lori Finkle
as Defense Attorney
as Deborah Cole
as Waitress
as Paramedic #1 / Butch Cook
as Disaster Relief Volunteer
as Winifred Jones
as Amanda Connor
as RV Woman
as Dr. Reeples
as Jean Weir
as Mrs. Brice
as Vivienne Patton
as Nurse Jeanine Carrounbois
as Ursula Godsoe
as Nancy Chambers
as Glenwood High Alumna - Doris
as Betsy
as Darlene
as Mrs. Redgick
as Nurse
as Elizabeth
as Ms. Boyde
as Linda
as Mrs. Harris
as Ritual Guide
as Marge
as Pellerman's Secretary
as Mrs. Bell
as Nurse
as Gail
as Susan Simels
as Carolyn Walters
as Marge McGurn
as Nurse #1
as Carol Ann Matix
as Dorothy
as Melinda Garrett
as Mrs. Donnelli
as Samantha Alexander