Becky Ann Baker

Becky Ann Baker

Acting

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…

Filmography

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Our Hero, Balthazar ★ 1.5 Our Hero, Balthazar 2026 Tow ★ 6.7 Tow 2026 Starbright ★ 6.0 Starbright 2026 CIA ★ 8.6 CIA 2026 Ella McCay ★ 5.6 Ella McCay 2025 The Beast in Me ★ 7.2 The Beast in Me 2025 Crutch ★ 5.2 Crutch 2025 Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast 2025 All Happy Families ★ 5.4 All Happy Families 2024 Jackpot! ★ 6.4 Jackpot! 2024 Assassins ★ 10.0 Assassins 2024 Elsbeth ★ 6.7 Elsbeth 2024 Outpost ★ 4.7 Outpost 2023 The Resort ★ 6.6 The Resort 2022 Alone Together ★ 5.1 Alone Together 2022 Would I Lie to You? ★ 4.0 Would I Lie to You? 2022 Only Murders in the Building ★ 8.5 Only Murders in the Building 2021 Off Broadway Off Broadway 2021 Holler ★ 6.0 Holler 2021 The Equalizer ★ 7.3 The Equalizer 2021 Social Distance ★ 6.2 Social Distance 2020 Ted Lasso ★ 8.3 Ted Lasso 2020 Little Voice ★ 7.3 Little Voice 2020 Nightfire ★ 4.5 Nightfire 2020 The Half of It ★ 7.1 The Half of It 2020 Hunters ★ 7.1 Hunters 2020 Little America ★ 6.6 Little America 2020 After Class ★ 5.3 After Class 2019 On Our Way On Our Way 2019 The Chaperone ★ 6.2 The Chaperone 2019 New Amsterdam ★ 8.3 New Amsterdam 2018 Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary ★ 6.8 Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary 2018 Cultureshock ★ 4.0 Cultureshock 2018 Brockmire ★ 6.8 Brockmire 2017 Table 19 ★ 5.9 Table 19 2017 The Good Fight ★ 7.5 The Good Fight 2017 Big Little Lies ★ 7.9 Big Little Lies 2017 Billions ★ 7.8 Billions 2016 The End of the Tour ★ 7.0 The End of the Tour 2015 Younger ★ 6.9 Younger 2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ★ 7.1 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 2015 23 Blast ★ 6.8 23 Blast 2014 Gotham ★ 7.6 Gotham 2014 Madam Secretary ★ 7.0 Madam Secretary 2014 The Discoverers ★ 5.0 The Discoverers 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ★ 7.8 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2014 The Blacklist ★ 7.6 The Blacklist 2013 Elementary ★ 7.6 Elementary 2012 Hope Springs ★ 6.3 Hope Springs 2012 Girls ★ 6.4 Girls 2012 Smash ★ 6.4 Smash 2012 Person of Interest ★ 8.1 Person of Interest 2011 The Good Wife ★ 7.6 The Good Wife 2009 Nurse Jackie ★ 7.1 Nurse Jackie 2009 Spinning Into Butter ★ 5.9 Spinning Into Butter 2009 Kings ★ 7.6 Kings 2009 Nights in Rodanthe ★ 6.3 Nights in Rodanthe 2008 Spider-Man 3 ★ 6.5 Spider-Man 3 2007 Death of a President ★ 5.6 Death of a President 2006 Gretchen ★ 6.7 Gretchen 2006 The Exonerated ★ 7.6 The Exonerated 2006 Conviction ★ 6.0 Conviction 2006 The Night Listener ★ 5.5 The Night Listener 2006 Stay ★ 6.6 Stay 2005 War of the Worlds ★ 6.5 War of the Worlds 2005 Stealing Martin Lane ★ 10.0 Stealing Martin Lane 2005 Life As We Know It ★ 6.3 Life As We Know It 2004 Two Weeks Notice ★ 6.4 Two Weeks Notice 2002 Wonderland ★ 7.2 Wonderland 2000 Freaks and Geeks ★ 8.2 Freaks and Geeks 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ★ 7.9 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 The Confession ★ 5.8 The Confession 1999 Storm of the Century ★ 7.0 Storm of the Century 1999 A Simple Plan ★ 7.2 A Simple Plan 1998 Celebrity ★ 6.0 Celebrity 1998 Sex and the City ★ 7.4 Sex and the City 1998 In & Out ★ 6.5 In & Out 1997 Men in Black ★ 7.2 Men in Black 1997 I'm Not Rappaport ★ 5.7 I'm Not Rappaport 1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge ★ 5.4 The Siege at Ruby Ridge 1996