Career

Baker's film credits include Blue Steel, Jacob's Ladder, Lorenzo's Oil, Unstrung Heroes, Sabrina, Ridley Scott's White Squall, Men in Black, In & Out, Woody Allen's Celebrity, Sam Raimi's A Simple Plan (for which she received a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination), Two Weeks Notice, Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, Stay, The Night Listener, Death of a President, and Spider-Man 3.[3]

In addition to Freaks and Geeks, her television credits include Stephen King's Storm of the Century and guest spots on L.A. Law, Frasier, Star Trek: Voyager, Sex & the City, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Oz and All My Children.

An accomplished stage performer, Baker made her Broadway debut in the 1981 production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and received a Drama-Logue Award in 1994 for her work in Night and Her Stars. She is a founding member of New York-based theatre company The Drama Dept.[4]

In 2009, she appeared in the NBC series Kings, playing the minor role of Jessie Shepherd, mother of protagonist David Shepherd. Her real-life husband, Dylan Baker, played antagonist William Cross in the series.[5]

Personal life

Baker used her birth name, Becky Gelke, as her professional name until she married actor Dylan Baker in 1990.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	The Protector	Samantha Alexander
1986	Agent on Ice	Mrs. Donnelli
1988	Full Moon in Blue Water	Dorothy
1989	Blue Steel	Nurse #1
1990	Come See the Paradise	Marge McGurn
1990	Jacob's Ladder	Nurse
1992	That Night	Mrs. Bell
1992	Lorenzo's Oil	Pellerman's Secretary
1995	Unstrung Heroes	Mrs. Harris
1995	Sabrina	Linda
1996	White Squall	Ms. Boyde
1996	I'm Not Rappaport	Nurse
1997	Bad Bosses Go to Hell	Architect Boss	Short film
1997	Men in Black	Mrs. Redgick
1997	In & Out	Darlene
1998	Celebrity	Doris
1998	A Simple Plan	Nancy Chambers	Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense
1999	The Confession	Nurse Jeannine Carrounbois
2002	Two Weeks Notice	RV Woman
2005	War of the Worlds	Disaster Relief Volunteer
2005	Tracks	Frizzy	Short film
2005	Stay	Paramedic #1 / Butch Cook
2006	The Night Listener	Waitress
2006	Gretchen	Lori Finkle
2006	Death of a President	Eleanor Drake
2007	Spider-Man 3	Mrs. Stacy
2008	Spinning Into Butter	Ruby
2008	Nights in Rodanthe	Dot
2012	Hope Springs	Cora
2012	The Discoverers	Mary
2013	23 Blast	Patty Wheatley
2015	The End of the Tour	Bookstore Manager
2017	Table 19	Carol Milner

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders	Carol Ann	TV movie
1990	She Said No	Gail	TV movie
1992	L.A. Law	Melinda Garrett	Episode: "Beauty and the Breast"
1995	Frasier	Marge	Episode: "Frasier Grinch"
1996	The Siege at Ruby Ridge	Elizabeth	TV movie
1996	Star Trek: Voyager	Ritual Guide	Episode: "Sacred Ground"
1998	Soul Man	Margo	Episode: "Little Black Dress"
1999	Storm of the Century	Ursula Godsoe	TV miniseries
1999-2000	Freaks and Geeks	Jean Weir	18 episodes
2000	Wonderland	Dr. Reeples	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	Sex and the City	Betsy	Episode: "My Motherboard, My Self"
2002	The Education of Max Bickford	Kathryn	Episode: "Money Changes Everything"
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mrs. Brice	Episode: "Juvenile"
2002	Law & Order	Susan Simels	Episode: "Oxymoron"
2003	Oz	Greta	Episode: "Exeunt Omnes"
2004-2005	Life As We Know It	Amanda Conner	4 episodes
2005	The Exonerated	Defense Attorney	TV movie
2005	Law & Order	Defense Attorney Carolyn Walters	Episode: "House of Cards"
2006	Conviction	Deborah Cole	Episode: "Downhill"
2007	All My Children	Marj Luper	3 episodes
2009	Important Things with Demetri Martin	Revenger's Mom	Episode: "Power"
2009	Kings	Jessie Shepherd	7 episodes
2010	The Electric Company	Natalie McNally	Episode: "Bananas"
2010	Mercy	Gianna	Episode: "There Is No Superwoman"
2010	Nurse Jackie	Elaine	Episode: "What the Day Brings"
2012	A Gifted Man	Mary Polanco	Episode: "In Case of a Bolt from the Blue"
2012	Smash	Mrs. Cartwright	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Enter Mr. DiMaggio"
2012-2017	Girls	Loreen Horvath	20 episodes Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
2012-2016	The Good Wife	Alma Hoff	3 episodes
2013	Person of Interest	Deputy Erica Schmidt	Episode: "Proteus"
2013	Elementary	Pam	Episode: "Snow Angels"
2014	Mind Games	Cathy Steward	Episode: "Asymmetric Dominance"
2014	Black Box	Eileen Giordano	Episode: "Emotion"
2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Vivienne Patton	Episode: "Forgiving Rollins"
2015	Gotham	Marge	Episode: "Everyone Has a Cobblepot"
2015	Madam Secretary	Chancellor Frieda Schulz	Episode: "Spartan Figures"
2015	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Deborah	Episode: "Bail"
2016	Crisis in Six Scenes	Lee	2 episodes
2017	Doubt	Eloise Kirk	Episode: "Pilot"
2017	The Good Fight	Alma Hoff	Episode: "Henceforth Known as Property"
2017	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Stacey	Episode: "Kimmy Googles the Internet!"
2017	The Night Shift	Lily Alister	Episode: "Turbulence"
2017	NCIS: New Orleans	Special Agent Paula Boyd	Episode: "Rogue Nation"

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978-1982	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Various	Jun 1978 - Mar 1982
1982	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Doatsey Mae	May 1982 - Jul 1982
1988	A Streetcar Named Desire	Eunice Hubbell	Mar 1988 - May 1988
1990	The Colorado Catechism	Donna	Oct 1990 - Nov 1990
1994	Durang/Durang	Ma / Wanda	Nov 1994
1995	Laura Dennis	Lena Abernathy	Mar 1995 - Apr 1995
1997-1999	Titanic	Charlotte Cardoza	Apr 1997 - Mar 1999
1998	June Moon	Lucille	Jan 1998 - Mar 1998
1998-1999	The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told	Jane	Dec 1998 - May 1999
2001	The Vagina Monologues	N/A	Feb 2001 - Apr 2001
2001	Othello	Emilia	Dec 2001
2003	Shanghai Moon	Mrs. Carroll/Sir Geoffrey	Jan 2003 - Mar 2003
2004	Assassins	Sara Jane Moore	Apr 2004 - Jul 2004
2006	The House in Town	Jean Eliot	Jun 2006 - Jul 2006
2006-2007	Suddenly Last Summer	Mrs. Holly	Nov 2006 - Jan 2007
2008-2009	All My Sons	Sue Bayliss	Oct 2008 - Jan 2009
2011	Good People	Jean	Mar 2011 - May 2011
2012	Merrily We Roll Along	Mary Flynn	Mar 2012
2012-2013	The Great God Pan	Cathy	Dec 2012 - Jan 2013
2013	The Comedy of Errors	Abbess	May 2013 - June 2013
2015	Barbecue	Lillie Anne	Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
2015	Dear Elizabeth	Elizabeth	Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
2016	Peer Gynt	The Mother	May 2016 - Jun 2016
2018	Cardinal	Nancy Prenchel	Jan 2018 - Feb 2018

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