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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.
Becky Ann Baker is an established American character actress recognized for her prolific work across television, film, and theatre.
She is best known for her television roles as Jean Weir on Freaks and Geeks and Loreen Horvath on Girls, alongside film appearances in A Simple Plan and Men in Black.
Her role in Girls earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and multiple Critics' Choice Television Award nominations.