Becky Ann Baker

Becky Ann Baker
Baker at the 2025 Tribeca Festival
Born
Becky Ann Gelke

(1953-02-17) February 17, 1953
Other namesBecky Gelke
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present
Spouse
(m. 1990)
Children1

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).