Early life

Baker was born Becky Gelke in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

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. In addition to Freaks & Geeks, Baker's 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.

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.

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	Protector, TheThe 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	Simple Plan, AA Simple Plan	Nancy Chambers
1999	Confession, TheThe 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	Night Listener, TheThe 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	Discoverers, TheThe Discoverers	Mary	Post-production
2013	23 Blast	Patty Wheatley	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders		TV movie
1990	She Said No	Gail	TV movie
1992	L.A. Law		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	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	Education of Max Bickford, TheThe 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	Exonerated, TheThe Exonerated	Defense Attorney	TV movie
2005	Law & Order	Defense Attorney Carolyn Walters	Episode: "House of Cards"
2006	Conviction		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	Electric Company, TheThe Electric Company	Natalie McNally	Episode: "Bananas"
2010	Mercy		Episode: "There Is No Superwoman"
2010	Nurse Jackie	Elaine	Episode: "What the Day Brings"
2012	Gifted Man, AA Gifted Man	Mary Polanco	Episode: "In Case of a Bolt from the Blue"
2012-2013	Smash	Mrs. Cartwright	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Enter Mr. DiMaggio"
2012-present	Girls	Loreen Horvath	11 episodes
2013	Person of Interest	Deputy Erica Schmidt	Episode: "Proteus"
2013	Elementary	Pam (the snowplow driver)	Episode: "Snow Angels"
2015	Gotham	Marge	Episode: "Everyone Has a Cobblepot"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978-1982	Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, TheThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Various	Jun 1978 - Mar 1982
1982	Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, TheThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Doatsey Mae	May 1982 - Jul 1982
1988	Streetcar Named Desire, AA Streetcar Named Desire	Eunice Hubbell	Mar 1988 - May 1988
1997-1999	Titanic	Charlotte Cardoza	Apr 1997 - Mar 1999
2004	Assassins	Sara Jane Moore	Apr 2004 - Jul 2004
2008-2009	All My Sons	Sue Bayliss	Oct 2008 - Jan 2009
2011	Good People	Jean	Mar 2011 - May 2011
2013	Comedy of Errors	Emilia	May 2013 - June 2013

[ Source: Wikipedia ]