Becky Ann Baker is most recognized for her mothering
skills, or lack thereof, on two Judd Apatow series, Freaks and
Geeks and Girls, where she plays creator Lena Dunham’s mom,
and for which she received a Critics Choice nomination. But
Becky has appeared on Broadway in both musicals and plays,
including Good People, All My Sons, Assassins, Titanic, A
Streetcar Named Desire, and The Best Little Whorehouse in
Texas.
Her Off-Broadway credits include: Suddenly Last Summer
for The Roundabout; Comedy of Errors, Othello and Two
Gentlemen of Verona for New York Shakespeare Festival;
Wonderful Town for City Center Encores; The Most Fabulous
Story Ever Told for New York Theatre Workshop; Shanghai
Moon and June Moon for Drama Dept.; Durang, Durang for
Manhattan Theatre Club; To Whom It May Concern and Laura
Dennis at the Signature; The Vagina Monologues at Westside
Arts; and more. Becky has performed regionally at the
Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she is an artistic
associate, the Old Globe, the South Coast Rep, Arena Stage, the
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, the Shakespeare Theater of
New Jersey and the Goodman Theater in Chicago.
Film credits include “Hope Springs,” “Nights in
Rodanthe,” “Spinning into Butter,” “Stay,” “The Night
Listener,” “Gretchen,” “War of the Worlds,” “Two Weeks
Notice,” “A Simple Plan,” “Celebrity,” “Men In Black,” “In and
Out,” “Sabrina,” “Unstrung Heroes,” “White Squall,”
“Lorenzo’s Oil,” and “Come See the Paradise.” Other TV
appearances include: “Person of Interest,” “Elementary,” “The
Good Wife,” “Smash,” “A Gifted Man,” “Kings,” “Nurse
Jackie,” “Mercy,” “Storm of the Century,” “Soul Man,” “Ruby
Ridge,” “Frasier,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Sex and the City,”
“Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Oz,”
and “Mind Games.” She is a member of the Actor’s Studio,
Drama Dept. and Usual Suspects –NYTW. Becky’s best and
favorite production: Willa, co-produced with actor/director
Dylan Baker.