Baker honed her improvisational and sketch comedy skills at
The Groundlings. In 2012, Baker appeared in the comedy
The Campaign as Mitzi Huggins, wife of
Zach Galifianakis' congressional candidate, along with
Will Ferrell. At the time, the
Jay Roach-directed film was the highest grossing political-campaign themed movie in North America. In 2014, she played Becky in
Tammy, starring
Melissa McCarthy, and directed by
Ben Falcone. Baker has also appeared as Pamela Lowi in
The Good Lie, about the
Lost Boys of Sudan, which was directed by
Philippe Falardeau (director of the Oscar-nominated
Monsieur Lazhar). In 2015, she appeared in
Barry Levinson's
Rock the Kasbah, alongside
Bill Murray. In 2016, she was in a number of films, including
Christopher Guest's
Mascots where she played Mindy Murray, aka Tammy the Turtle. Other movies released in 2016 include
The Meddler, starring
Susan Sarandon and directed by
Lorene Scafaria, where Baker played Elaine. Baker also appeared opposite
Shirley MacLaine in
The Last Word and in the
film adaptation of the acclaimed
Speech & Debate, playing Ms. Riggi. In 2018, she appeared as Gildred in Melissa McCarthy's
Life of the Party, and co-starred in
Paul Feig's
A Simple Favor. On television, Baker was seen as series regular Sonia on the
NBC comedy
Go On, starring
Matthew Perry, as a support group member dealing with the loss of her cat. In 2017, she played the recurring role of Thea Cunningham on HBO's limited series
Big Little Lies, based on the popular book of the same name. She also appeared as Vanessa on the
FX show
Louie; this performance was nominated for the
Critics' Choice Television Award for
Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series.
Entertainment Weekly included the performance in its "50 Best TV Scenes" of 2014, and later nominated the performance for one of their annual "EWwy Awards." The performance was included on numerous year-end "best of" lists for 2014, including NPR's "50 Wonderful Things from 2014". This role later led to Baker's performance as Trinity on
Pamela Adlon's
Better Things in 2016, in an episode written by Adlon and
Louis CK. Other TV appearances have included guest and recurring roles on shows such as
A to Z, ''
Bob's Burgers, Bones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Crazy Ones, Ghosted, Graves, Great News, In the Motherhood, Kath & Kim, Key & Peele, Mike & Molly, Modern Family, New Girl, The Office (American version), Santa Clarita Diet, Sean Saves the World, as well as her favorite guest appearance on a TV show, Comedy Bang! Bang! In 2018, Baker appeared in the acclaimed "Kill All Others" episode of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, alongside Mel Rodriguez. Baker appears in the DVD/Blu-ray bonus scenes of the hit comedy Bridesmaids, as a nurse arguing with an injured Paul Rudd. Online, she was seen as Arabella, faithful servant to Megan Mullally in the Funny or Die video Home for Actresses''. Baker is a regular in the Netflix series
The Kominsky Method, alongside
Michael Douglas and
Alan Arkin as Mindy, Douglas' character's daughter. After winning a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series, the show was renewed for a second season in January 2019. A third and final season of the show was announced in 2020, shortly before it was nominated for an Emmy for Best Comedy Series. == Filmography ==