▁Med d ler , ▁st arring ▁Susan ▁Sar andon ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Lor ene ▁S ca f aria , ▁where ▁Baker ▁played ▁Ela ine . ▁Baker ▁also ▁appeared ▁opposite ▁Sh ir ley ▁Mac La ine ▁in ▁The ▁Last ▁Word ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁acc laimed ▁Spe ech ▁& ▁Deb ate , ▁playing ▁M s . ▁R ig gi . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁she ▁appeared ▁as ▁G ild red ▁in ▁Mel issa ▁Mc Car thy ' s ▁Life ▁of ▁the ▁Party , ▁and ▁co - star red ▁in ▁Paul ▁Fe ig ' s ▁A ▁Simple ▁F avor . ▁ ▁On ▁television , ▁Baker ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁series ▁regular ▁Son ia ▁on ▁the ▁N BC ▁comedy ▁Go ▁On , ▁st arring ▁Matthew ▁Perry , ▁as ▁a ▁support ▁group ▁member ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁her ▁cat . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁she ▁played ▁the ▁rec urr ing ▁role ▁of ▁The a ▁C unning ham ▁on ▁H BO ' s ▁limited ▁series ▁Big ▁Little ▁L ies , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁popular ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁ ▁She ▁also ▁appeared ▁as ▁Van essa ▁on ▁the ▁F X ▁show ▁Lou ie ; ▁this ▁performance ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁Crit ics ' ▁Cho ice ▁Television ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Gu est ▁Per former ▁in ▁a ▁Com edy ▁Series . ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁included ▁the ▁performance ▁in ▁its ▁" 5 0 ▁Best ▁TV ▁Sc enes " ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁and ▁later ▁nominated ▁the ▁performance ▁for