Background
She was born Gillian Mary Baker.
She was born Gillian Mary Baker.
Baker made a brief appearance in Only Fools and Horses, in the episode "The Second Time Around", as Delegate Boy (David Jason)"s ex-fiance, Pauline Harris. Her theatre work includes the premiere of The Secret Rapture in 1988. She has also been working as an actress in British television since 1975.
Along with playing a recurring character in Rides and Fish, she has made cameo appearances in individual episodes of New Tricks, Blore M.P, The Professionals (1980), Only Fools and Horses (1981), "Last Business to Woodstock (A Morse television-Mystery) (1988),Prime Suspect (1995), Secret Smile (2005),Waking the Dead, Holby City, (2007), Spooks (2008) and Wallander, Episode 1 in 2008.
She has also appeared as Lady de Lesseps in Shakespeare in Love. In 2009 she appeared in the Independent Television Drama Whatever lieutenant Takes, In 2010 she appeared in the Independent Television Drama Midsomer Murders.
In 2014, she appeared in Happy Valley as Helen Gallagher.
