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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 4, 1950
Place of Birth:
Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
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Christine Lahti
Biography
Christine Ann Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress and filmmaker. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1984 film Swing Shift. Her other film roles include ...And Justice for All (1979), Housekeeping (1987), Running on Empty (1988), and Leaving Normal (1992), and The Fear Inside. For her directorial debut with the 1995 short film Lieberman in Love, she won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Lahti made her Broadway debut in 1980 as a replacement in Loose Ends, and went on to star in the Broadway productions of Present Laughter (1982) and The Heidi Chronicles (1989). An eight-time Golden Globe nominee and six-time Emmy Award nominee, she won a Golden Globe for the 1989 TV movie No Place Like Home, and won a Golden Globe and an Emmy in 1998 for her role as Kate Austin in the CBS series Chicago Hope (1995–99). She returned to Broadway in 2009 to star in God of Carnage. She also had a recurring role as Sonya Paxton in the NBC series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2009–11), as Doris McGarrett in the CBS series Hawaii Five-0 (2012–19), and Laurel Hitchin in NBC's The Blacklist (2015–17).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bird in Hand | Carlotta |
| 2022 | My Name Is Andrea | Pariah |
| 2020 | Gloria: A Life | Gloria Steinem |
| 2019 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Ellen |
| 2018 | Becks | Ann |
| 2016 | Touched with Fire | Sara |
| 2016 | Operator | Beth Larsen |
| 2016 | The Steps | Sherry |
| 2015 | Safelight | Peg |
| 2014 | Hateship Loveship | Eileen |
| 2013 | Petunia | Felicia Petunia |
| 2012 | 8 | Kris Perry |
| 2011 | Touchback | Thelma |
| 2009 | Obsessed | Detective Monica Reese |
| 2009 | Operating Instructions | Commander Helen Keller |
| 2008 | Yonkers Joe | Janice |
| 2008 | Smart People | Nancy |
| 2004 | Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman | Rose |
| 2004 | Uta Hagen's Acting Class | Self |
| 2004 | The Book of Ruth | Maylene |
| 2003 | Out of the Ashes | Gisella Perl |
| 2003 | Open House | Samantha Morrow |
| 2002 | The Pilot's Wife | Kathryn Lyons |
| 2002 | Women vs. Men | Dana |
| 2000 | An American Daughter | Lyssa Dent Hughes |
| 1999 | Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story | Ellie Nesler |
| 1999 | The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains | Self |
| 1997 | Hope | Emma Percy |
| 1997 | Subway Stories | Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes") |
| 1996 | A Weekend in the Country | Ruth Oakley |
| 1996 | Pie in the Sky | Ruby |
| 1995 | Hideaway | Lindsey |
| 1995 | Lieberman in Love | Shaleen |
| 1995 | The Four Diamonds | Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan |
| 1992 | Leaving Normal | Darly |
| 1992 | The Fear Inside | Meredith Cole |
| 1992 | The Good Fight | Grace Cragin |
| 1991 | The Doctor | Anne |
| 1991 | Crazy From the Heart | Charlotte Bain |
| 1990 | Funny About Love | Meg |
| 1989 | Gross Anatomy | Dr. Rachel Woodruff |
| 1989 | No Place Like Home | Zan Cooper |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Clara Archer |
| 1988 | Running on Empty | Annie Pope |
| 1987 | Housekeeping | Sylvie Fisher |
| 1987 | Stacking | Kathleen Morgan |
| 1986 | Just Between Friends | Sandy Dunlap |
| 1986 | Desert Bloom | Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator) |
| 1985 | Love Lives On | Marilyn |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Hazel Zanussi |
| 1984 | Single Bars, Single Women | Elsie |
| 1982 | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains | Aunt Linda |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Brenda Nicol |
| 1981 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Dr. Clare Scott |
| 1980 | The Henderson Monster | Dr. Louise Casimir |
| 1979 | ...And Justice for All | Gail Packer |
| 1978 | The Last Tenant | Carol |
| 1978 | Dr. Scorpion | Tania Reston |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Evil | Sheryl Luria |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Andrea Stevens |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Lydia Foster |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Laurel Hitchin |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Doris McGarrett |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Andrea Stevens |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Martha O'Dell |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Jack & Bobby | Grace McCallister |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Christine Lahti |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sonya Paxton |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Sydney Gale |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Kathryn Austin |
| 1994 | Ellen | Ellen Screen Test #4 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Laura (voice) |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1987 | Amerika | Alethea Milford |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Brenda Nicol |
| 1981 | Wolcott | Melinda Marin |
| 1978 | The Harvey Korman Show | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| Beverly Hills Cop | Helen |