Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski

Known for
Acting
Born
May 2, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Buffalo, New York, USA

Biography

Christine Baranski, an acclaimed actress hailing from Buffalo, New York, has left an indelible mark on both stage and screen. Her illustrious career spans decades, characterized by her exceptional talent and versatility. Baranski's captivating performances in film, television, and theatre, including roles in "The Good Wife" and "Mamma Mia!," have earned her widespread recognition and critical acclaim. Renowned for her impeccable comedic timing and dramatic depth, she's garnered numerous accolades, showcasing her prowess in both drama and comedy. Baranski's enduring presence and dedication to her craft have cemented her as a revered figure in the entertainment industry, captivating audiences with every role she embodies.

Known For

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Filmography

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Bad Moms' Moms

Bad Moms' Moms

Movie · as Ruth

2027
National Theatre Live: Hay Fever poster

National Theatre Live: Hay Fever

Movie · as Judith Bliss

2026
All That She Wants poster

All That She Wants

Movie

2026
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe poster

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

TV · as Christine Baranski · 1 ep

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2023
Praise Petey poster

Praise Petey

TV · as White (voice) · 10 eps

2022
The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours poster

The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

Movie · as Host

2022
Hopper: An American Love Story poster

Hopper: An American Love Story

Movie · as Josephine Hopper (voice)

2022
The Gilded Age poster

The Gilded Age

TV · as Agnes van Rhijn · 33 eps

2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten poster

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Nine Perfect Strangers poster

Nine Perfect Strangers

TV · as Victoria O'Clair · 8 eps

2020
Give My Regards to Broadway poster

Give My Regards to Broadway

Movie · as Self

2020
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square poster

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

Movie · as Regina Fuller

2019
On Broadway poster

On Broadway

Movie · as Self

2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again poster

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Movie · as Tanya

2018
Every Act of Life poster

Every Act of Life

Movie · as Self

2018
Fancy Nancy poster

Fancy Nancy

TV · as Mrs. Devine (voice) · 123 eps

2017
A Bad Moms Christmas poster

A Bad Moms Christmas

Movie · as Ruth

2017
Michael Jackson's Halloween poster

Michael Jackson's Halloween

Movie · as Mrs. Grau (voice)

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Diane Lockhart · 60 eps

2017
Young Sheldon poster

Young Sheldon

TV · as Beverly Hofstadter · 1 ep

2016
Trolls poster

Trolls

Movie · as Chef (voice)

2016
Miss Sloane poster

Miss Sloane

Movie · as Evelyn Sumner

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2015
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All poster

Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

TV · as Ruth Berle (voice) · 2 eps

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Into the Woods poster

Into the Woods

Movie · as Stepmother

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Amanda Hannity (voice) · 2 eps

2012
Foodfight! poster

Foodfight!

Movie · as Hedda Shopper (voice)

2011
Who Is Simon Miller? poster

Who Is Simon Miller?

Movie · as Amanda

2010
The Bounty Hunter poster

The Bounty Hunter

Movie · as Kitty Hurley

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as Guardian (voice) · 2 eps

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Diane Lockhart · 156 eps

2008
Mamma Mia! poster

Mamma Mia!

Movie · as Tanya Chesham-Leigh

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory

TV · as Beverly Hofstadter · 16 eps

2006
Bonneville poster

Bonneville

Movie · as Francine Holden Packard

2006
Falling for Grace poster

Falling for Grace

Movie · as Bree Barrington

2006
Relative Strangers poster

Relative Strangers

Movie · as Arleen Clayton

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Alice Clayton · 1 ep

2006
Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty

TV · as Victoria Hartley · 3 eps

2005
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? poster

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

Movie · as Amelia von Butch (voice)

2005
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas poster

Recipe for a Perfect Christmas

Movie · as Lee Bellmont

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Homeless Woman (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Faith Clancy · 2 eps

2004
Welcome to Mooseport poster

Welcome to Mooseport

Movie · as Charlotte Cole

2003
Marci X poster

Marci X

Movie · as Sen. Mary Ellen Spinkle

2003
Eloise at Christmastime poster

Eloise at Christmastime

Movie · as Prunella Stickler the Events Coordinator

2003
Eloise at the Plaza poster

Eloise at the Plaza

Movie · as Prunella Stickler the Events Coordinator

2003
Happy Family poster

Happy Family

TV · as Annie Brennan · 22 eps

2002
Chicago poster

Chicago

Movie · as Mary Sunshine

2002
The Guru poster

The Guru

Movie · as Chantal

2002
Presidio Med poster

Presidio Med

TV · as Dr. Terry Howland · 2 eps

2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas poster

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Movie · as Martha May Whovier

2000
Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf poster

Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf

Movie · as Flo (voice)

2000
Welcome to New York poster

Welcome to New York

TV · as Marsha Bickner · 16 eps

1999
Cruel Intentions poster

Cruel Intentions

Movie · as Bunny Caldwell

1999
Bowfinger poster

Bowfinger

Movie · as Carol

1999
Get Bruce! poster

Get Bruce!

Movie · as Self

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Newport Heiress (voice), Christine Baranski (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Bulworth poster

Bulworth

Movie · as Constance Bulworth

1998
The Odd Couple II poster

The Odd Couple II

Movie · as Thelma

1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · 1 ep

1996
The Birdcage poster

The Birdcage

Movie · as Katharine Archer

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
3rd Rock from the Sun poster

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV · as Sonja Umdahl · 1 ep

1995
Jeffrey poster

Jeffrey

Movie · as Ann Marwood Bartle

1995
New Jersey Drive poster

New Jersey Drive

Movie · as Prosecutor

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Maryann Thorpe · 87 eps

1994
The Ref poster

The Ref

Movie · as Connie Chasseur

1994
The War poster

The War

Movie · as Miss Strapford

1994
Getting In poster

Getting In

Movie · as Mrs. Higgs

1993
The Night We Never Met poster

The Night We Never Met

Movie · as Lucy

1993
To Dance with the White Dog poster

To Dance with the White Dog

Movie · as Kate

1993
Addams Family Values poster

Addams Family Values

Movie · as Becky Martin-Granger

1993
Life with Mikey poster

Life with Mikey

Movie · as Carol

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Nora Fairchild · 1 ep

1992
Buying a Landslide poster

Buying a Landslide

Movie · as Blair Bennett

1990
Reversal of Fortune poster

Reversal of Fortune

Movie · as Andrea Reynolds

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Katherine Masucci-Beigal, Children's Rights Attorney Rose Siegal · 2 eps

1990
Romy Award

Romy Award

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Christine Baranski (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1987
The Pick-up Artist poster

The Pick-up Artist

Movie · as Harriet

1987
The House of Blue Leaves poster

The House of Blue Leaves

Movie · as Bunny Flingus

1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks poster

Nine 1/2 Weeks

Movie · as Thea

1986
Legal Eagles poster

Legal Eagles

Movie · as Carol Freeman

1986
American Masters poster

American Masters

TV · as Josephine Nivison Hopper · 1 ep

1985
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Helena

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Victoria Baines · 1 ep

1984
Crackers poster

Crackers

Movie · as Maxine

1983
Lovesick poster

Lovesick

Movie · as Nymphomaniac

1982
Soup for One poster

Soup for One

Movie · as Blonde In Bar

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Bunny Flingus · 1 ep

1980
Playing for Time poster

Playing for Time

Movie · as Olga

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep