Christine Lahti

Christine Lahti

Known for
Acting
Born
April 4, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Christine Lahti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Beverly Hills Cop poster

Beverly Hills Cop

TV · as Helen · 1 ep

2026
Bird in Hand poster

Bird in Hand

Movie · as Carlotta

2025
Sheriff Country poster

Sheriff Country

TV · as Ruby Quinn · 1 ep

2022
My Name Is Andrea poster

My Name Is Andrea

Movie · as Pariah

2022
Fire Country poster

Fire Country

TV · as Ruby Quinn · 4 eps

2020
Gloria: A Life poster

Gloria: A Life

Movie · as Gloria Steinem

2019
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood poster

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Movie · as Ellen

2019
Evil poster

Evil

TV · as Sheryl Luria · 50 eps

2018
Becks poster

Becks

Movie · as Ann

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Andrea Stevens · 2 eps

2016
Touched with Fire poster

Touched with Fire

Movie · as Sara

2016
Operator poster

Operator

Movie · as Beth Larsen

2016
The Steps poster

The Steps

Movie · as Sherry

2015
Safelight poster

Safelight

Movie · as Peg

2015
Grace and Frankie poster

Grace and Frankie

TV · as Lydia Foster · 1 ep

2014
Hateship Loveship poster

Hateship Loveship

Movie · as Eileen

2013
Petunia poster

Petunia

Movie · as Felicia Petunia

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Laurel Hitchin · 7 eps

2012
8 poster

8

Movie · as Kris Perry

2011
Touchback poster

Touchback

Movie · as Thelma

2010
Flying Lessons poster

Flying Lessons

Movie · as Caroline Conway

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Doris McGarrett · 10 eps

2009
Obsessed poster

Obsessed

Movie · as Detective Monica Reese

2009
Operating Instructions poster

Operating Instructions

Movie · as Commander Helen Keller

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Andrea Stevens · 2 eps

2008
Yonkers Joe poster

Yonkers Joe

Movie · as Janice

2008
Smart People poster

Smart People

Movie · as Nancy

2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip poster

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

TV · as Martha O'Dell · 3 eps

2004
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman poster

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

Movie · as Rose

2004
Uta Hagen's Acting Class poster

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

Movie · as Self

2004
The Book of Ruth poster

The Book of Ruth

Movie · as Maylene

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Jack & Bobby poster

Jack & Bobby

TV · as Grace McCallister · 22 eps

2003
Out of the Ashes poster

Out of the Ashes

Movie · as Gisella Perl

2003
Open House poster

Open House

Movie · as Samantha Morrow

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Pilot's Wife poster

The Pilot's Wife

Movie · as Kathryn Lyons

2002
Women vs. Men poster

Women vs. Men

Movie · as Dana

2000
An American Daughter poster

An American Daughter

Movie · as Lyssa Dent Hughes

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Christine Lahti · 1 ep

1999
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story poster

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

Movie · as Ellie Nesler

1999
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains poster

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains

Movie · as Self

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Sonya Paxton · 7 eps

1997
Hope poster

Hope

Movie · as Emma Percy

1997
Subway Stories poster

Subway Stories

Movie · as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Sydney Gale · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1996
A Weekend in the Country poster

A Weekend in the Country

Movie · as Ruth Oakley

1996
Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky

Movie · as Ruby

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
Hideaway poster

Hideaway

Movie · as Lindsey

1995
Lieberman in Love poster

Lieberman in Love

Movie · as Shaleen

1995
The Four Diamonds poster

The Four Diamonds

Movie · as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Kathryn Austin · 97 eps

1994
Ellen poster

Ellen

TV · as Ellen Screen Test #4 · 1 ep

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Laura (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Leaving Normal poster

Leaving Normal

Movie · as Darly

1992
The Fear Inside poster

The Fear Inside

Movie · as Meredith Cole

1992
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

Movie · as Grace Cragin

1991
The Doctor poster

The Doctor

Movie · as Anne

1991
Crazy From the Heart poster

Crazy From the Heart

Movie · as Charlotte Bain

1990
Funny About Love poster

Funny About Love

Movie · as Meg

1989
Gross Anatomy poster

Gross Anatomy

Movie · as Dr. Rachel Woodruff

1989
No Place Like Home poster

No Place Like Home

Movie · as Zan Cooper

1989
Miss Firecracker poster

Miss Firecracker

Movie · as Clara Archer

1988
Running on Empty poster

Running on Empty

Movie · as Annie Pope

1987
Housekeeping poster

Housekeeping

Movie · as Sylvie Fisher

1987
Stacking poster

Stacking

Movie · as Kathleen Morgan

1987
Amerika poster

Amerika

TV · as Alethea Milford · 7 eps

1986
Just Between Friends poster

Just Between Friends

Movie · as Sandy Dunlap

1986
Desert Bloom poster

Desert Bloom

Movie · as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)

1985
Love Lives On poster

Love Lives On

Movie · as Marilyn

1984
Swing Shift poster

Swing Shift

Movie · as Hazel Zanussi

1984
Single Bars, Single Women poster

Single Bars, Single Women

Movie · as Elsie

1982
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains poster

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Movie · as Aunt Linda

1982
The Executioner's Song poster

The Executioner's Song

Movie · as Brenda Nicol

1982
The Executioner's Song poster

The Executioner's Song

TV · as Brenda Nicol · 2 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Kathleen Morgan · 1 ep

1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Movie · as Dr. Clare Scott

1981
Wolcott poster

Wolcott

TV · as Melinda Marin · 4 eps

1980
The Henderson Monster poster

The Henderson Monster

Movie · as Dr. Louise Casimir

1979
...And Justice for All poster

...And Justice for All

Movie · as Gail Packer

1978
The Last Tenant poster

The Last Tenant

Movie · as Carol

1978
Dr. Scorpion poster

Dr. Scorpion

Movie · as Tania Reston

1978
The Harvey Korman Show

The Harvey Korman Show

TV · 6 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep