Christine Lahti
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1950-04-04 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
- Also known as
- کریستین لاتی
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
TV Shows (31)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sonya Paxton
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Blacklist
2013
as Laurel Hitchin
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Doris McGarrett
Frasier
1993
as Laura (voice)
The Good Wife
2009
as Andrea Stevens
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Christine Lahti
The View
1997
as Self
Chicago Hope
1994
as Kathryn Austin
The Good Fight
2017
as Andrea Stevens
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Evil
2019
as Sheryl Luria
Fire Country
2022
as Ruby Quinn
American Playhouse
1982
as Kathleen Morgan
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Lydia Foster
Ellen
1994
as Ellen Screen Test #4
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Ally McBeal
1997
as Sydney Gale
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Sheriff Country
2025
as Ruby Quinn
Jack & Bobby
2004
as Grace McCallister
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Martha O'Dell
Amerika
1987
as Alethea Milford
MADtv
1995
as Self
Beverly Hills Cop
as Helen
Wolcott
1981
as Melinda Marin
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Brenda Nicol
The Harvey Korman Show
1978
Movies (59)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
as Ellen
Obsessed
2009
as Detective Monica Reese
...And Justice for All
1979
as Gail Packer
Smart People
2008
as Nancy
The Henderson Monster
1980
as Dr. Louise Casimir
Touchback
2011
as Thelma
Hateship Loveship
2014
as Eileen
8
2012
as Kris Perry
Running on Empty
1988
as Annie Pope
Crazy From the Heart
1991
as Charlotte Bain
Safelight
2015
as Peg
The Doctor
1991
as Anne
Funny About Love
1990
as Meg
Operating Instructions
2009
as Commander Helen Keller
Swing Shift
1984
as Hazel Zanussi
Subway Stories
1997
as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
Desert Bloom
1986
as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
Housekeeping
1987
as Sylvie Fisher
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Brenda Nicol
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
as Dr. Clare Scott
An American Daughter
2000
as Lyssa Dent Hughes
Leaving Normal
1992
as Darly
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Gisella Perl
Hideaway
1995
as Lindsey
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Clara Archer
Lieberman in Love
1995
as Shaleen
Women vs. Men
2002
as Dana
A Weekend in the Country
1996
as Ruth Oakley
Just Between Friends
1986
as Sandy Dunlap
Pie in the Sky
1996
as Ruby
Flying Lessons
2010
as Caroline Conway
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004
as Rose
Touched with Fire
2016
as Sara
The Pilot's Wife
2002
as Kathryn Lyons
Gross Anatomy
1989
as Dr. Rachel Woodruff
No Place Like Home
1989
as Zan Cooper
The Good Fight
1992
as Grace Cragin
Operator
2016
as Beth Larsen
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982
as Aunt Linda
The Last Tenant
1978
as Carol
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
as Self
Open House
2003
as Samantha Morrow
My Name Is Andrea
2022
as Pariah
Dr. Scorpion
1978
as Tania Reston
The Fear Inside
1992
as Meredith Cole
Becks
2018
as Ann
The Book of Ruth
2004
as Maylene
Yonkers Joe
2008
as Janice
Single Bars, Single Women
1984
as Elsie
Love Lives On
1985
as Marilyn
Hope
1997
as Emma Percy
Bird in Hand
2025
as Carlotta
The Four Diamonds
1995
as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
The Steps
2016
as Sherry
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999
as Self
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
as Ellie Nesler
Gloria: A Life
2020
as Gloria Steinem
Stacking
1987
as Kathleen Morgan
Petunia
2013
as Felicia Petunia
About Christine Lahti
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 sta… With 90 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, Christine Lahti has appeared in 59 films and 31 TV shows.
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- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) — as Ellen
- Obsessed (2009) — as Detective Monica Reese
- ...And Justice for All (1979) — as Gail Packer
- Smart People (2008) — as Nancy
- The Henderson Monster (1980) — as Dr. Louise Casimir
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