Christine Lahti
Known for Acting · 89 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 (30)
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
The Good Wife
2009
as Andrea Stevens
Frasier
1993
as Laura (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Christine Lahti
The View
1997
as Self
Chicago Hope
1994
as Kathryn Austin
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Good Fight
2017
as Andrea Stevens
Evil
2019
as Sheryl Luria
Ellen
1994
as Ellen Screen Test #4
Fire Country
2022
as Ruby Quinn
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Lydia Foster
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Ally McBeal
1997
as Sydney Gale
Sheriff Country
2025
as Ruby Quinn
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Martha O'Dell
Jack & Bobby
2004
as Grace McCallister
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Amerika
1987
as Alethea Milford
MADtv
1995
as Self
Wolcott
1981
as Melinda Marin
Beverly Hills Cop
as Helen
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Brenda Nicol
The Harvey Korman Show
1978
Movies (59)
Obsessed
2009
as Detective Monica Reese
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
as Ellen
...And Justice for All
1979
as Gail Packer
The Doctor
1991
as Anne
Hideaway
1995
as Lindsey
Subway Stories
1997
as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
Touchback
2011
as Thelma
Smart People
2008
as Nancy
Swing Shift
1984
as Hazel Zanussi
Running on Empty
1988
as Annie Pope
Safelight
2015
as Peg
Flying Lessons
2010
as Caroline Conway
8
2012
as Kris Perry
Touched with Fire
2016
as Sara
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Brenda Nicol
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982
as Aunt Linda
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
as Dr. Clare Scott
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004
as Rose
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Clara Archer
Dr. Scorpion
1978
as Tania Reston
Funny About Love
1990
as Meg
Gross Anatomy
1989
as Dr. Rachel Woodruff
Housekeeping
1987
as Sylvie Fisher
Leaving Normal
1992
as Darly
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Gisella Perl
Hateship Loveship
2014
as Eileen
Open House
2003
as Samantha Morrow
Single Bars, Single Women
1984
as Elsie
A Weekend in the Country
1996
as Ruth Oakley
The Pilot's Wife
2002
as Kathryn Lyons
Desert Bloom
1986
as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
Just Between Friends
1986
as Sandy Dunlap
Becks
2018
as Ann
The Good Fight
1992
as Grace Cragin
Pie in the Sky
1996
as Ruby
Yonkers Joe
2008
as Janice
Lieberman in Love
1995
as Shaleen
Operating Instructions
2009
as Commander Helen Keller
An American Daughter
2000
as Lyssa Dent Hughes
Hope
1997
as Emma Percy
Operator
2016
as Beth Larsen
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
as Ellie Nesler
Stacking
1987
as Kathleen Morgan
My Name Is Andrea
2022
as Pariah
The Book of Ruth
2004
as Maylene
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999
as Self
The Henderson Monster
1980
as Dr. Louise Casimir
The Last Tenant
1978
as Carol
Crazy From the Heart
1991
as Charlotte Bain
Women vs. Men
2002
as Dana
Petunia
2013
as Felicia Petunia
Love Lives On
1985
as Marilyn
The Fear Inside
1992
as Meredith Cole
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
as Self
The Four Diamonds
1995
as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
Gloria: A Life
2020
as Gloria Steinem
Bird in Hand
2025
as Carlotta
No Place Like Home
1989
as Zan Cooper
The Steps
2016
as Sherry
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 89 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, Christine Lahti has appeared in 59 films and 30 TV shows.
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- Obsessed (2009) — as Detective Monica Reese
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) — as Ellen
- ...And Justice for All (1979) — as Gail Packer
- The Doctor (1991) — as Anne
- Hideaway (1995) — as Lindsey
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