Christine Lahti

About

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...

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Ally McBealSeries • 1997Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999The BlacklistSeries • 2013Hawaii Five-0Series • 2010FrasierSeries • 1993The Good WifeSeries • 2009Curb Your EnthusiasmSeries • 2000Chicago HopeSeries • 1994American PlayhouseSeries • 1982Fire CountrySeries • 2022The Good FightSeries • 2017Grace and FrankieSeries • 2015EvilSeries • 2019EllenSeries • 1994Sheriff CountrySeries • 2025Studio 60 on the Sunset StripSeries • 2006Jack & BobbySeries • 2004A Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodMovie • 2019ObsessedMovie • 2009Smart PeopleMovie • 2008...And Justice for AllMovie • 1979Running on EmptyMovie • 1988SafelightMovie • 2015Hateship LoveshipMovie • 2014