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Christine Lahti

Acting 76 years old Birmingham, Michigan, U.S. ★ 1.3
Born: April 4, 1950

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sonya Paxton 1999
The Blacklist
The Blacklist Laurel Hitchin 2013
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0 Doris McGarrett 2010
The Good Wife
The Good Wife Andrea Stevens 2009
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm Christine Lahti 2000

Jimmy's Seen (1)

Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (89)

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

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