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