Christine Lahti
Acting
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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tvSheriff Country
2025
Ruby Quinn
movieBird in Hand
2025
Carlotta
tvFire Country
2022
Ruby Quinn
movieGloria: A Life
2020
Gloria Steinem
tvEvil
2019
Sheryl Luria
tvThe Good Fight
2017
Andrea Stevens
movieOperator
2016
Beth Larsen
movieThe Steps
2016
Sherry
tvGrace and Frankie
2015
Lydia Foster
tvThe Blacklist
2013
Laurel Hitchin
moviePetunia
2013
Felicia Petunia
movie8
2012
Kris Perry
movieTouchback
2011
Thelma
tvHawaii Five-0
2010
Doris McGarrett
movieFlying Lessons
2010
Caroline Conway
tvThe Good Wife
2009
Andrea Stevens
movieObsessed
2009
Detective Monica Reese
movieOperating Instructions
2009
Commander Helen Keller
movieYonkers Joe
2008
Janice
tvStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
Martha O'Dell
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Self - Guest
tvJack & Bobby
2004
Grace McCallister
movieThe Book of Ruth
2004
Maylene
movieOut of the Ashes
2003
Gisella Perl
movieOpen House
2003
Samantha Morrow
movieThe Pilot's Wife
2002
Kathryn Lyons
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Christine Lahti
movieAn American Daughter
2000
Lyssa Dent Hughes
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Sonya Paxton
movieJudgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
Ellie Nesler
tvThe Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Self - Guest
movieHope
1997
Emma Percy
tvAlly McBeal
1997
Sydney Gale
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieSubway Stories
1997
Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
movieA Weekend in the Country
1996
Ruth Oakley
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
tvMADtv
1995
Self
movieThe Four Diamonds
1995
Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
movieHideaway
1995
Lindsey
movieLieberman in Love
1995
Shaleen
tvChicago Hope
1994
Kathryn Austin
tvEllen
1994
Ellen Screen Test #4
tvFrasier
1993
Laura (voice)
movieThe Good Fight
1992
Grace Cragin
movieThe Fear Inside
1992
Meredith Cole
movieCrazy From the Heart
1991
Charlotte Bain
movieNo Place Like Home
1989
Zan Cooper
movieGross Anatomy
1989
Dr. Rachel Woodruff
movieMiss Firecracker
1989
Clara Archer
movieRunning on Empty
1988
Annie Pope
movieHousekeeping
1987
Sylvie Fisher
tvAmerika
1987
Alethea Milford
movieStacking
1987
Kathleen Morgan
movieJust Between Friends
1986
Sandy Dunlap
movieDesert Bloom
1986
Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
movieLove Lives On
1985
Marilyn
movieSwing Shift
1984
Hazel Zanussi
tvThe Executioner's Song
1982
Brenda Nicol
movieThe Executioner's Song
1982
Brenda Nicol
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Kathleen Morgan
movieWhose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
Dr. Clare Scott
tvWolcott
1981
Melinda Marin
movieThe Henderson Monster
1980
Dr. Louise Casimir
movie...And Justice for All
1979
Gail Packer
movieDr. Scorpion
1978
Tania Reston
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvBeverly Hills Cop
Helen
