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.
TV Shows(30)
Sheriff Country
Ruby Quinn
2025
Fire Country
Ruby Quinn
2022
Evil
Sheryl Luria
2019
The Good Fight
Andrea Stevens
2017
Grace and Frankie
Lydia Foster
2015
The Blacklist
Laurel Hitchin
2013
Hawaii Five-0
Doris McGarrett
2010
The Good Wife
Andrea Stevens
2009
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Martha O'Dell
2006
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Jack & Bobby
Grace McCallister
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Christine Lahti
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sonya Paxton
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
1999
Ally McBeal
Sydney Gale
1997
The View
Self
1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
MADtv
Self
1995
Chicago Hope
Kathryn Austin
1994
Ellen
Ellen Screen Test #4
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Frasier
Laura (voice)
1993
Amerika
Alethea Milford
1987
The Executioner's Song
Brenda Nicol
1982
Wolcott
Melinda Marin
1981
The Harvey Korman Show
1978
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Oscars
Self
1953
Beverly Hills Cop
Helen
Movies(59)
Bird in Hand
Carlotta
2025
My Name Is Andrea
Pariah
2022
Gloria: A Life
Gloria Steinem
2020
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Ellen
2019
Becks
Ann
2018
Operator
Beth Larsen
2016
The Steps
Sherry
2016
Touched with Fire
Sara
2016
Safelight
Peg
2015
Hateship Loveship
Eileen
2014
Petunia
Felicia Petunia
2013
8
Kris Perry
2012
Touchback
Thelma
2011
Flying Lessons
Caroline Conway
2010
Obsessed
Detective Monica Reese
2009
Operating Instructions
Commander Helen Keller
2009
Smart People
Nancy
2008
Yonkers Joe
Janice
2008
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Rose
2004
The Book of Ruth
Maylene
2004
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
Self
2004
Out of the Ashes
Gisella Perl
2003
Open House
Samantha Morrow
2003
Women vs. Men
Dana
2002
The Pilot's Wife
Kathryn Lyons
2002
An American Daughter
Lyssa Dent Hughes
2000
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Ellie Nesler
1999
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Self
1999
Hope
Emma Percy
1997
Subway Stories
Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
1997
A Weekend in the Country
Ruth Oakley
1996
Pie in the Sky
Ruby
1996
The Four Diamonds
Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
1995
Hideaway
Lindsey
1995
Lieberman in Love
Shaleen
1995
The Good Fight
Grace Cragin
1992
The Fear Inside
Meredith Cole
1992
Leaving Normal
Darly
1992
Crazy From the Heart
Charlotte Bain
1991
The Doctor
Anne
1991
Funny About Love
Meg
1990
No Place Like Home
Zan Cooper
1989
Gross Anatomy
Dr. Rachel Woodruff
1989
Miss Firecracker
Clara Archer
1989
Running on Empty
Annie Pope
1988
Housekeeping
Sylvie Fisher
1987
Stacking
Kathleen Morgan
1987
Just Between Friends
Sandy Dunlap
1986
Desert Bloom
Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
1986
Love Lives On
Marilyn
1985
Single Bars, Single Women
Elsie
1984
Swing Shift
Hazel Zanussi
1984
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Aunt Linda
1982
The Executioner's Song
Brenda Nicol
1982
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Dr. Clare Scott
1981
The Henderson Monster
Dr. Louise Casimir
1980
...And Justice for All
Gail Packer
1979
The Last Tenant
Carol
1978
Dr. Scorpion
Tania Reston
1978