- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
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 t…
Filmography
tvSheriff Country
2025 · Ruby Quinn
movieBird in Hand
2025 · Carlotta
tvFire Country
2022 · Ruby Quinn
movieMy Name Is Andrea
2022 · Pariah
movieGloria: A Life
2020 · Gloria Steinem
tvEvil
2019 · Sheryl Luria
movieA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019 · Ellen
movieBecks
2018 · Ann
tvThe Good Fight
2017 · Andrea Stevens
movieOperator
2016 · Beth Larsen
movieThe Steps
2016 · Sherry
movieTouched with Fire
2016 · Sara
movieSafelight
2015 · Peg
tvGrace and Frankie
2015 · Lydia Foster
movieHateship Loveship
2014 · Eileen
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
movieSmart People
2008 · Nancy
movieYonkers Joe
2008 · Janice
tvStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · Martha O'Dell
movieRevenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004 · Rose
The Tony Danza Show
tvThe Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest
tvJack & Bobby
2004 · Grace McCallister
movieThe Book of Ruth
2004 · Maylene
movieUta Hagen's Acting Class
2004 · Self
tvThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
movieOut of the Ashes
2003 · Gisella Perl
movieOpen House
2003 · Samantha Morrow
movieWomen vs. Men
2002 · Dana
movieThe Pilot's Wife
2002 · Kathryn Lyons
movieMy First Mister
2001 · Director
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
movieThe Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999 · Self
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
moviePie in the Sky
1996 · Ruby
tvMADtv
1995 · Self
movieThe Four Diamonds
1995 · Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
movieHideaway
1995 · Lindsey
movieLieberman in Love
1995 · Shaleen, Director
tvChicago Hope
1994 · Kathryn Austin, Director
tvEllen
1994 · Ellen Screen Test #4
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
tvFrasier
1993 · Laura (voice)
movieThe Good Fight
1992 · Grace Cragin
movieThe Fear Inside
1992 · Meredith Cole
movieLeaving Normal
1992 · Darly
movieCrazy From the Heart
1991 · Charlotte Bain
movieThe Doctor
1991 · Anne
movieFunny About Love
1990 · Meg
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
movieSingle Bars, Single Women
1984 · Elsie
movieSwing Shift
1984 · Hazel Zanussi
tvThe Executioner's Song
1982 · Brenda Nicol
movieLadies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982 · Aunt Linda
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
movieThe Last Tenant
1978 · Carol
The Harvey Korman Show
tvThe Harvey Korman Show
1978
movieDr. Scorpion
1978 · Tania Reston
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvBeverly Hills Cop
— · Helen