
Christine Lahti
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1950-04-04 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
- Also known as
- کریستین لاتی
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
TV Shows (30)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sonya Paxton

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Blacklist
2013
as Laurel Hitchin

Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Doris McGarrett

The Good Wife
2009
as Andrea Stevens

Frasier
1993
as Laura (voice)

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Christine Lahti

The View
1997
as Self

Chicago Hope
1994
as Kathryn Austin

The Good Fight
2017
as Andrea Stevens

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Evil
2019
as Sheryl Luria

Fire Country
2022
as Ruby Quinn

Ellen
1994
as Ellen Screen Test #4

Grace and Frankie
2015
as Lydia Foster

Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Ally McBeal
1997
as Sydney Gale

Sheriff Country
2025
as Ruby Quinn

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Martha O'Dell

Jack & Bobby
2004
as Grace McCallister

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest

Amerika
1987
as Alethea Milford

MADtv
1995
as Self

Wolcott
1981
as Melinda Marin

Beverly Hills Cop
as Helen

The Executioner's Song
1982
as Brenda Nicol
The Harvey Korman Show
1978
Movies (59)

Obsessed
2009
as Detective Monica Reese

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
as Ellen

...And Justice for All
1979
as Gail Packer

Subway Stories
1997
as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")

The Doctor
1991
as Anne

Hideaway
1995
as Lindsey

Running on Empty
1988
as Annie Pope

Smart People
2008
as Nancy

The Executioner's Song
1982
as Brenda Nicol

Touchback
2011
as Thelma

Flying Lessons
2010
as Caroline Conway

Dr. Scorpion
1978
as Tania Reston

Swing Shift
1984
as Hazel Zanussi

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004
as Rose

Safelight
2015
as Peg

Funny About Love
1990
as Meg

Touched with Fire
2016
as Sara

Desert Bloom
1986
as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982
as Aunt Linda

8
2012
as Kris Perry

Hateship Loveship
2014
as Eileen

Housekeeping
1987
as Sylvie Fisher

Miss Firecracker
1989
as Clara Archer

Gross Anatomy
1989
as Dr. Rachel Woodruff

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
as Dr. Clare Scott

Out of the Ashes
2003
as Gisella Perl

Leaving Normal
1992
as Darly

A Weekend in the Country
1996
as Ruth Oakley

Just Between Friends
1986
as Sandy Dunlap

Single Bars, Single Women
1984
as Elsie

Lieberman in Love
1995
as Shaleen

Operating Instructions
2009
as Commander Helen Keller

Operator
2016
as Beth Larsen

Yonkers Joe
2008
as Janice

Open House
2003
as Samantha Morrow

No Place Like Home
1989
as Zan Cooper

The Pilot's Wife
2002
as Kathryn Lyons

The Good Fight
1992
as Grace Cragin

The Book of Ruth
2004
as Maylene

An American Daughter
2000
as Lyssa Dent Hughes

Petunia
2013
as Felicia Petunia

My Name Is Andrea
2022
as Pariah

Pie in the Sky
1996
as Ruby

Becks
2018
as Ann

Stacking
1987
as Kathleen Morgan

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999
as Self

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
as Ellie Nesler

Women vs. Men
2002
as Dana

The Henderson Monster
1980
as Dr. Louise Casimir

Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
as Self

Hope
1997
as Emma Percy

Love Lives On
1985
as Marilyn

The Fear Inside
1992
as Meredith Cole

Gloria: A Life
2020
as Gloria Steinem

Bird in Hand
2025
as Carlotta

The Four Diamonds
1995
as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan

The Steps
2016
as Sherry

The Last Tenant
1978
as Carol

Crazy From the Heart
1991
as Charlotte Bain
About 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 sta… With 89 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, Christine Lahti has appeared in 59 films and 30 TV shows.
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- Obsessed (2009) — as Detective Monica Reese
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) — as Ellen
- ...And Justice for All (1979) — as Gail Packer
- Subway Stories (1997) — as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
- The Doctor (1991) — as Anne
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