Christine Lahti

Born: 1950-04-04

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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...And Justice for All

as Gail Packer
Released: 1979-10-19

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend...

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Obsessed

as Detective Monica Reese
Released: 2009-02-26

Things couldn't be better for Derek Charles. He's just received a big promotion at work, and has...

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Running on Empty

as Annie Pope
Released: 1988-09-09

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late...

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as Ellen
Released: 2019-09-07

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an...

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The Doctor

as Anne
Released: 1991-07-24

Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

as Aunt Linda
Released: 1982-10-01

Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.

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Hideaway

as Lindsey
Released: 1995-03-03

Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive...

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Swing Shift

as Hazel Zanussi
Released: 1984-04-13

In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor....

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Hateship Loveship

as Eileen
Released: 2014-04-11

A shy caretaker believes that the father of her teenage charge is falling in love with her,...

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Safelight

as Peg
Released: 2015-07-17

A teenage boy and girl discover a renewed sense of possibility as they go on a road trip to...

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Gross Anatomy

as Dr. Rachel Woodruff
Released: 1989-10-20

Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life...

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Smart People

as Nancy
Released: 2008-04-11

Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an...

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Miss Firecracker

as Clara Archer
Released: 1989-04-28

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a...

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The Executioner's Song

as Brenda Nicol
Released: 1982-09-10

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a...

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The Henderson Monster

as Dr. Louise Casimir
Released: 1980-05-27

A small town becomes gripped by an ethical debate when the community discovers a moody,...

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Touchback

as Thelma
Released: 2011-04-13

A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating...

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Whose Life Is It Anyway?

as Dr. Clare Scott
Released: 1981-12-02

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car...

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Crazy From the Heart

as Charlotte Bain
Released: 1991-08-19

A small-town, high-school principal still living at home with her mother shakes up her life in a...

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8

as Kris Perry
Released: 2012-03-03

Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court...

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Subway Stories

as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
Released: 1997-07-24

An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City,...

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Operator

as Beth Larsen
Released: 2016-10-14

Joe, a programmer and obsessive self-quantifier, and Emily, a budding comedy performer, are...

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The Book of Ruth

as Maylene
Released: 2004-05-19

The tensions that arise when a newlywed has her new husband move into the home of her oppressive...

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Women vs. Men

as Dana
Released: 2002-08-04

Seeking the excitement that was once part of their married lives, Bruce and Michael slip out one...

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Housekeeping

as Sylvie Fisher
Released: 1987-11-25

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them...

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Lieberman in Love

as Shaleen
Released: 1995-01-01

Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues...

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Touched with Fire

as Sara
Released: 2016-02-12

Two young poets with bipolar disorder begin a highly passionate, volatile relationship that...

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Desert Bloom

as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
Released: 1986-01-22

The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her...

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No Place Like Home

as Zan Cooper
Released: 1989-12-03

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where...

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Out of the Ashes

as Gisella Perl
Released: 2003-04-13

The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious...

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The Pilot's Wife

as Kathryn Lyons
Released: 2002-04-14

Kathryn is distraught at the news of her husband's death delivered by a stranger from the...

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Pie in the Sky

as Ruby
Released: 1996-02-09

A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.

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Uta Hagen's Acting Class

as Self
Released: 2004-04-06

Uta Hagen comments on acting

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The Steps

as Sherry
Released: 2016-06-03

Siblings gather to meet their father's new wife and kids.

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Funny About Love

as Meg
Released: 1990-09-21

As political cartoonist Duffy and his bride Meg fail to conceive, he and sorority girl Daphne...

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Operating Instructions

as Commander Helen Keller
Released: 2009-01-01

A sergeant that came back from Iraq traumatized, find out the difficult about working on General...

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Petunia

as Felicia Petunia
Released: 2013-06-28

Brothers Charlie, Adrian and Michael try to unlearn everything their psychoanalyst parents have...

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Leaving Normal

as Darly
Released: 1992-04-29

Darly, a waitress with a past that's weighing her down, decides to drive to Alaska to try and...

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The Fear Inside

as Meredith Cole
Released: 1992-08-09

An agoraphobic children's book illustrator is trapped inside her home by two young...

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A Weekend in the Country

as Ruth Oakley
Released: 1996-06-12

Six people. One weekend. The possibilities are endless when city meets country in this roundelay...

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Stacking

as Kathleen Morgan
Released: 1987-01-22

After her father is injured, a teenager and an alcoholic employee struggle to save their...

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Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

as Ellie Nesler
Released: 1999-06-23

Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she...

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The Good Fight

as Grace Cragin
Released: 1992-12-15

Grace Cragin is a bright young lawyer who has a passion for the fight against injustice. Her...

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Just Between Friends

as Sandy Dunlap
Released: 1986-03-21

Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in...

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Dr. Scorpion

as Tania Reston
Released: 1978-02-24

A retired spy is reluctantly lured back into action to take down a mad scientist living on a...

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Becks

as Ann
Released: 2018-02-09

After a crushing breakup with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her...

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The Four Diamonds

as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
Released: 1995-08-12

Christopher Millard was 14 years old when he died of cancer in 1972. Shortly before losing his...

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Yonkers Joe

as Janice
Released: 2008-04-01

Yonkers Joe tells the story of a dice hustler whose determination to make one last grab for a...

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Single Bars, Single Women

as Elsie
Released: 1984-10-14

Men and women gather at local singles bars in search of lasting love or casual action.

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Open House

as Samantha Morrow
Released: 2003-02-16

To make ends meet in this romantic drama, a devoted wife and mom takes in boarders and, while...

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The Last Tenant

as Carol
Released: 1978-06-25

Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant...

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My Name Is Andrea

as Pariah
Released: 2022-06-10

A rousing portrait of feminist writer Andrea Dworkin, one of the most controversial and...

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Gloria: A Life

as Gloria Steinem
Released: 2020-06-26

Christine Lahti leads a cast composed of women to tell the story of Gloria Steinem's quest for...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Sonya Paxton
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Blacklist

as Laurel Hitchin
First aired: 2013-09-23

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Hawaii Five-0

as Doris McGarrett
First aired: 2010-09-20

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers...

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Frasier

as Laura (voice)
First aired: 1993-09-16

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Christine Lahti
First aired: 2000-10-15

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe...

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Evil

as Sheryl Luria
First aired: 2019-09-26

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and...

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The Good Wife

as Andrea Stevens
First aired: 2009-09-22

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce...

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The Good Fight

as Andrea Stevens
First aired: 2017-02-19

Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Grace and Frankie

as Lydia Foster
First aired: 2015-05-08

Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives...

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Chicago Hope

as Kathryn Austin
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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Intimate Portrait

as Self
First aired: 1993-11-14

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...

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Ellen

as Ellen Screen Test #4
First aired: 1994-03-29

Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July...

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Ally McBeal

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-09-08

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Jack & Bobby

as Grace McCallister
First aired: 2004-09-12

If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that...

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Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

as Martha O'Dell
First aired: 2006-09-18

A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.

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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1999-03-30

Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until...

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Amerika

as Alethea Milford
First aired: 1987-02-15

Amerika is a miniseries about life in the United States, ten years after a bloodless takeover...

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The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1996-06-10

The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by...

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MADtv

as Self
First aired: 1995-10-14

MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The...

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Wolcott

as Melinda Marin
First aired: 1981-01-13

A black policeman is promoted to the CID and battles the drug trade in London's East End.

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The Executioner's Song

as Brenda Nicol
First aired: 1982-11-28

The Executioner’s Song first aired in 1982, as a two-part miniseries on NBC (188 minutes...

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Beverly Hills Cop

as Helen
First aired:

Aaron Foley, Axel Foley's blue-collar police officer son, helps take down the criminal elements...

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