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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Hideaway

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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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Gross Anatomy

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Released: 1989-10-20

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Released: 1991-07-24

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Running on Empty

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Housekeeping

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Touched with Fire

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No Place Like Home

as Zan Cooper
Released: 1989-12-03

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Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

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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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Released: 1982-09-10

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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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Becks

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Released: 2018-02-09

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

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Stacking

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The Pilot's Wife

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

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The Henderson Monster

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

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Out of the Ashes

as Gisella Perl
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Operating Instructions

as Commander Helen Keller
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The Last Tenant

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

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The Good Fight

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

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as Pariah
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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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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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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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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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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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as Self
Released: 1999-05-24

A making-of short about Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains featuring interviews with cast...

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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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Uta Hagen's Acting Class

as Self
Released: 2004-04-06

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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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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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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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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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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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Evil

as Sheryl Luria
First aired: 2019-09-26

Skeptical female clinical psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins a priest-in-training and a...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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