Christine Lahti
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
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.
Filmography
Bird in Hand 2026
as Carlotta
My Name Is Andrea 2022
as Pariah
Gloria: A Life 2020
as Gloria Steinem
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2019
as Ellen
Becks 2018
as Ann
Operator 2016
as Beth Larsen
The Steps 2016
as Sherry
Touched with Fire 2016
as Sara
Safelight 2015
as Peg
Hateship Loveship 2014
as Eileen
Petunia 2013
as Felicia Petunia
8 2012
as Kris Perry
Touchback 2011
as Thelma
Flying Lessons 2010
as Caroline Conway
Obsessed 2009
as Detective Monica Reese
Operating Instructions 2009
as Commander Helen Keller
Smart People 2008
as Nancy
Yonkers Joe 2008
as Janice
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman 2004
as Rose
The Book of Ruth 2004
as Maylene
Uta Hagen's Acting Class 2004
as Self
Out of the Ashes 2003
as Gisella Perl
Open House 2003
as Samantha Morrow
Women vs. Men 2002
as Dana
The Pilot's Wife 2002
as Kathryn Lyons
My First Mister 2001
Director
An American Daughter 2000
as Lyssa Dent Hughes
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story 1999
as Ellie Nesler
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains 1999
as Self
Hope 1997
as Emma Percy
Subway Stories 1997
as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
A Weekend in the Country 1996
as Ruth Oakley
Pie in the Sky 1996
as Ruby
The Four Diamonds 1995
as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
Hideaway 1995
as Lindsey
Lieberman in Love 1995
as Shaleen, Director
The Good Fight 1992
as Grace Cragin
The Fear Inside 1992
as Meredith Cole
Leaving Normal 1992
as Darly
Crazy From the Heart 1991
as Charlotte Bain
The Doctor 1991
as Anne
Funny About Love 1990
as Meg
No Place Like Home 1989
as Zan Cooper
Gross Anatomy 1989
as Dr. Rachel Woodruff
Miss Firecracker 1989
as Clara Archer
Running on Empty 1988
as Annie Pope
Housekeeping 1987
as Sylvie Fisher
Stacking 1987
as Kathleen Morgan
Just Between Friends 1986
as Sandy Dunlap
Desert Bloom 1986
as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
Love Lives On 1985
as Marilyn
Single Bars, Single Women 1984
as Elsie
Swing Shift 1984
as Hazel Zanussi
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 1982
as Aunt Linda
The Executioner's Song 1982
as Brenda Nicol
Whose Life Is It Anyway? 1981
as Dr. Clare Scott
The Henderson Monster 1980
as Dr. Louise Casimir
...And Justice for All 1979
as Gail Packer
The Last Tenant 1978
as Carol
Dr. Scorpion 1978
as Tania Reston
Credits from TMDB.