Christine Lahti

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Christine Lahti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Blacklist

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Hawaii Five-0

The Good Wife

Frasier

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The View

All Movies (59)

• Bird in Hand2025 · as Carlotta
• My Name Is Andrea2022 · as Pariah
• Gloria: A Life2020 · as Gloria Steinem
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood2019 · as Ellen
• Becks2018 · as Ann
• Operator2016 · as Beth Larsen
• The Steps2016 · as Sherry
• Touched with Fire2016 · as Sara
• Safelight2015 · as Peg
• Hateship Loveship2014 · as Eileen
• Petunia2013 · as Felicia Petunia
• 82012 · as Kris Perry
• Touchback2011 · as Thelma
• Flying Lessons2010 · as Caroline Conway
• Obsessed2009 · as Detective Monica Reese
• Operating Instructions2009 · as Commander Helen Keller
• Smart People2008 · as Nancy
• Yonkers Joe2008 · as Janice
• Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman2004 · as Rose
• The Book of Ruth2004 · as Maylene
• Uta Hagen's Acting Class2004 · as Self
• Out of the Ashes2003 · as Gisella Perl
• Open House2003 · as Samantha Morrow
• Women vs. Men2002 · as Dana
• The Pilot's Wife2002 · as Kathryn Lyons
• An American Daughter2000 · as Lyssa Dent Hughes
• Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story1999 · as Ellie Nesler
• The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains1999 · as Self
• Hope1997 · as Emma Percy
• Subway Stories1997 · as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
• A Weekend in the Country1996 · as Ruth Oakley
• Pie in the Sky1996 · as Ruby
• The Four Diamonds1995 · as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
• Hideaway1995 · as Lindsey
• Lieberman in Love1995 · as Shaleen
• The Good Fight1992 · as Grace Cragin
• The Fear Inside1992 · as Meredith Cole
• Leaving Normal1992 · as Darly
• Crazy From the Heart1991 · as Charlotte Bain
• The Doctor1991 · as Anne
• Funny About Love1990 · as Meg
• No Place Like Home1989 · as Zan Cooper
• Gross Anatomy1989 · as Dr. Rachel Woodruff
• Miss Firecracker1989 · as Clara Archer
• Running on Empty1988 · as Annie Pope
• Housekeeping1987 · as Sylvie Fisher
• Stacking1987 · as Kathleen Morgan
• Just Between Friends1986 · as Sandy Dunlap
• Desert Bloom1986 · as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
• Love Lives On1985 · as Marilyn
• Single Bars, Single Women1984 · as Elsie
• Swing Shift1984 · as Hazel Zanussi
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains1982 · as Aunt Linda
• The Executioner's Song1982 · as Brenda Nicol
• Whose Life Is It Anyway?1981 · as Dr. Clare Scott
• The Henderson Monster1980 · as Dr. Louise Casimir
• ...And Justice for All1979 · as Gail Packer
• The Last Tenant1978 · as Carol
• Dr. Scorpion1978 · as Tania Reston

All TV Shows (30)

• Sheriff Country2025 · as Ruby Quinn
• Fire Country2022 · as Ruby Quinn
• Evil2019 · as Sheryl Luria
• The Good Fight2017 · as Andrea Stevens
• Grace and Frankie2015 · as Lydia Foster
• The Blacklist2013 · as Laurel Hitchin
• Hawaii Five-02010 · as Doris McGarrett
• The Good Wife2009 · as Andrea Stevens
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip2006 · as Martha O'Dell
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
• Jack & Bobby2004 · as Grace McCallister
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Curb Your Enthusiasm2000 · as Christine Lahti
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Sonya Paxton
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self - Guest
• Ally McBeal1997 · as Sydney Gale
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• MADtv1995 · as Self
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Kathryn Austin
• Ellen1994 · as Ellen Screen Test #4
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Laura (voice)
• Amerika1987 · as Alethea Milford
• The Executioner's Song1982 · as Brenda Nicol
• Wolcott1981 · as Melinda Marin
• The Harvey Korman Show1978
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Beverly Hills Cop— · as Helen