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Christine Lahti

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