Christine Lahti
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-04-04 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
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).
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Bird in Hand
as Carlotta
(2022)
My Name Is Andrea
as Pariah
(2020)
Gloria: A Life
as Gloria Steinem
(2019)
(2018)
Becks
as Ann
(2016)
Operator
as Beth Larsen
(2016)
Touched with Fire
as Sara
(2016)
The Steps
as Sherry
(2015)
Safelight
as Peg
(2014)
Hateship Loveship
as Eileen
(2013)
Petunia
as Felicia Petunia
(2012)
8
as Kris Perry
(2011)
Touchback
as Thelma
(2009)
Obsessed
as Detective Monica Reese
(2009)
Operating Instructions
as Commander Helen Keller
(2008)
Smart People
as Nancy
(2008)
Yonkers Joe
as Janice
(2004)
(2004)
The Book of Ruth
as Maylene
(2004)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
as Self
(2003)
Out of the Ashes
as Gisella Perl
(2003)
Open House
as Samantha Morrow
(2002)
The Pilot's Wife
as Kathryn Lyons
(2002)
Women vs. Men
as Dana
(2000)
An American Daughter
as Lyssa Dent Hughes
(1999)
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
as Ellie Nesler
(1999)
(1997)
Hope
as Emma Percy
(1997)
Subway Stories
as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
(1996)
A Weekend in the Country
as Ruth Oakley
(1996)
Pie in the Sky
as Ruby
(1995)
Hideaway
as Lindsey
(1995)
Lieberman in Love
as Shaleen
(1995)
The Four Diamonds
as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
(1992)
Leaving Normal
as Darly
(1992)
The Good Fight
as Grace Cragin
(1992)
The Fear Inside
as Meredith Cole
(1991)
The Doctor
as Anne
(1991)
Crazy From the Heart
as Charlotte Bain
(1990)
Funny About Love
as Meg
(1989)
Gross Anatomy
as Dr. Rachel Woodruff
(1989)
Miss Firecracker
as Clara Archer
(1989)
No Place Like Home
as Zan Cooper
(1988)
Running on Empty
as Annie Pope
(1987)
Housekeeping
as Sylvie Fisher
(1987)
Stacking
as Kathleen Morgan
(1986)
Just Between Friends
as Sandy Dunlap
(1986)
Desert Bloom
as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
(1985)
Love Lives On
as Marilyn
(1984)
Swing Shift
as Hazel Zanussi
(1984)
Single Bars, Single Women
as Elsie
(1982)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
as Aunt Linda
(1982)
The Executioner's Song
as Brenda Nicol
(1981)
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
as Dr. Clare Scott
(1980)
The Henderson Monster
as Dr. Louise Casimir
(1979)
...And Justice for All
as Gail Packer
(1978)
Dr. Scorpion
as Tania Reston
(1978)
The Last Tenant
as Carol
Crew
(2001)
My First Mister
Director
(1995)
Lieberman in Love
Director