Christine Lahti
Acting
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Acting Credits
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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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Bird in Hand
2026
as Carlotta
Sheriff Country
2025
as Ruby Quinn
My Name Is Andrea
2022
as Pariah
Fire Country
2022
as Ruby Quinn
Gloria: A Life
2020
as Gloria Steinem
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
as Ellen
Evil
2019
as Sheryl Luria
Becks
2018
as Ann
The Good Fight
2017
as Andrea Stevens
Touched with Fire
2016
as Sara
Operator
2016
as Beth Larsen
The Steps
2016
as Sherry
Safelight
2015
as Peg
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Lydia Foster
Hateship Loveship
2014
as Eileen
Petunia
2013
as Felicia Petunia
The Blacklist
2013
as Laurel Hitchin
8
2012
as Kris Perry
Touchback
2011
as Thelma
Flying Lessons
2010
as Caroline Conway
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Doris McGarrett
Obsessed
2009
as Detective Monica Reese
Operating Instructions
2009
as Commander Helen Keller
The Good Wife
2009
as Andrea Stevens
Yonkers Joe
2008
as Janice
Smart People
2008
as Nancy
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Martha O'Dell
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004
as Rose
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
2004
as Self
The Book of Ruth
2004
as Maylene
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Jack & Bobby
2004
as Grace McCallister
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Gisella Perl
Open House
2003
as Samantha Morrow
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Pilot's Wife
2002
as Kathryn Lyons
Women vs. Men
2002
as Dana
An American Daughter
2000
as Lyssa Dent Hughes
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Christine Lahti
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
as Ellie Nesler
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sonya Paxton
Hope
1997
as Emma Percy
Subway Stories
1997
as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
Ally McBeal
1997
as Sydney Gale
The View
1997
as Self
A Weekend in the Country
1996
as Ruth Oakley
Pie in the Sky
1996
as Ruby
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Hideaway
1995
as Lindsey
Lieberman in Love
1995
as Shaleen
The Four Diamonds
1995
as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
MADtv
1995
as Self
Chicago Hope
1994
as Kathryn Austin
Ellen
1994
as Ellen Screen Test #4
Frasier
1993
as Laura (voice)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Leaving Normal
1992
as Darly
The Fear Inside
1992
as Meredith Cole
The Good Fight
1992
as Grace Cragin
The Doctor
1991
as Anne
Crazy From the Heart
1991
as Charlotte Bain
Funny About Love
1990
as Meg
Gross Anatomy
1989
as Dr. Rachel Woodruff
No Place Like Home
1989
as Zan Cooper
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Clara Archer
Running on Empty
1988
as Annie Pope
Housekeeping
1987
as Sylvie Fisher
Stacking
1987
as Kathleen Morgan
Amerika
1987
as Alethea Milford
Just Between Friends
1986
as Sandy Dunlap
Desert Bloom
1986
as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
Love Lives On
1985
as Marilyn
Swing Shift
1984
as Hazel Zanussi
Single Bars, Single Women
1984
as Elsie
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982
as Aunt Linda
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Brenda Nicol
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Brenda Nicol
American Playhouse
1982
as Kathleen Morgan
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
as Dr. Clare Scott
Wolcott
1981
as Melinda Marin
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
The Harvey Korman Show
1978
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self