Christine Lahti

ActorDirector Apr 4 (age 76) Birmingham, Michigan, U.S. 1953–2025 (72 year career)

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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

Film

Evil

Sheryl Luria

Film

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Ellen

Film

...And Justice for All

Gail Packer

Film

Running on Empty

Annie Pope

Film

Obsessed

Detective Monica Reese

Film

Smart People

Nancy

Film

Chicago Hope

Kathryn Austin

Film

Touchback

Thelma

Filmography

Acting (88)

Movies (59)

Bird in Hand

2025

as Carlotta

My Name Is Andrea

2022

as Pariah

3.8

Gloria: A Life

2020

as Gloria Steinem

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

as Ellen

Becks

as Ann

Operator

as Beth Larsen

The Steps

as Sherry

Touched with Fire

as Sara

Safelight

as Peg

Hateship Loveship

as Eileen

Petunia

as Felicia Petunia

as Kris Perry

Touchback

as Thelma

Flying Lessons

as Caroline Conway

Obsessed

as Detective Monica Reese

5.7

Operating Instructions

2009

as Commander Helen Keller

Smart People

as Nancy

Yonkers Joe

as Janice

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

as Rose

The Book of Ruth

as Maylene

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

2004

as Self

Open House

as Samantha Morrow

Out of the Ashes

as Gisella Perl

Women vs. Men

as Dana

The Pilot's Wife

as Kathryn Lyons

An American Daughter

as Lyssa Dent Hughes

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains

1999

as Self

8.0

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

1999

as Ellie Nesler

5.4

Subway Stories

1997

as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")

Hope

as Emma Percy

Pie in the Sky

as Ruby

A Weekend in the Country

1996

as Ruth Oakley

3.5

The Four Diamonds

1995

as Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan

Hideaway

as Lindsey

Lieberman in Love

as Shaleen

The Fear Inside

as Meredith Cole

The Good Fight

as Grace Cragin

Leaving Normal

as Darly

The Doctor

as Anne

Crazy From the Heart

as Charlotte Bain

Funny About Love

as Meg

No Place Like Home

as Zan Cooper

Miss Firecracker

as Clara Archer

Gross Anatomy

as Dr. Rachel Woodruff

Running on Empty

as Annie Pope

Stacking

as Kathleen Morgan

Housekeeping

as Sylvie Fisher

Just Between Friends

as Sandy Dunlap

Desert Bloom

as Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)

Love Lives On

as Marilyn

Swing Shift

as Hazel Zanussi

Single Bars, Single Women

1984

as Elsie

The Executioner's Song

1982

as Brenda Nicol

5.7

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

1982

as Aunt Linda

6.3

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981

as Dr. Clare Scott

7.0

The Henderson Monster

1980

as Dr. Louise Casimir

4.0

...And Justice for All

1979

as Gail Packer

7.1

The Last Tenant

1978

as Carol

Dr. Scorpion

1978

as Tania Reston

5.0

Television (29)

Fire Country

as Ruby

Evil

as Sheryl Luria

The Good Fight

as Andrea Stevens

Grace and Frankie

as Lydia Foster

The Blacklist

as Laurel Hitchin

Hawaii Five-0

as Doris McGarrett

The Good Wife

as Andrea Stevens

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

as Martha O'Dell

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Jack & Bobby

as Grace McCallister

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Christine Lahti

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Sonya Paxton

7.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

The View

as Self

Ally McBeal

as Sydney Gale

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

MADtv

as Self

Chicago Hope

as Kathryn Austin

Ellen

as Ellen Screen Test #4

Frasier

as Laura (voice)

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Amerika

as Alethea Milford

The Executioner's Song

1982

as Brenda Nicol

Wolcott

1981

as Melinda Marin

6.0

The Harvey Korman Show

1978

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Beverly Hills Cop

as Helen

6.2

Crew (3)

Movies (2)

My First Mister

Director

Lieberman in Love

Director

Television (1)

Chicago Hope

1994

Director

7.2