Christine Baranski

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Christine Baranski is one of the entertainment industry’s most honoured actresses, Christine Baranski is an Emmy, two-time Tony, Screen Actors Guild, Drama Desk, and American Comedy Award winner. 

Baranski can be seen starring as Agnes Van Rhijn in the acclaimed HBO series The Gilded Age, from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. Baranski received a 2024 Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the series.

For her performance as Diane Lockhart on the CBS series, The Good Wife, Baranski received six Emmy Award nominations and two Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations. She then starred as the beloved character in the critically acclaimed spinoff, The Good Fight, which earned her four Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations, a Golden Globe nomination, and TCA Award nomination. 

Baranski co-starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the second season of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers. Other memorable roles on screen include Mamma Mia!, Cybill, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Big Bang Theory, Frasier, Bowfinger, Cruel Intentions, The Birdcage, Into the Woods, Chicago and many more. Baranski’s illustrious on-stage career includes performances in The Real Thing, Rumors, Hurlyburly, Boeing-Boeing, and The House of Blue Leaves, to name a few. Baranski received an Honorary Doctorate from Juilliard, and in 2018, was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. 

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