Christine Lahti

Christine Lahti first came to prominence opposite Al Pacino in …And Justice For All, before earning an Academy Award nomination, her first of eight Golden Globe nominations, and the N.Y. Film Critics Award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in the film Swing Shift.  

Her acclaimed career spans film, television and theatre; her major credits include Chicago Hope, for which she has won both a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for ‘Best Actress’, No Place like Home (Golden Globe for ‘Best Actress in a MiniSeries’ & Emmy Award nom.), Law and Order SVU, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Running on Empty (LA Film Critics Award, Golden Globe nom.), Amerika (Golden Globe nom., Emmy nom.), Jack & Bobby (Golden Globe nom. & Prism Award winner), Hawaii Five-0 & The Blacklist.  

Her recent credits include CBS show Evil, created by Michelle and Robert King, which earned her a Critics’ Choice Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and a recurring part in Fire Country on CBS. Bird in Hand, her latest feature film, directed by Melody C. Roscher, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival 2025. 

Her directing work includes the Academy Award-winning short film Lieberman in Love and the feature film My First Mister, which opened the Sundance Film Festival. 

A celebrated stage actor, Lahti has appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway in productions including Loose Ends, Fuckin A, The Heidi Chronicles, God of Carnage, Three Hotels (Drama Desk Nom.), Dreams of Falling, Dreams of Flying (Drama League Nom.), The Woods (Theatre World Award) and Little Murders (Obie Award). She played Gloria Steinem in the hit off-Broadway play Gloria: A Life, which also aired on PBS Great Performances, and was recently in the Jon Robin Baitz play I’ll Be Seeing Ya, for The Music Center in LA.