19 Facts About Christine Lahti

Christine Lahti was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1984 film Swing Shift.

Christine Lahti returned to Broadway in 2009 to star in God of Carnage.

Christine Lahti had a recurring role as Sonya Paxton in the NBC series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, as Doris McGarrett in the CBS series Hawaii Five-0, and Laurel Hitchin in NBC's The Blacklist.

Christine Lahti was born in Birmingham, Michigan, the daughter of Elizabeth Margaret, a painter, homemaker, and nurse, and Paul Theodore Christine Lahti, a surgeon.

Christine Lahti has three sisters, Carol, Catherine, and Linda, and two brothers, Paul Jr.

Christine Lahti studied Fine Arts at Florida State University and received her bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Michigan, where she joined Delta Gamma sorority.

Christine Lahti studied acting at HB Studio in New York City, as well as completing a two-year professional actor training program at the William Esper Studio for the performing arts in Manhattan.

Christine Lahti has focused on television, beginning with her role in the made-for-TV adaptation of The Executioner's Song.

Christine Lahti appeared on Broadway in Wendy Wasserstein's seriocomic play, The Heidi Chronicles.

Christine Lahti received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Swing Shift, and won an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for Lieberman in Love, in which she starred and directed.

Christine Lahti won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 1998 for her role in Chicago Hope.

Christine Lahti was in the bathroom when she won the third award and finally came to the stage following an attempt by show producer John Tinker to accept on her behalf and an interruptive riff by Robin Williams.

Also, Christine Lahti mentioned that she would have liked to have had more time to shoot different perspectives in order to facilitate story arc.

Christine Lahti was in the first four episodes of the 11th season and returned for the show's eighth episode, where she clashed with Alexandra Cabot.

Christine Lahti's book titled True Stories From an Unreliable Eyewitness was published in 2018 by Harper Wave.

In 2020, Christine Lahti appeared as a guest on the Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

Christine Lahti has been married to television director Thomas Schlamme since September 4,1983.

In 2004, Christine Lahti took part in a protest against the murders of women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Since May 2005, Christine Lahti has been a contributor at HuffPost.