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Christine Lahti
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Early life
Lahti was born in Birmingham, Michigan, the daughter of Elizabeth Margaret (née Tabar),Tucsoncitizen.com a painter, homemaker, and nurse, and Paul Theodore Lahti,Orlando Sentinel a surgeon. She has three sisters, Carol, Catherine, and Linda, and two brothers, Paul Jr. and James Lahti.NEWS,weblink Funeral Notices â Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993â2009), Tucson Citizen, December 27, 1995, September 30, 2012, Her paternal grandparents were Finnish immigrantsNEWS,weblink Lahti looks beyond mainstream for her roles as real women, May 31, 1992, Los Angeles Daily News, September 30, 2012, WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050316122410weblink">weblink March 16, 2005, Intimate Portrait: Christine Lahti, March 16, 2005, fortunecity.com, September 30, 2012, and her maternal grandparents were from Austria-Hungary. Lahti was raised in the Lutheran Church.WEB, Pfefferman, Naomi,weblink Showtime Examines Shoah Diva Doctor | Arts, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Jewish Journal, April 10, 2003, September 30, 2012, 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. She studied acting at HB StudioHB Studio Alumni 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.WEB,weblink William Esper : Notable Alumni, esperstudio.com, 2020,Career
After college, Lahti headed to New York City in 1973, where she worked as a waitress and did commercials. Her breakthrough movie was ...And Justice for All (1979) with Al Pacino. In the film Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981), starring Richard Dreyfuss and John Cassavetes, she was cast as a physician who grows attached to a paralyzed patient seeking the right to leave the hospital. Later, she was cast in an important role in Running on Empty, a 1988 movie in which she and Judd Hirsch played the parents of a musically promising son; the family went underground to avoid the FBI after the parents had damaged a napalm factory, and they all must periodically move on short notice and assume new identities. She has also focused on television, beginning with her role in the made-for-TV adaptation of The Executioner's Song (1982). She appeared on Broadway in Wendy Wasserstein's seriocomic play, The Heidi Chronicles.Lahti received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Swing Shift (1984), and won an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for Lieberman in Love (1995), in which she starred and also directed. It was adapted from Lieberman in Love, a short story by W. P. Kinsella. Lahti won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 1998 for her role in Chicago Hope. 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. In 1999, she presented with a piece of toilet paper attached to her shoe as an "inside joke" about her previous appearance.missing image!
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upAt the Governor's Ball held after the 49th Annual Emmy Awards, 1997
In 2001, her first directorial feature-length film, My First Mister, was released. Starring Leelee Sobieski and Albert Brooks, the movie debuted with good reviews. In DVD commentary she applauds the work of her cast and crew, remarking "[I] was very lucky to have such a wonderful crew..." She said she felt regret that the film was rated R, for language, despairing that the movie might not be viewed by teens who would relate with the characters.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} Also, Lahti mentioned that she would have liked to have had more time to shoot different perspectives in order to facilitate story arc.Lahti starred in the executive ADA role on (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as Sonya Paxton while the character Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) was in appeals. She was in the first four episodes of the 11th seasonWEB, Michael, Ausiello,weblink 'SVU' scoop: Christine Lahti is the new ADA!, June 29, 2009, Entertainment Weekly, June 29, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100104110603weblink">weblink January 4, 2010, and returned for the show's eighth episode, where she clashed with Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March).WEB, Ross, Robyn,weblink Christine Lahti Back for More Law & Order: SVU, TV Guide, September 22, 2009, Lahti later guest starred in the ninth and 17th episodes of the (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12)|12th season), where she reprised her role as Paxton. Her character was murdered in the 17th episode.She returned to Broadway upon joining the cast of the Tony Awardâwinning play God of Carnage on November 17, 2009, replacing Marcia Gay Harden.NEWS, Piepenberg, Erik,weblink Lahti, Birney Join the Cast of Adam Rapp's New Play, August 18, 2011, The New York Times, September 30, 2012, {{Clarify|date=April 2011}} Both actresses had a few special appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In September 2011, Lahti starred with Morgan Freeman in the Broadway debut of Dustin Lance Black's play, 8âa reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriageâas Kris Perry.NEWS, Kennedy, Mark, '8,' Dustin Lance Black Gay Marriage Play, Goes National During 2012,weblink The Huffington Post, March 18, 2012, January 17, 2012, In March 2012, she was featured with Jamie Lee Curtis and Jansen Panettiere at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. The production was broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.WEB, "8": A Play about the Fight for Marriage Equality,weblinkweblink December 21, 2021, live, March 3, 2012, YouTube, March 18, 2012, {{cbignore}}NEWS, Gray, Stephen, YouTube to broadcast Proposition 8 play live,weblink March 1, 2012, pinknews.co.uk, March 18, 2012, Her book of autobiographical essays, titled True Stories From an Unreliable Eyewitness, was published in 2018 by Harper Wave.NEWS,weblink Christine Lahti's Tales of Feminism, Sex and Aging in Hollywood, Newman, Judith, April 3, 2018, The New York Times, April 23, 2019, en-US, 0362-4331, WEB,weblink True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness - Christine Lahti - Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher, en-US, April 23, 2019, In 2020, Lahti appeared as a guest on the Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.- Christine Lahti1.jpg -
upAt the Governor's Ball held after the 49th Annual Emmy Awards, 1997
Personal life
Lahti has been married to television director Thomas Schlamme since September 4, 1983. They have three children. Lahti resides in Los Angeles, California, with her family.WEB,weblink The Thrive Questionnaire with Christine Lahti, thriveglobal.com, June 19, 2018, en, April 23, 2019, She also owns an apartment in Greenwich Village.In 2004, Lahti took part in a protest against the murders of women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.NEWS, Celebrities Protest Killings in Mexico,weblink Los Angeles Times/Reuters, March 26, 2012, February 15, 2004, Since May 2005, Lahti has been a contributor at HuffPost.Filmography
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- Lahti, Christine. True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness (2018)
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