Christine Lahti facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Christine Lahti
Lahti in 2016
Born	Christine Ann Lahti (1950-04-04) April 4, 1950 (age 75) Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
Education	Florida State University University of Michigan (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1973–present
Spouse(s)	Thomas Schlamme ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	3

Christine Ann Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for her work in movies and TV shows. Christine was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the 1984 film Swing Shift.

She has also appeared in other movies like ...And Justice for All (1979) and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). Christine also won an Oscar for directing her first short film, Lieberman in Love, in 1995.

Christine Lahti started acting on Broadway in 1980. She has been nominated for many awards. She won a Golden Globe Award for the TV movie No Place Like Home in 1989. In 1998, she won both a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for her role as Kate Austin in the TV series Chicago Hope.

She has also had important roles in TV series like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hawaii Five-0, and The Blacklist. Currently, she plays Sheryl Luria in the series Evil.

Early Life and Education

Christine Lahti was born on April 4, 1950, in Birmingham, Michigan. Her mother, Elizabeth Margaret, was a painter and nurse. Her father, Paul Theodore Lahti, was a surgeon. Christine has three sisters and two brothers. Her grandparents came from Finland and Austria-Hungary. She grew up in the Lutheran Church.

Christine studied Fine Arts at Florida State University. She earned her bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Michigan. While there, she joined the Delta Gamma sorority. She also studied acting in New York City at HB Studio and the William Esper Studio.

Acting and Directing Career

After college, Christine moved to New York City in 1973. She worked as a waitress and did commercials. Her first big movie role was in ...And Justice for All (1979) with Al Pacino. In the 1988 movie Running on Empty, she played a mother hiding from the FBI.

Christine was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Swing Shift (1984). She won an Oscar for Lieberman in Love (1995). She starred in and directed this short film.

In 1998, Christine won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the TV show Chicago Hope. A funny moment happened when she won her Emmy. She was in the bathroom and came to the stage later, with a piece of toilet paper stuck to her shoe!

At the Governor's Ball after the 49th Annual Emmy Awards, 1997

In 2001, Christine directed her first full-length movie, My First Mister. It starred Leelee Sobieski and Albert Brooks. The movie received good reviews. She was very happy with her cast and crew.

Christine also played Sonya Paxton in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She appeared in several episodes of the show.

In 2009, she returned to Broadway in the play God of Carnage. In 2011, she starred with Morgan Freeman in the play 8. This play was about the legal case that changed the ban on same-sex marriage in California.

In 2018, Christine wrote a book of stories about her life. It is called True Stories From an Unreliable Eyewitness.

Personal Life

Christine Lahti married television director Thomas Schlamme on September 4, 1983. They have three children together. Christine lives in Los Angeles, California, with her family. She also has an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York.

Since 2005, Christine has written articles for HuffPost, an online news website.

Selected Film and Television Roles

Film Roles

Television Roles

Published Works

• Lahti, Christine. True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness (2018)

See also

In Spanish: Christine Lahti para niños