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Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress. She studied
fine arts at the Florida State University and received her bachelor's degree
in drama from the University of Michigan, then toured Europe as part of a
pantomime acting troupe. She then headed to New York City, where she worked
as a waitress and did commercials. Her breakthrough movie was ...And Justice
for All (1979) with Al Pacino. After starring in a few blockbuster hits in
the 1970s and early 1980s, Lahti has primarily chosen to be in movies she
wants to act in, rather than take blockbuster roles, and she is adamant
about spending time with her three children. She has also chosen to focus on
television, beginning with her role in the 1979 made-for-TV adaptation of
The Executioner's Song.
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Lahti received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for
Swing Shift in 1984, and won an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live
Action for Lieberman in Love (1995), which she starred in and directed. She
has won one Emmy and two Golden Globes for her role in Chicago Hope. When
she won her Golden Globe in 1998, she was in the bathroom, which was highly-publicized
in the press. After that event, she made it a point to be good-humored about
it, usually poking fun at herself at other awards shows.
Lahti is married to TV director Thomas Schlamme. She mainly has acted in
independent films or TV series in the past decade, and she is active in
political causes.
Since May 2005 she's been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. |
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