Beginning in the late 1970s, acclaimed film, television and stage actress Christine Lahti carved out a... (Learn more)
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Christine Lahti’s Milestones
| Appeared in commercials first for rug shampoo Spray 'n Vac, then for eight other products including Sominex and Joy dishwashing liquid | |
| Worked as a singing waitress one summer during college; travelled to Scotland as a member of the Ann Arbor Mime Troupe, then went to London, appearing in a mime production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" | |
| 1973 | Moved to New York City; supported herself as a waitress by day and performed off-off Broadway by night; even worked as a mime for a while in Central Park, battling an imaginary wind as her roommate honked inexpertly on a clarinet |
| 1977 | First Off-Broadway appearance as the female lead opposite Chris Sarandon in David Mamet's "The Woods" at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theater |
| 1978 | Had regular role as Harvey Korman's daughter in short-lived ABC sitcom "The Harvey Korman Show" |
| 1978 | TV debut as Tania Reston in live-action, comic book adventure (movie-series pilot) "Dr Scorpion" |
| 1979 | Feature film acting debut in "... And Justice For All" |
| 1979 | Succeeded Roxane Hart opposite Kevin Kline in Michael Weller's Off-Broadway play, "Loose Ends" |
| 1980 | Made Broadway debut in Steve Tesich's "Division Street" |
| 1981 | Turned in excellent portrayal of a doctor in John Badham's feature "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" |
| 1982 | Played Brenda Nicol in NBC miniseries "The Executioner's Song", based on the Norman Mailer book |
| 1984 | Breakthrough film role in "Swing Shift" earned her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination |
| 1987 | Delivered a wonderful performance as the free-spirited aunt in the underrated Housekeeping" |
| 1987 | Her Emmy nomination (Best Supporting Actress) was perhaps the lone high point of the ABC miniseries "Amerika", a ponderous 14-hour epic which incurred the wrath of the UN and USSR before airing |
| 1988 | Starred with River Phoenix and Judd Hirsch in Sidney Lumet's "Running on Empty" |
| 1989 - 1990 | Appeared on Broadway (replacing Joan Allen) in Wendy Wasserstein's "The Heidi Chronicles" |
| 1991 | Acted opposite William Hurt in "The Doctor" |
| 1991 | Won a CableACE Award for Best Actress for her performance in the TNT movie "Crazy from the Heart", directed by husband Thomas Schlamme |
| 1992 | Starred with Ron Rifkin in the Off-Broadway production of Jon Robin Baitz's "Three Hotels" |
| 1992 | Was atypically insufferable in the female buddy flick "Leaving Normal" |
| 1995 | Directorial debut, "Lieberman in Love", earned her an Oscar for Best Live-Action Short Film; also starred opposite Danny Aiello; film aired on Showtime cable network |
| 1995 | Replaced Mandy Patinkin as a star of CBS drama "Chicago Hope", playing ambitious cardio-thoracic surgeon Dr Kathryn Austin; left series in spring of 1999 |
| 1997 | Starred in TNT movie "Hope", directed by "Swing Shift" co-star Goldie Hawn |
| 1999 | Signed to make feature directorial debut with "My First Mister" |
| 2000 | Had leading role of a US Senator's daughter nominated to be Surgeon General in the Lifetime adaptation of "An American Daughter" based on Wendy Wasserstein's play |
| 2001 | Feature directorial debut, "My First Mister", screened at Sundance |
| 2003 | Cast in lead role of a female Jewish doctor who survived the Holocaust in the Showtime biopic "Out of the Ashes" |
| 2004 | Cast as Grace McCallister in the WB drama "Jack and Bobby"; received Golden Globe (2004) and SAG (2005) nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series |
| 2006 | Cast as a minister and bible scholar in the Playwrights Horizons production of Keith Bunin's "The Busy World is Hushed" |
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