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Stockard Channing’s Milestones
| First stage appearance as Pirate Jenny in Harvard University production of "The Threepenny Opera" under the direction of Timothy Mayer | |
| 1966 | Member of the Theater Company of Boston; first professional appearance in "The Investigation" |
| 1969 | Off-Broadway debut with Theatre Company of Boston in "Adaptation/Next" |
| 1971 | Broadway debut as chorus dancer/singer and understudy to lead in NY production of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"; played lead in Los Angeles production (1973); first association with playwright John Guare |
| 1971 | First film appearance, as a nurse in "The Hospital" (had one line) |
| 1973 | TV-movie debut, "The Girl Most Likely To . . ." (ABC), a camp classic written by Joan Rivers |
| 1975 | First starring feature role as the daffy heiress (opposite Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson) in Mike Nichols' "The Fortune" |
| 1976 | Performed in Los Angeles stage production of "Vanities" with Sandy Duncan and Lucie Arnaz |
| 1978 | Pranced through a riotous rendition of "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" as tough teen Rizzo in the film version of "Grease" |
| 1979 | First TV series, "Stockard Channing in Just Friends" (CBS) |
| 1979 | Starred as deaf girl who becomes a top Hollywood stunt woman in the acclaimed, true-life CBS movie "Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story" |
| 1980 | Returned to series TV for the short-lived "The Stockard Channing Show" (CBS) |
| 1982 | First time portraying Sheila, the distraught mother of "A Day in the Life of Joe Egg" in New Haven, Connecticut stage production of the play |
| 1984 | Succeeded Liza Minnelli on Broadway in the Kander and Ebb musical, "The Rink" |
| 1985 | Earned Tony Award for her portrayal in "A Day in the Life of Joe Egg" |
| 1986 | Received Tony nomination as featured actress for playing Bunny Flingus in John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves"; lost out to castmate Swoozie Kurtz (Bananas) |
| 1986 | Reteamed with Nicholson and Nichols (at the helm) for the feature "Heartburn" |
| 1987 | Earned Emmy nomination for her supporting role in "Echoes in the Darkness", scripted by Joseph Wambaugh from his book |
| 1990 | Picked up second Emmy nomination for supporting role in the HBO movie "Perfect Witness" |
| 1990 | Won acclaim for her performance as Ouisa Kittredge in Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation" off- and on Broadway (replacing Blythe Danner in the first days of rehearsal) |
| 1992 | Acted in Lincoln Center stage production of Guare's "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun" |
| 1993 | Garnered third Emmy nomination as for guest appearance as a minister's wife in the Disney Channel series "Avonlea" |
| 1993 | Recreated her Broadway role from "Six Degrees of Separation" for the film version at the insistence of Guare; received first Best Actress Oscar nomination |
| 1995 | Appeared as an abused wife who befriends three drag queens in "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar" |
| 1995 | Played Harvey Keitel's old flame Ruby in Wayne Wang's "Smoke" |
| 1995 | Returned to Lincoln Center to appear in the Off-Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's "Hapgood", essaying title role as a government agent tracking a spy |
| 1996 | Co-starred as the over-the-top madam who introduces the title character to a life of prostitution in "Moll Flanders" |
| 1996 | Had cameo role as the wife whose suicide brings together the members (including Bette Midler, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn) of "The First Wives Club" in Hugh Wilson's surprise hit |
| 1996 | Played Pen of "Edie & Pen", an HBO movie about two women who meet each other (and a few local cowboys) when in Reno to divorce their husbands; star-studded cast included Jennifer Tilly, Scott Glenn and Randy Travis, among many others |
| 1996 | Starred in the acclaimed USA Network film "An Unexpected Family" as Barbara Whitney, a single career woman forced by circumstances to care for her sister's children; earned fourth Emmy nomination |
| 1997 | Returned to Broadway starring in Lincoln Center revival of "The Little Foxes" |
| 1998 | Co-starred as the former cop lover of Paul Newman in "Twilight" |
| 1998 | Portrayed Rachel Luckman in "The Baby Dance", a Showtime movie based on the play by Jane Anderson; received fifth career Emmy nomination |
| 1998 | Reprised role of Barbara Whitney in sequel, "An Unexpected Life" (USA Network) |
| 1999 | Joined the cast of NBC's political drama, "The West Wing" in the recurring role of the First Lady; role made regular as of 2001-2002 season; received Emmy (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) and SAG (2004) nominations for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1999 | Played a character loosely based on public relations maven Abby Hirsch (fictionalized as an actress named Florence Maybelle) in the Jacqueline Susann biopic "Isn't She Great", starring Midler |
| 1999 | Portrayed Eleanor of Aquitaine opposite Laurence Fishburne's King Henry II in NYC stage revival of James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter"; received Tony nomination |
| 2000 | Acted in Dan McCormack's "Other Voices"; screened at Sundance |
| 2001 | Cast as a psychiatrist in the Showtime miniseries "A Girl Thing" |
| 2001 | Had starring role as a strong businesswoman in the Sundance-screened "The Business of Strangers" |
| 2002 | Cast as the stepmother of Cinderella in the revisionist ABC movie "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" |
| 2002 | Portrayed Judy Shepard in the NBC movie "The Matthew Shepard Story" |
| 2002 | Supported Angelina Jolie in the feature "Life, or Something Like It" |
| 2005 | Cast opposite Diane Lane and Christopher Plummer in "Must Love Dogs" |
| 2006 | Co-starred in "3 Needles," one of three short stories about the global HIV pandemic, directed by Thom Fitzgerald |
| 2006 | Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for "Out of Practice" |
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