Christine Lahti

Christine Ann Lahti born April 4 1950 is an American actress and filmmaker She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1984 film Swing Shift Her other film roles include And Justice for All 1979 Housekeeping 1987 Running on Empty 1988 and Leaving Normal 1992 and The Fear Inside For her directorial debut with the 1995 short film Lieberman in Love she won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Lahti made her Broadway debut in 1980 as a replacement in Loose Ends and went on to star in the Broadway productions of Present Laughter 1982 and The Heidi Chronicles 1989 An eighttime Golden Globe nominee and sixtime Emmy Award nominee she won a Golden Globe for the 1989 TV movie No Place Like Home and won a Golden Globe and an Emmy in 1998 for her role as Kate Austin in the CBS series Chicago Hope 199599 She returned to Broadway in 2009 to star in God of Carnage She also had a recurring role as Sonya Paxton in the NBC series Law and Order Special Victims Unit 200911 as Doris McGarrett in the CBS series Hawaii Five0 201219 and Laurel Hitchin in NBCs The Blacklist 201517 Description above from the Wikipedia article Christine Lahti licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia