Stockard Channing

Birth Place: New York, NY, USA

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Stockard Channing was most recently seen on Broadway and in London’s West End in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s Apologia. Before that, she was seen on Broadway in Terrence McNally’s smash hit It’s Only A Play. Channing has received eight Tony Award nominations for her roles in Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, The Lion in Winter, Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation, for which she also received an Olivier nomination and an Obie Award, and was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award reprising her role for the 1993 film version. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Other stage credits include The Importance of Being Earnest, The Little Foxes, Hapgood (nominated for Drama Desk Award), Woman in Mind (for which she won a Drama Desk Award), The Rink, The Golden Age, They’re Playing Our Song and the original off-Broadway production of Love Letters.

In London, she has appeared at The Riverside Studios in Exonerated and she was last seen at the Almeida in Awake and Sing.

Channing has received a total of 13 Emmy nominations and won three Emmy Awards, including those for her television roles in The West Wing and The Matthew Shepard Story, both of which she also received Screen Actors Guild Awards. Channing has been nominated for a total of 11 Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also starred in Joan Rivers’ The Girl Most Likely To and The Baby Dance for which she was nominated for another Golden Globe Award. She was most recently seen in a recurring role on The Good Wife.

On the big screen Channing has appeared in Mike Nichols’ The Fortune, Practical Magic, The First Wives Club, Moll Flanders, Up Close & Personal, Smoke and Grease, earning a People’s Choice Award for her performance as Rizzo. Stockard Channing received a London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year and an AFI Best Actress nomination for The Business of Strangers.

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Stockard Channing STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Roundabout Theatre Company Off-Broadway Premiere, 2018
Kristin

[West End]
Trafalgar Studios West End Revival Production, 2017
Kristen Miller

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2014
The Leading Lady

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2011
Polly Wyeth

[Off-Broadway]
Lincoln Center Theater Production, 2011
Polly Wyeth

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2008
Vera Simpson

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 1999
Eleanor

[Broadway]
1997
Regina Giddens

[Off-Broadway]
1994
Hapgood

[Broadway]
1992
Penny McKenzie

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1990
Ouisa

[Off-Broadway]
1990
Ouisa

[Broadway]
1989
Melissa Gardner [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
1989
Melissa Gardner [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
1988
Susan

[Broadway]
1986
Bunny Flingus

[Off-Broadway]
1986
Bunny Flingus

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1985
Sheila

[Off-Broadway]
1985
Sheila

[Broadway]
1984
Virginia

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1984
Angel [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
1983
Luba

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1979
Sonia Walsk [Replacement]

[Broadway]
1973
Performer

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 1971
Citizen of Verona & Milan

Citizen of Verona and Milan

Julia [Replacement]

Lucetta (Understudy)

[Off-Broadway]
1969
Players [female] (Adaptation) [Replacement]


Stockard Channing Movies

[1973]The Girl Most Likely to... Miriam Knight

[1975]The Fortune Freddie Bigard

[1976]The Big Bus Kitty Baxter

[1976]Sweet Revenge Vurrla Kowsky

[1978]The Cheap Detective Bess

[1978]Grease Rizzo

[1979]The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Mona Mondieu

[1979]Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story Kitty O'Neil

[1982]Table Settings

[1982]Safari 3000 J.J. Dalton

[1983]Without a Trace Jocelyn Norris

[1985]Not My Kid Helen Bower

[1986]The Men's Club Nancy

[1986]Heartburn Julie

[1987]The Room Upstairs Leah Lazenby

[1988]A Time of Destiny Margaret

[1988]Tidy Endings Marion

[1989]Perfect Witness Liz Sapperstein

[1989]Staying Together Nancy Trainer

[1990]Meet the Applegates Jane Applegate

[1991]Married to It Iris Morden

[1992]Lincoln Clara Harris - Voice

[1993]Six Degrees of Separation Ouisa

[1994]David's Mother Bea

[1995]Smoke Ruby McNutt

[1995]Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree Miss Adelaide

[1995]To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar Carol Ann

[1996]An Unexpected Family Barbara Whitney

[1996]The First Wives Club Cynthia Swann Griffin

[1996]The Prosecutors Ingrid Maynard

[1996]Edie & Pen Pen

[1996]Moll Flanders Mrs. Allworthy

[1996]Up Close & Personal Marcia McGrath

[1996]Lily Dale Corella

[1998]Practical Magic Aunt Frances

[1998]Twilight Verna

[1998]An Unexpected Life Barbara Whitney

[1998]The Baby Dance Rachel

[1999]The Venice Project Chandra Chase

[2000]Where the Heart Is Sister Husband

[2000]Isn't She Great Florence Maybelle

[2000]The Truth About Jane Janice

[2000]Other Voices Dr. Grover

[2001]The Business of Strangers Julie Styron

[2001]A Girl Thing Dr. Beth Noonan

[2002]Life or Something Like It Deborah Connors

[2002]The Matthew Shepard Story Judy Shepard

[2003]Anything Else Paula Chase

[2003]Behind the Red Door Julia

[2003]The Divorce Margeeve Walker

[2003]Abby Singer

[2003]Bright Young Things Mrs. Melrose Ape

[2003]The Piano Man's Daughter Lily Kilworth

[2004]Jack Anne

[2005]Red Mercury Penelope

[2005]Must Love Dogs Dolly

[2005]3 Needles Olive Cowie, the Porn Actor's Mother

[2007]Sparkle Sheila

[2010]Sundays at Tiffany's Vivian Claremont

[2010]Multiple Sarcasms Pamela

[2011]17th Precinct Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley

[2012]Family Trap Barbara

[2013]Pulling Strings Virginia

[2016]Me & Mean Margaret Margaret


Stockard Channing TV Shows

Love, American Style Marsha Sue

Calling Dr. Gannon Shirley

Lucan Mickey MacElwaine

Stockard Channing in Just Friends Susan Hughes

The Stockard Channing Show Susan Goodenow

Echoes in the Darkness Susan Reinert

[ 1972-1988]Sesame Street Mad Painter's Victim

Trying Times Hilda Bundt

Road to Avonlea Viola Elliot

King of the Hill Mrs. Holloway

[ 1999-2000]Batman of the Future Barbara Gordon

The Wonderful World of Disney Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer

Hitler: The Rise of Evil Klara Hitler

[ 2005-2006]Out of Practice Dr. Lydia Barnes

[ 1999-2006]The West Wing Abbey Bartlet

Mania Rizzo

Banda sonora Rizzo

The Cleveland Show Lydia Waterman

[ 2012-2016]The Good Wife Veronica Loy

The Mysteries of Laura Brenda Phillips

The Guest Book Jill

Difficult People Bonnie Kessler

Urban Myths Elizabeth Taylor

Stockard Channing Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities

Olivier Awards - 1993 - Best Actress

Stockard ChanningSix Degrees Of Separation

Drama League Awards - 1991 - Distinguished Performance Award

Stockard Channing, Six Degrees of Separation

Obie Awards - 1991 - Performance

Stockard Channing, Six Degrees of Separation

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1991 - Best Actress - Play

Stockard Channing Six Degress of Separation

Drama Desk Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Stockard Channing, Six Degrees of Separation

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Stockard Channing News


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Frank Langella's ANGRY NEIGHBORS Will Play Berlin Film Festival

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Stockard Channing FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Stockard Channing has appeared on Broadway in 15 shows.

Stockard Channing has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

Stockard Channing's first West End show was Apologia which opened in 2017

Stockard Channing has been nominated for several awards throughout her career, including Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Other Desert Cities" and "The Lion in Winter." She was also nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Other Desert Cities," "Hapgood," and "Women in Mind." Channing received nominations for Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Pal Joey" and won the Best Actress Olivier Award for "Six Degrees of Separation." Additionally, she was nominated for various other accolades, such as the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards, Performance at the Obie Awards, and Best Actress - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for her roles in different productions.

Stockard Channing has won several awards, including the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League Awards for "Six Degrees of Separation," a Performance award from the Obie Awards for the same show, an Outstanding Actress - Play award from the Drama Desk Awards for "Women in Mind," and the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Tony Award for "Joe Egg."

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