Date of Birth: May 02, 1952 (71)
Birth Place: Buffalo, NY, USA
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One of the entertainment industry’s most honored actresses, Christine Baranski is an Emmy, two-time Tony, Screen Actors Guild, Drama Desk and American Comedy Award winner.
A graduate of The Juilliard School, Baranski received her big break in Tom Stoppard’s hit Broadway comedy The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols, for which she won a Tony Award® and Drama Desk Award.
Baranski went on to earn her second Tony Award® for her performance in Neil Simon’s Rumors. She also won an Emmy, American Comedy and SAG Award for her performance in the hit series “Cybill,” in addition to three subsequent Emmy Award nominations. Baranski received a total of 5 Emmy nominations for her guest roles on “Frasier” and “The Big Bang Theory.”
As the formidable “Diane Lockhart” on “The Good Wife,” Baranski received six Emmy nominations and two Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations for her performance on the CBS series. She currently stars as the character in the critically acclaimed spinoff “The Good Fight,” which was recently renewed for a sixth season on Paramount+. Baranski has been nominated for four Critics’ Choice Television Awards, as well as a Golden Globe nomination and TCA Award nomination, for her performance in the spinoff “The Good Fight.”
Baranski can currently be seen starring as “Agnes Van Rhijn” in the HBO series “The Gilded Age,” from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes. The critically acclaimed series is an epic of the millionaire titans of New York City in the 1880s, and features an ensemble cast that includes Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Coon, Audra McDonald and Morgan Spector, among others.
Additional film credits include Dolly Parton’s Christmas on The Square, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, A Bad Moms Christmas, Mamma Mia!, Trolls, Miss Sloane, Into the Woods, Chicago, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bowfinger, Bulworth, Cruel Intentions, and The Birdcage, among others.
Previous stage credits include Boeing-Boeing, HurlyBurly, The House of Blue Leaves, It’s Only a Play, Lips Together Teeth Apart, The Loman Family Picnic, Regrets Only, Coming Attractions, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Obie Award), Encores! productions of Follies, Promises, Promises, and more.
Baranski received an Honorary Doctorate from Juilliard, and in 2018, was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.
[1982]Soup for One Blonde in Bar
[1983]Lovesick Nymphomanic
[1984]Crackers Maxine
[1986]Legal Eagles Carol Freeman
[1986]9½ Weeks Thea
[1987]The Pick-up Artist Harriet
[1990]Reversal of Fortune Andrea Reynolds
[1993]Life with Mikey Carol
[1993]Addams Family Values Becky Martin-Granger
[1993]The Night We Never Met Lucy
[1994]Getting In Mrs. Margaret Higgs
[1994]The War Miss Strapford
[1994]The Ref Connie
[1995]New Jersey Drive Prosecutor
[1995]Jeffrey Ann Marwood Bartle
[1996]The Birdcage Katharine
[1998]The Odd Couple II Thelma
[1998]Bulworth Constance Bulworth
[1999]Cruel Intentions Bunny Caldwell
[1999]Bowfinger Carol
[2000]How the Grinch Stole Christmas Martha May Whovier
[2002]Chicago Mary Sunshine
[2002]The Guru Chantal
[2003]Marci X Mary Ellen Spinkle
[2004]Welcome to Mooseport Charlotte Cole
[2006]Relative Strangers Arleen Clayton
[2006]Bonneville Francine Holden Packard
[2006]Falling for Grace Bree Barrington
[2008]Mamma Mia! Tanya
[2010]The Bounty Hunter Kitty Hurley
[2012]Foodfight! Hedda Shopper
[2014]Into the Woods Stepmother
[2014]Yellowbird Janet
[2016]Trolls Chef
[2016]Miss Sloane Evelyn Sumner
[2017]A Bad Moms Christmas Ruth
[2018]Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Tanya
[2020]Christmas on the Square Regina
BoJack Horseman Amanda Hannity
Cybill Maryann Thorpe, Anne Boleyn
Family Guy Newport Heiress, Christine Baranski
Happy Family Annie Brennan
Law & Order Katherine Masucci Beigel, Rose Siegal
The Big Bang Theory Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
The Good Fight Diane Lockhart
The Good Wife Diane Lockhart
Welcome to New York Marsha Bickner
Christine BaranskiSweeney Todd
Christine Baranski, Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Christine Baranski, Rumors
Christine Baranski, The Real Thing
Christine Baranski has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows.
Christine Baranski has not appeared in the West End
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Sweeney Todd , Outstanding Featured Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Lips Together, Teeth Apart Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Rumors and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Real Thing .
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Sweeney Todd Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Rumorsand Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Real Thing.
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