Christine Lahti was born on April 1950 in Royal Oak, Michigan. She brought up in Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan, U.S.A. Her father is Paul Theodore Lahti (Surgeon). Christine's mother is Elizabeth M. Lahti (nee Tabor)
(Nurse, painter). She died of Brest Cancer on 23. December 1995 at the age of 75.
As 3rd of 6 children she ha two brothers and three sisters.
With her husband Thomas Schlamme she has 3 children of her own.
Their eldest son Wilson was born on 5. July 1988 im Jsckson MI.
On 3. August 1993 she became mother again. This time she got twins - Joe and Emma.
Education: 1968-72 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; majored in
language, then speech and drama (BA) Florida State
University; majored in fine arts (MA); left school 1973;
studied under Uta Hagen and William Esper
Occupation: waitress (on and off for 2.5 years before becoming an actress),
actress, director, producer.
Critically aclaimed stage, screen and television actress Christine Lahti
likes challenges �� she looks for roles that are unique, divergent and
always challenging. Christine has been working steadily since the mid-'70s,
in an award-winning career that is equally distinguished from Broadway to
film and television. She made her stunning film debut in Norman Jewison's
"...And Justice For All", co-starring opposite Al Pacino. Lahti has also
appeared in acclaimed television programmes like "The Executioner's Song,"
with Tommy Lee Jones, and "The Last Tenant," with Lee Strasberg.
Lahti's feature films include Sidney Lumet's "Running on Empty", "The
Doctor," with William Hurt; "Leaving Normal," with Meg Tilly; "Whose Life Is
It, Anyway?" with Richard Dreyfuss. For her role as Goldie Hawn's best
friend in Jonathan Demme's World War II comedy "Swing Shift," she received
the Best Supporting Actress Award from the New York Film Critics Circle as
well as nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Recent
projects include "Pie in the Sky," with John Goodman, and "Hideaway," with
Jeff Goldblum.
On the New York stage, Lahti starred in Wendy Wasserstein's "The Heidi
Chronicles." She received an Obie Award for her performance in the revival
of Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders." Other stage credits include Noel
Coward's "Present Laughter," and revivals of John Guare's "Landscape of the
Body" and Clifford Odets' "The Country Girl." Lahti won a Theatre World
Award for her role in David Mamet's "The Woods." A highly esteemed stage
actress, Christine was most recently seen on-stage in "Three Hotels"
co-starring with Richard Dreyfuss at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
She also appeared in Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke" and in A.R.
Gurney's "Love Letters."
She was selected by TV Guide as one of the "Top 10 Performers" for her
current role; starring as the forward-thinking, life-affirming
cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Katherine (Kate) Austin.
