Christine Lahti
- Actress
- Director
- Soundtrack
Christine Lahti was born April 4, 1950 in Birmingham, Michigan, to
Elizabeth Margaret (Tabar), a painter and nurse, and Paul Theodore
Lahti, a surgeon. She is of half Finnish and half Austro-Hungarian
descent. She studied fine arts at Florida State University and received
a bachelors degree in drama from the University of Michigan. In New
York, Christine worked as a waitress and did commercials before she
found her breakthrough role in
And Justice for All (1979)
with Al Pacino. She received an Academy Award
nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in
Swing Shift (1984) and won an Academy
Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for
Lieberman in Love (1995) in
which she starred and directed. Throughout her acting career, Christine
primarily focused on television, with performances in
Chicago Hope (1994), and
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
