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Christine Jane Baranski is an American actress, singer, and producer. She is a 15-time Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom Cybill (1995–98). Baranski has received further critical acclaim for her performance as Diane Lockhart in the legal drama series The Good Wife (2009–2016) and its spinoff series The Good Fight (2017–present), as well as her recurring role as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2009–2019) for which she received four Emmy nominations. She is also known for her roles in numerous successful TV films, such as her portrayal of Kate in To Dance with the White Dog (1993), Prunella Stickler in Eloise at the Plaza, and Eloise at Christmastime, and Amanda in Who Is Simon Miller? (2011).
Birth Name
Christine Jane Baranski
Born
Friday, 02 May 1952
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
Praise Petey | White | 2023 |
The Gilded Age | Agnes Van Rhijn | 2022 |
Fairfax | Joyce | 2021 |
CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
On Broadway | Self / Self - Interviewee | 2021 |
Tina | Self | 2021 |
Christmas on the Square | Regina / Regina Fuller | 2020 |
Magical Girl Friendship Squad | Verus | 2020 |
Archibald's Next Big Thing | Madame Baroness | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
Praise Petey | White | 2023 |
The Gilded Age | Agnes Van Rhijn | 2022 |
Fairfax | Joyce | 2021 |
CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
On Broadway | Self / Self - Interviewee | 2021 |
Tina | Self | 2021 |
Christmas on the Square | Regina / Regina Fuller | 2020 |
Magical Girl Friendship Squad | Verus | 2020 |
Archibald's Next Big Thing | Madame Baroness | 2019 |
The Bravest Knight | The Red Dragon / The Dragon | 2019 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Tanya | 2018 |
Fancy Nancy | Mrs. Devine (voice) / Mrs. Devine | 2018 |
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2018 |
Every Act of Life | Herself / Self | 2018 |
A Bad Moms Christmas | Ruth / Ruth Mitchell | 2017 |
Michael Jackson's Halloween | Mrs. Grau (voice) / Mrs. Grau | 2017 |
Young Sheldon | Beverly Hofstadter | 2017 |
Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales | Miz McDonnell | 2017 |
Spirit Riding Free | Miz McDonnell | 2017 |
The Good Fight | Diane Lockhart | 2017 |
Miss Sloane | Evelyn Sumner | 2016 |
Trolls | Chef (voice) / Chef | 2016 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest / Fake Melania | 2015 |
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
The Loud House | Joyce Crandall | 2015 |
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Ruth Berle | 2015 |
The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | Self - Presenter | 2014 |
Into the Woods | Stepmother | 2014 |
Yellowbird | Janet (voice) / Janet | 2014 |
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2014 |
BoJack Horseman | Amanda Hannity | 2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Foodfight! | Hedda Shopper | 2012 |
CBS This Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self -Singer | 2011 |
Who Is Simon Miller? | Amanda | 2011 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2010 |
The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
West Wing Week | Self | 2010 |
The Bounty Hunter | Kitty Hurley | 2010 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Singer | 2009 |
The Good Wife | Diane Lockhart | 2009 |
Regular Show | Guardian | 2009 |
What's the Name of the Dame? | Self | 2009 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Singer | 2008 |
Mamma Mia! | Tanya / Tanya Chesham-Leigh | 2008 |
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2008 |
The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Beverly Hofstadter | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Singer | 2006 |
Ugly Betty | Victoria Hartley | 2006 |
Bonneville | Francine Holden Packard / Francine | 2006 |
Psych | Alice Clayton | 2006 |
Relative Strangers | Arleen Clayton | 2006 |
Falling for Grace | Bree Barrington | 2006 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2005 |
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas | Lee Bellmont | 2005 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Ghost Whisperer | Faith Clancy | 2005 |
Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? | Amelia von Butch (voice) / Amelia von Butch | 2005 |
American Dad! | Homeless Woman | 2005 |
The Insider | Herself (archive footage) | 2004 |
Welcome to Mooseport | Charlotte Cole | 2004 |
Spellbound | 2004 | |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2003 |
Happy Family | Annie Brennan | 2003 |
Marci X | Mary Ellen Spinkle | 2003 |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself - Guest | 2003 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2002 |
Chicago | Mary Sunshine | 2002 |
Presidio Med | Dr. Terry Howland | 2002 |
The Guru | Chantal | 2002 |
Citizen Baines | Glenn Ferguson Baines Welch | 2001 |
Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf | Flo / Flo (voice) | 2000 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Martha May Whovier | 2000 |
Welcome to New York | Marsha Bickner | 2000 |
Saturday Night Live 25 | Self - Audience Member | 1999 |
Now and Again | Ruth Bender | 1999 |
Bowfinger | Carol | 1999 |
Cruel Intentions | Bunny Caldwell | 1999 |
Family Guy | Newport Heiress / Christine Baranski | 1999 |
Get Bruce | Herself / Self | 1999 |
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards | Self | 1998 |
Bulworth | Constance Bulworth | 1998 |
The Odd Couple II | Thelma | 1998 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1997 |
The Wonderful World of Disney | Prunella Stickler | 1997 |
The 51st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1997 |
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 1997 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
The 50th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1996 |
3rd Rock from the Sun | Sonja Umdahl | 1996 |
The Birdcage | Katharine / Katharine Archer | 1996 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1995 |
Jeffrey | Ann Marwood Bartle | 1995 |
New Jersey Drive | Prosecutor | 1995 |
Cybill | Maryann Thorpe / Anne Boleyn | 1995 |
Getting In | Mrs. Margaret 'Maggie' Higgs | 1994 |
The War | Miss Strapford | 1994 |
Extra | Self | 1994 |
The Ref | Connie / Connie Chasseur | 1994 |
To Dance with the White Dog | Kate | 1993 |
Addams Family Values | Becky Martin-Granger | 1993 |
Frasier | Dr. Nora Fairchild | 1993 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
Life with Mikey | Carol | 1993 |
The Night We Never Met | Lucy | 1993 |
Reversal of Fortune | Andrea Reynolds | 1990 |
Law & Order | Katherine Masucci Beigel / Rose Siegal | 1990 |
The Simpsons | Christine Baranski | 1989 |
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1989 |
The Thorns | Polly | 1988 |
The Pick-up Artist | Harriet | 1987 |
Legal Eagles | Carol Freeman | 1986 |
9½ Weeks | Thea | 1986 |
The Equalizer | Victoria Baines | 1985 |
The 38th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1984 |
Crackers | Maxine | 1984 |
Lovesick | Nymphomanic | 1983 |
Soup for One | Blonde in Bar | 1982 |
American Playhouse | Bunny Flingus | 1982 |
Entertainment Tonight | Self / Herself | 1981 |
Playing for Time | Olga | 1980 |
Saturday Night Live | Self / Julie Andrews / Gail Henderson / Self - Host | 1975 |
Great Performances | Self - Performer | 1971 |
Bad Moms' Moms | Ruth | 1012 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Good Fight | 2017 |
Welcome to New York | 2000 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
2014 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2013 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2011 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
2009 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
1997 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
1996 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
1996 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Won |