Christine Jane Baranski (lahir 2 Mei 1952) adalah seorang aktris, penyanyi, dan produser Amerika. Dia adalah nominasi Emmy Award 15 kali, menang sekali pada 1995 untuk Aktris Pendukung yang Luar Biasa dalam Serial Komedi untuk perannya sebagai Maryanne Thorpe dalam sitkom Cybill (1995-98). Baranski telah menerima pujian kritis lebih lanjut untuk penampilannya sebagai Diane Lockhart dalam serial drama hukum The Good Wife (2009-2016) dan seri spinoff The Good Fight (2017 – sekarang), serta perannya yang berulang sebagai Dr. Beverly Hofstadter di sitkom The Big Bang Theory (2009 – sekarang) yang telah menerima dua nominasi Emmy. Dia juga dikenal karena perannya dalam banyak Film TV yang sukses, terutama penggambaran Kate dalam To Dance with the White Dog (1993), Prunella Stickler di Eloise in Plaza, dan Eloise in Christmastime (keduanya 2003), dan Amanda di Who is Simon Miller? (2011).
Baranski memenangkan dua Tony Awards untuk Aktris Unggulan Terbaik dalam Bermain untuk produksi Broadway asli dari The Real Thing pada tahun 1984 dan Rumour pada tahun 1989. Kredit Broadway utama lainnya termasuk Hide and Seek (1980), Hurlyburly (1984), The House of Blue Leaves (1986), Nick & Nora (1991), dan Boeing Boeing (2008). Baranski telah membintangi banyak film, termasuk 9½ Weeks (1986), Legal Eagles (1986), Reversal of Fortune (1990), Addams Family Values (1993), Jeffrey (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Bulworth (1998), Cruel Intentions (1999), Bowfinger (1999), Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch steal Christmas (2000), Chicago (2002), Mamma Mia! (2008), The Bounty Hunter (2010), Into the Woods (2014), A Bad Moms Christmas (2017), dan Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018).
Aranski lahir di Buffalo, New York, putri Virginia (née Mazurowski) dan Lucien Baranski, yang mengedit sebuah surat kabar berbahasa Polandia. Dia keturunan Polandia, dan kakek-neneknya adalah aktor di teater Polandia. Baranski dibesarkan di lingkungan Katolik-Polandia di Cheektowaga, tempat ia bersekolah di Akademi Villa Maria. Dia kemudian belajar di Juilliard School, New York City (Drama Division Group 3: 1970–1974) di mana dia lulus dengan gelar Bachelor of Arts pada tahun 1974.
Baranski menikah dengan aktor Matthew Cowles dari Oktober 1983 hingga kematiannya pada 22 Mei 2014. Mereka memiliki dua anak perempuan, Isabel (lahir 1984), seorang pengacara, dan Lily (lahir 1987), seorang aktris. Salah satu putrinya bersekolah di sekolah hukum, lulus ujian pengacara di New York, dan bekerja di kantor pengacara distrik Brooklyn selama menjalankan The Good Wife.
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Busting Loose | Debbie | Episode: "The Decision: Part 1" |
| 1980 | Playing for Time | Olga | TV movie |
| 1982 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | TV movie |
| 1982 | Another World | Beverly Tucker | Unknown episodes |
| 1984 | All My Children | Jewel Maniscalo | Unknown episodes |
| 1985 | Big Shots in America | Cara | TV movie |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Victoria Baines | Episode: "Mama's Boy" |
| 1987 | The House of Blue Leaves | Bunny Flingus | TV movie |
| 1988 | The Thorns | Polly | Episode: "The Maid" |
| 1991 | Law & Order | Katherine Masucci Beigel | Episodes: "The Torrents of Greed Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1992 | Screenplay | Blair Bennett | Episode: "Buying a Landslide" |
| 1993 | To Dance with the White Dog | Kate | TV movie |
| 1994 | Law & Order | Rose Siegal | Episode: "Nurture" |
| 1995–98 | Cybill | Maryanne Thorpe | 87 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1995) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series(1995) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1995, 1996) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series(1996–98) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1995) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (1996) |
| 1996 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Christine Baranski/The Cure" |
| 1997 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Sonja Umdahl | Episode: "Dick and the Single Girl" |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Ruth Bender (voice) | Episode: "Origins"; uncredited |
| 1999 | Frasier | Dr. Nora Fairchild | Episode: "Dr. Nora" Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
| 2000–01 | Welcome to New York | Marsha Bickner | 13 episodes |
| 2001 | Citizen Baines | Glenn Ferguson Baines Welch | Episode: "Three Days in November" |
| 2002 | Presidio Med | Dr. Terry Howland | Episodes: "Pick Your Battles", "Best of Enemies" |
| 2003 | Eloise at the Plaza | Prunella Stickler | TV movie |
| 2003 | Eloise at Christmastime | Prunella Stickler | TV movie |
| 2003–04 | Happy Family | Annie Brennan | 22 episodes |
| 2004 | Spellbound | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Recipe for a Perfect Christmas | Lee Bellmont | TV movie |
| 2005 | Adopted | Judy Rabinowitz | TV movie |
| 2005 | In the Game | TV pilot | |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Faith Clancy | Episodes: "Voices", "The Crossing" |
| 2006 | Inseparable | Barbara | TV movie |
| 2006 | American Dad! | Homeless Woman (voice) | Episode: "Failure Is Not a Factory-installed Option" |
| 2009 | Ugly Betty | Victoria Hartley | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Psych | Alice Clayton | Episode: "He Dead" |
| 2009–2019 | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Beverly Hofstadter | 15 episodes Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016) |
| 2009–2016 | The Good Wife | Diane Lockhart | 156 episodes[25] Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2010–15) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2009, 2010, 2011) |
| 2011 | Who Is Simon Miller? | Amanda | TV movie |
| 2011 | Ugly Americans | Grimes' mummy (voice) | Episode: "Mummy Dearest" |
| 2015 | BoJack Horseman | Amanda Hannity (voice) | Episode: "Hank After Dark" |
| 2013 | Family Guy | Herself (voice) | Episode: "Call Girl" |
| 2017 | Regular Show | Guardian (voice) | Episode: "A Regular Epic Final Battle" |
| 2017–present | The Good Fight | Diane Lockhart | 23 episodes |
| 2017 | Michael Jackson's Halloween | Mrs. Grau (voice) | TV special |
| 2017 | Spirit Riding Free | Miz McDonnell (voice) | Episode: "Lucky and the Long Way Home" |
| 2018 | Fancy Nancy | Mrs. Devine (voice) | 2 episodes |
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