CHRISTINE BARANSKI

Actress

One of the entertainment industry’s most honored actresses, Christine Baranski is an Emmy Award, two-time Tony Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Drama Desk Award 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 Award, American Comedy Award and SAG Award for her performance in the hit series “Cybill,” in addition to three subsequent Emmy Award nominations. Baranski received a total of five Emmy Award 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 Award nominations and two Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations for her performance on the CBS series.  She then starred as the character in the critically acclaimed spinoff “The Good Fight."  Baranski has been nominated for four Critics’ Choice Television Awards, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination and TCA Award nomination, for her performance in the spinoff.

 Baranski can 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. The series was recently renewed for a third season.

 Additionally, Baranski is currently in production for Season 2 of Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers”, playing the role of “Victoria.” The series is based on the psychological thriller novel of the same name, written by Liane Moriarty. Other cast members include, Nicole Kidman, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon, Annie Murphy, 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,” and more.    

 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.