Christine Lahti is an American actress and film director, known for her Golden Globe/Emmy Award-winning role as Dr. Kathryn Austin on CBS' Chicago Hope. Other television credits include Laurel Hitchin on NBC’s The Blacklist, Doris McGarrett on CBS' Hawaii Five-0, and Executive Assistant District Attorney on Sonya Paxton on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Christine won an Academy Award for Lieberman in Love and a Golden Globe for No Place Like Home. Other film credits include Operator, The Steps, Petunia, Hideaway, Leaving Normal, The Doctor, Running on Empty, Housekeeping, Whose Life Is it Anyway?, and ...And Justice for All.

Broadway credits include her debut as Susan in Loose Ends, Helena in Scenes and Revelations, and Joanna Lyppiatt in Present Laughter (Circle in the Square Theatre); Veronica in God of Carnage (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre); Heidi Holland in The Heidi Chronicles (Plymouth Theatre); and Dianah in Division Street (Ambassador Theatre).