Christine Lahti was born on the 4th April 1950 in Birmingham, Michigan, USA of part-Finnish descent, and is an actress. She is the winner of an Academy Award for the Live Action Short Film “Lieberman in Love” and has also won a number of other awards. Lahti has been active in the entertainment industry since 1973.
How much is the net worth of Christine Lahti? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $2 million, as of the data presented in mid-2017. Acting is the major source of Lahti’s net worth.
Christine Lahti Net Worth $2 Million
To begin with, Christine was raised in Birmingham. At first, Lahti majored in Art at Florida State University, however, later she continued her studies at the University of Michigan earning a Bachelor’s degree in drama, while also a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. While still a student she joined a pantomime troupe and toured in Europe.
After finishing college, Lahti moved to New York City, where she worked as a waitress and did commercials. Her breakthrough was landed in the movie “And Justice for All” (1979) in which Al Pacino had a role, too. She appeared on TV for the first time in 1979 in the series “The Executioner’s Song”. Concerning her further career, Christine Lahti has already been awarded all the major film and television awards in the USA. In 1996, together with Jana Sue Memel, she received an Oscar for the short film “Lieberman In Love”, in which she had served as a director and actress. In 1985, she was nominated for the Oscar for her supporting role in the film “Swing Shift”. Moreover, she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award as the Best Supporting Actress. In 1988, Lahti landed her lead role in the drama film directed by Sidney Lumet “Running on Empty”, and won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award as the Best Actress. In 1990, she won a Golden Globe for her acting performance in the television drama “No Place Like Home”. What is more, the actress has won Emmy, Golden Globe and Satellite Awards for her role in the series “Chicago Hope” (1995 – 1999), not to count a number of nominations received for the above mentioned role. In 2000, Christine was nominated for the Golden Glove Award in the category of the Best Actress for her role of Lyssa Dent Hughes in the film “An American Daughter” by Sheldon Larry. Again, Lahti portrayed the main character in the drama series “Jack & Bobby” (2004 – 2005) for which she received nominations for Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards. Recently, she starred in the comedy drama film “Operator” (2016) by Logan Kibens and appeared in the episode of the series “The Good Fight” (2017).
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, Christine Lahti married television director Thomas Schlamme in 1983; the two have three children, and the family resides in Los Angeles.
Full Name
Christine Lahti
Net Worth
$2 Million
Date Of Birth
April 4, 1950
Place Of Birth
Birmingham, Michigan, United States
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Profession
Actress, Director, Filmmaker
Education
Fine Arts at Florida State University, University of Michigan
Nationality
American
Spouse
Thomas Schlamme (m. 1983)
Children
Emma Schlamme, Wilson Schlamme, Joseph Schlamme
Parents
Elizabeth Margaret (née Tabar), Paul Theodore Lahti
Siblings
Carol Lahti, Catherine Lahti, Linda Lahti, Paul Jr. Lahti, James Lahti
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Awards
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film (1995), Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award as the Best Actress, Golden Glove Award - Best Actress (2000), Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Satellite Awards
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Awards
Movies
“Lieberman in Love” (1995), “And Justice for All” (1979), “Swing Shift” (1985), “Running on Empty” (1988), “An American Daughter” (2000), “Operator” (2016)
TV Shows
“The Executioner's Song” (1979), “No Place Like Home”, “Chicago Hope” (1995 – 1999), “Jack & Bobby” (2004 – 2005), “The Good Fight” (2017)
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Deep smooth voice
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[on her college years in Ann Arbor] I was a hippie, but not a good one. I was secretly ambitious. I'd secretly watched the Academy Awards, which was definitely not cool.
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[on her role in "Just Between Friends") Sandy was the closest to me of any character I've played.
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(1998) I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar. I was so hooked on cigarettes that I allowed them to control my life. I had started smoking when I was 14 and after 20 years was up to 2 1/2 packs a day. I stay disciplined about eating right and working out now because once you get rid of something that self-destructive, you don't want unhealthy behavior anywhere in your life.
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She was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue for Outstanding Performance for "Three Hotels" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Studied with William Esper and Uta Hagen.
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Lzahti designated "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" and "Long Day's Journey into Night" as her favorite films in an AFI poll.
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She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
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Graduated from Florida State University.
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Worked as a waitress in the Original Improvisation during her New York years.
Traveled to Scotland with the Ann Arbor Mime Troupe.
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Has never done a nude scene or posed nude in her 25+ years in show business.
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Protested alongside fellow actresses Sally Field & Jane Fonda, and playwright Eve Ensler urging the Mexican government to re-investigate the slayings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexico-Texas border. (February 2004)
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Her father was of Finnish descent and her mother was of Austro-Hungarian ancestry.
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During her early years in New York, Christine was a waitress and worked in Central Park as a mime.
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Lahti is Finnish for bay or cove.
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Christine was in the bathroom when she won her Golden Globe in 1998. Christine now makes light of this whenever presenting or receiving an award. In 1999, she purposely presented for the Golden Globes with a piece of toilet paper attached to her shoe.
