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.
