One of the entertainment industry’s most honored actresses, Christine Baranski is an Emmy, two-time Tony, Screen Actors Guild, Drama Desk, 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 a second Tony Award for her performance in Neil Simon’s Rumors. She also won an Emmy, American Comedy and SAG Award for her role in the hit series Cybill, in addition to three subsequent Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. She received a total of 5 Emmy nominations for her guest roles on Frasier and The Big Bang Theory. As the formidable Diane Lockhart, Baranski received six Emmy nominations and two Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations on CBS’s The Good Wife. Currently, she stars as the character in the critically acclaimed series The Good Fight on CBS All Access. The ground-breaking drama series is currently in its fourth season on the streaming service and has garnered an early season five renewal.

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.

Additional film credits include 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, among others. Next, she will be seen in the Netflix feature Christmas on the Square.

Baranski received an Honorary Doctorate from Juilliard and in 2018, she was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

A Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award-nominated writing team, Robert and Michelle King have been creative collaborators for 20 years and married for over 30 years. In addition to The Good Fight and The Good Wife, in 2016 they created BrainDead, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Tveit, and Danny Pino, on the Network, and the 2006 drama In Justice, about the wrongly accused and imprisoned, starring Kyle MacLachlan and Jason O’Mara. Currently, they serve as the showrunners and executive producers of the hit CBS psychological mystery series Evil and executive producers of the upcoming Showtime limited series Your Honor, starring Bryan Cranston.

Prior to their work in television, Michelle worked in development at various studios and production companies, while Robert wrote a dozen produced feature films, including the mountain-climbing action feature Vertical Limit, starring Chris O’Donnell, and Red Corner, starring Richard Gere.

Robert and Michelle have been honored by their peers from the American Film Institute, the Writers Guild of America, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, as well as the Television Critics Association. In addition to creative recognition, the Kings were awarded the Sidney Lumet Award for Integrity in Entertainment, the Humanitas Prize and the prestigious Peabody Award.

David Canfield is a Staff Editor for Entertainment Weekly, where he oversees the magazine's books section. He has appeared on NPR, SiriusXM, and more as an expert on the publishing industry, and is a National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award finalist. He lives in Los Angeles with his partner.