Christine Baranski is one of the entertainment industry’s most honored actresses. She 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 earned an Emmy nomination for her current role 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. 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: The Birdcage, Chicago, Mama Mia!, Mama Mia! Here We Go Again, Into the Woods, Bowfinger, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bad Moms Christmas, Reversal of Fortune, Cruel Intentions, Bullworth, Miss Sloane, Trolls, Dolly Parton’s ‘Christmas on the Square,’ and Adam’s Family Values.

Previous stage credits include: Sweeney Todd (Helen Hayes Award),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), Mame at The Kennedy Center, Encores! productions of Follies, and Promises, Promises. Baranski received an Honorary Doctorate from Juilliard, and in 2018, was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

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Christine Baranski is one of the entertainment industry’s most honored actresses. She 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 earned an Emmy nomination for her current role 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. 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: The Birdcage, Chicago, Mama Mia!, Mama Mia! Here We Go Again, Into the Woods, Bowfinger, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bad Moms Christmas, Reversal of Fortune, Cruel Intentions, Bullworth, Miss Sloane, Trolls, Dolly Parton’s ‘Christmas on the Square,’ and Adam’s Family Values.

Previous stage credits include: Sweeney Todd (Helen Hayes Award),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), Mame at The Kennedy Center, Encores! productions of Follies, and Promises, Promises. Baranski received an Honorary Doctorate from Juilliard, and in 2018, was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.