Who is Christine Baranski?
2, including Lily Cowles. Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress and singer. She is a 15-time Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom Cybill (1995–98). Baranski has received further critical acclaim for her performance as …
Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Virginia ( née Mazurowska) and Lucien Baranski, who edited a Polish-language newspaper. She is of Polish descent, and her grandparents were actors in the Polish theater.
Baranski was married to actor Matthew Cowles from October 1983 until his death on May 22, 2014. They have two daughters, Isabel (born 1984), a lawyer, and Lily (born 1987), an actress.
Baranski made her Broadway debut in Hide & Seek in 1980. For her next Broadway performance, in Tom Stoppard ‘s The Real Thing, she won the 1984 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play.
The show closed on January 4, 2009. Baranski also appeared in a one-night-only concert benefit performance of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music for Roundabout Theatre Company as Countess Charlotte Malcolm on January 12, 2009.
Baranski made her Off-Broadway debut in Coming Attractions at Playwrights Horizons in 1980, and has appeared in several Off-Broadway productions at the Manhattan Theatre Club, starting with Sally and Marsha in 1982.
The original cast was Bradley Whitford (Bernard), Kathryn Hahn (Gloria), Christine Baranski (Berthe), …
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