Christine Baranski

Q: Has Christine Baranski won any awards?

Yes, Christine Baranski has won multiple awards including two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She has also received several Emmy nominations for her television work.

Q: What was Christine Baranski's first film?

Christine Baranski's first film was 'Taking Off' released in 1971, where she played a small role. She later appeared in various films that showcased her talent.

Q: What are some of Christine Baranski's most successful films?

Some of Christine Baranski's most successful films include 'Mamma Mia!,' 'Into the Woods,' and 'Chicago.' These films have enjoyed both commercial success and critical acclaim.

Q: What is known about Christine Baranski's personal life?

Christine Baranski was married to actor Matthew Cowles until his passing in 2014. She has two daughters, Isabel and Lily, both of whom are involved in the arts.

Q: What is Christine Baranski's estimated net worth?

Christine Baranski's estimated net worth is reported to be around $14 million, reflecting her successful career in film, television, and theater.

Q: What milestones has Christine Baranski achieved in her career?

Christine Baranski has achieved significant milestones including two Tony Awards, multiple Emmy nominations, and starring roles in major television series and films that have left a lasting impact.

Q: What is Christine Baranski's acting style?

Christine Baranski is known for her strong comedic timing and dramatic range. Her ability to seamlessly switch between humor and serious roles is a hallmark of her acting style.

Known for

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

IMDb 6.3 / 10

2000 / Comedy, Family / 104 min

Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos...

Mamma Mia! (2008)

IMDb 6.5 / 10

2008 / Comedy, Musical / 108 min

An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on a Greek island is about to marry off the spirited young daughter she's raised...

Trolls (2016)

IMDb 6.4 / 10

2016 / Adventure, Animation / 92 min

Lovable and friendly, the trolls love to play around. But one day, a mysterious giant shows up to end the party. Poppy, the optimistic...

Name

Christine Baranski

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

2 May 1952, Buffalo, New York, USA

Spouses

Matthew Cowles (1983–2014)

Children

2; Isabel Cowles, Lily Cowles

Parents

Eleanor (née McCarty) Baranski, L. William Baranski

Estimated Net Worth

$14 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2023	TV Praise Petey Petey is a New York City “it” girl who has it all until her life comes crashing down around her....	White (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours Renée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Met in the world-premiere production of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s...	Host	Not rated
2022	Movie Hopper: An American Love Story Countless painters, photographers, filmmakers and musicians have been influenced by Hopper's art – but who was he, and how did...	Josephine Hopper (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2022	TV Be My Guest with Ina Garten Ina Garten welcomes fun, interesting people into her home for food and conversation.	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2022	TV The Gilded Age It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern...	Agnes van Rhijn	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2021	TV Nine Perfect Strangers At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path...	Victoria O'Clair	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2020	Movie Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square A rich and nasty woman returns to her hometown to evict everyone but discovers the true meaning of Christmas thanks...	Regina Fuller	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2020	Movie Give My Regards to Broadway John Lithgow, Christine Baranski, Brian Stokes Mitchell and other Broadway stars on how the Broadway community has responded to COVID-19,...	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie On Broadway An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks...	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2018	Movie Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan...	Tanya	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2018	TV Fancy Nancy Meet Nancy Clancy, a high-spirited young girl whose imagination and enthusiasm for all that is exquisite transforms the ordinary into...	Mrs. Devine (voice)	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2018	Movie Every Act of Life The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2017	Movie Michael Jackson's Halloween The one-hour animated special, packed with the vocal talents of some of your favorite CBS stars and the King of...	Mrs. Grau (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2017	TV Young Sheldon The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.	Beverly Hofstadter	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	Movie A Bad Moms Christmas Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super...	Ruth Mitchell	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	TV The Good Fight Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam...	Diane Lockhart	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie Miss Sloane An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.	Evelyn Sumner	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	Movie Trolls After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set...	Chef (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	TV Sinatra: All or Nothing at All An up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. Told in his own words...	Ruth Berle (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie Into the Woods In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the...	Stepmother	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	Movie Yellowbird Yellowbird lives in the ruins of an old house. He lacks the confidence to leave his home, no matter how...	Janet (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2014	TV BoJack Horseman Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not...	Amanda Hannity (voice)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2012	Movie Foodfight! The evil Brand X joins a supermarket that becomes a city after closing time.	Hedda Shopper (voice)	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2011	Movie Who Is Simon Miller? Like most families, the Millers have their challenges. Simon's frequent business trips have created some distance between him and the...	Amanda	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2010	TV Regular Show The surreal misadventures of two best friends - a blue jay and a raccoon - as they seek to liven...	Guardian (voice)	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2010	Movie The Bounty Hunter Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, thinks he's seeing an upswing in fortune when he gets a call to bring...	Kitty Hurley	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2009	TV The Good Wife Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and...	Diane Lockhart	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2008	Movie Mamma Mia! A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's...	Tanya Chesham-Leigh	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	TV The Big Bang Theory Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves...	Beverly Hofstadter	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	TV Ugly Betty Wannabe writer Betty Suarez is a plain girl from Queens, who is smart, hardworking and savvy but lacks a fashionable...	Victoria Hartley	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2006	Movie Bonneville Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden enlists her two best friends and sets off in a vintage...	Francine Holden Packard	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2006	TV Psych Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a...	Alice Clayton	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2006	Movie Relative Strangers An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.	Arleen Clayton	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2006	Movie Falling for Grace Grace is a Chinese American who longs to be a part of New York's high society. At a socialite event,...	Bree Barrington	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2005	Movie Recipe for a Perfect Christmas The holiday season is turned upside down for a neophyte food critic JJ (Pope) when her uninhibited mother (Baranski) shows...	Lee Bellmont	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2005	TV Ghost Whisperer Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense...	Faith Clancy	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2005	Movie Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang become involved in a supernatural mystery in Egypt.	Amelia von Butch (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2005	TV American Dad! The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and...	Homeless Woman (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Welcome to Mooseport A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides...	Charlotte Cole	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2003	Movie Eloise at Christmastime Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. The owner's daughter is getting...	Prunella Stickler the Events Coordinator	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2003	TV Happy Family Peter and Annie are constantly trying to find time without the kids and their problems, but while attempting to maintain...	Annie Brennan	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	Movie Marci X Marci Feld, a pampered Jewish-American Princess, doesn’t know about rap or the business world. But everything changes after rapper Dr....	Sen. Mary Ellen Spinkle	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2003	Movie Eloise at the Plaza Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her caretaker "Nanny" watches over...	Prunella Stickler the Events Coordinator	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2002	Movie Chicago Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep...	Mary Sunshine	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2002	TV Presidio Med Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January 2003. The series centers...	Dr. Terry Howland	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2002	Movie The Guru Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and...	Chantal	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2000	Movie Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf A tiny elf with big dreams learns a valuable lesson as he saves his village and helps create the huge...	Flo (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	Movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and...	Martha May Whovier	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2000	TV Welcome to New York Welcome to New York is a television sitcom that aired on CBS. The show starred Jim Gaffigan, who played a...	Marsha Bickner	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1999	Movie Bowfinger On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to...	Carol	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1999	TV The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until 2004. Kilborn left The Daily...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1999	Movie Cruel Intentions Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends....	Bunny Caldwell	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	TV Family Guy Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and...	Newport Heiress (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1999	TV Family Guy Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and...	Christine Baranski (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1999	Movie Get Bruce! Affectionate tribute to Bruce Vilanch, who writes material for celebrities who make public appearances, from Oscar hosts and award recipients...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie Bulworth A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with...	Constance Bulworth	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1998	Movie The Odd Couple II Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in...	Thelma	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1997	TV The Wonderful World of Disney Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954....	Unknown character	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	Movie Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her life and career.	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1996	TV The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell....	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1996	Movie The Birdcage A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their...	Katharine Archer	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1996	TV 3rd Rock from the Sun The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet --...	Sonja Umdahl	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1995	Movie Jeffrey Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate...	Ann Marwood Bartle	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie New Jersey Drive Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the...	Prosecutor	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	TV Cybill Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July...	Maryann Thorpe	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1994	Movie Getting In Gabriel Higgs has failed to get into Johns Hopkins to study medicine. He's sixth on a list of backup candidates,...	Mrs. Margaret 'Maggie' Higgs	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1994	Movie The War The son of a Vietnam War Veteran must deal with neighborhood bullies as well as his dad's post-traumatic stress disorder...	Miss Strapford	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1994	Movie The Ref A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.	Connie Chasseur	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1993	Movie To Dance with the White Dog When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.	Kate	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1993	Movie Addams Family Values Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by...	Becky Martin-Granger	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	TV Frasier After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist...	Nora Fairchild	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1993	Movie Life with Mikey Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl...	Carol	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1993	Movie The Night We Never Met Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy,...	Lucy	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1992	Movie Buying a Landslide Republican Senator Walter Partin trails Democrat Philip Kautsky in the polls and will shortly face him in a televised debate....	Blair Bennett	Not rated
1990	Movie Reversal of Fortune Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan...	Andrea Reynolds	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Children's Rights Attorney Rose Siegal	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Katherine Masucci-Beigal	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1990	TV Romy Award	Self - Presenter	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Christine Baranski (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1987	Movie The Pick-up Artist A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to...	Harriet	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1987	Movie The House of Blue Leaves On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation,...	Bunny Flingus	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	TV American Masters American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers,...	Josephine Nivison Hopper	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Legal Eagles District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly...	Carol Freeman	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1986	Movie Nine 1/2 Weeks An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with...	Thea	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1985	Movie A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair...	Helena	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1985	TV The Equalizer Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting...	Victoria Baines	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1984	Movie Crackers Down-and-out Weslake is reduced to minding the counter at a San Francisco pawn shop when he stumbles onto a scheme...	Maxine	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1983	Movie Lovesick Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.	Nymphomaniac	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1982	Movie Soup for One A neurotic young New Yorker believes he has found his perfect match and desperately tries to win her over.	Blonde In Bar	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1980	Movie Playing for Time When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned...	Olga	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Presenter	Not rated
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie All That She Wants Emma desperately wants a baby but as she sets about getting her life in order to make it happen, she...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Bad Moms' Moms Third installment of the 'Bad Moms' comedy franchise.	Ruth	Not rated

The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

2022

Hopper: An American Love Story

2022 / TMDB 7.2

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

2020 / TMDB 5.8

Give My Regards to Broadway

2020

On Broadway

2019 / TMDB 8.7

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

2018 / TMDB 7.1

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Christine Baranski

Known for

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Mamma Mia! (2008)

Trolls (2016)

Personal details

Credits

Latest Release

The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

Hopper: An American Love Story

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

Give My Regards to Broadway

On Broadway

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

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