Christine Baranski
Biography
Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York to Virginia and Lucien Baranski, who edited a Polish-language newspaper. She is of Polish descent. Baranski attended Villa Maria Academy, after which she studied at Juilliard. She has been married to actor Matthew Cowles since 1983. Baranski's Broadway credits include : The Real Thing, Hurlyburly, The House of Blue Leaves, Rumors, Regrets Only and Follies. She has won both the Tony and Drama Desk Award twice. Baranski had a role as Cybill Shepherd's hard-drinking friend Maryanne Thorpe in the CBS sitcom Cybill, which ran from 1995 until 1998, during which time she hosted Saturday Night Live. She had an uncredited role in the series Now and Again as the voice of Roger's overbearing wife Ruth, who was never seen by viewers. She later appeared in the 2000-2001 sitcom Welcome to New York and, with John Larroquette, in the 2003-2004 NBC sitcom Happy Family. Her film credits include Addams Family Values, Chicago, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bulworth, Bowfinger, The Birdcage, and Cruel Intentions. Baranski appeared in the title role in the Kennedy Center's production of Mame in 2006.
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Martha May Whovier
A Bad Moms Christmas
Ruth
Bowfinger
Carol
9½ Weeks
Thea
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas
Lee Bellmont
To Dance With the White Dog
Kate
Playing for Time
Olga
Lovesick
Nymphomanic
Falling for Grace
Bree Barrington
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
Julie Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hayfever
Judith Bliss
Tina
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christmas on the Square
Regina
On Broadway
Self
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Tanya
Every Act Of Life
Self
Michael Jackson's Halloween
Mrs. Grau (voice)
A Bad Moms Christmas
Ruth
Trolls
Chef (voice)
Into the Woods
Stepmother
Yellowbird
Janet (voice)
Foodfight!
Hedda Shopper (voice)
Who Is Simon Miller?
Amanda
The Bounty Hunter
Kitty Hurley
Mamma Mia!
Tanya
Falling for Grace
Bree Barrington
Bonneville
Francine Holden Packard
Relative Strangers
Arleen Clayton
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas
Lee Bellmont
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Amelia von Butch (voice)
Ghost Whisperer - Staffel 1
Faith Clancy (2 episodes, 2005)
Welcome To Mooseport
Charlotte Cole
Eloise at Christmastime
Prunella Stickler
Marci X
Mary Ellen Spinkle
Eloise at the Plaza
Prunella Stickler
Chicago
Mary Sunshine
The Guru
Chantal
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
Julie Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Martha May Whovier
Bowfinger
Carol
Cruel Intentions
Bunny Caldwell
Get Bruce - Mit der Lizenz zum Lachen
Herself
Bulworth
Constance Bulworth
The Odd Couple II
Thelma
The Birdcage
Katharine
Jeffrey
Ann Marwood Bartle
New Jersey Drive
Prosecutor
Kamikaze College
Mrs. Margaret 'Maggie' Higgs
The War
Miss Strapford
The Ref
Connie Chasseur
To Dance With the White Dog
Kate
Addams Family Values
Becky Martin-Granger
The Night We Never Met
Lucy
Life With Mikey
Carol
Reversal Of Fortune
Andrea Reynolds, Claus' Girlfriend
The Pick-up Artist
Harriet
Bunny Flingus
Legal Eagles
Carol Freeman
9½ Weeks
Thea
Pechvögel
Maxine
Lovesick
Nymphomanic
Soup for One
Blonde in Bar
Playing for Time
Olga
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self - Audience Member
