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My Take
What I admire most about Christine Baranski is the architecture beneath the glamour. Two Tony Awards before television ever came calling tells you everything: this is a stage-built actress whose timing, diction, and posture were forged in front of live audiences. Her Emmy-winning turn on Cybill proved she could compress that theatrical precision into sitcom rhythm without losing an ounce of elegance. Few performers make wit look so effortless while clearly drawing on decades of discipline. Still commanding major roles in her seventies, she embodies a career model I find genuinely inspiring: never coast, never apologize for sophistication, and let craft do the talking.
Overview
Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress. She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom Cybill (1995–1998).
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Christine Baranski
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスティーン・バランスキー
- Reading
- くりすてぃーん・ばらんすきー
- Born
- May 2, 1952 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Buffalo, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1984 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
- 1989 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
- 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1996 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
- 1996 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- 2002 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
- 1992 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.