Christine Baranski

Baranski first gained widespread attention as Maryann Thorpe on the sitcom Cybill, a role that won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She later took on the role of Diane Lockhart, a lawyer with a sharp wit, in The Good Wife and its spin-off The Good Fight, earning multiple Emmy nominations. More recently, she has played Agnes van Rhijn in the period drama The Gilded Age. She also appeared as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory, a recurring part that brought her four more Emmy nominations.

Her film career includes memorable turns in Reversal of Fortune, The Birdcage, Cruel Intentions, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Chicago. She starred in Mamma Mia! and its sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, as well as Into the Woods. On Broadway, she has won two Tony Awards: one for The Real Thing and another for Rumors. She has also performed in Hurlyburly, The House of Blue Leaves, and Boeing Boeing. In 2002, she took on the role of Mrs. Lovett in a Kennedy Center production of Sweeney Todd. With such a range, she remains one of the few performers who can claim success in sitcoms, legal dramas, musicals, and Shakespeare alike.