Christine Baranski's Real Name: Christine Jane Baranski

Quick answer: The actress is known professionally as Christine Baranski. Encyclopedia.com and TV Guide independently give the name Christine Jane Baranski and place the birth in Buffalo, New York. Encyclopedia.com dates the birth to May 2, 1952.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers identify her under the professional name Christine Baranski and give the name Christine Jane Baranski. Encyclopedia.com dates the birth to May 2, 1952, in Buffalo, New York, and records a B.A. from the Juilliard School of Music and Dramatic Arts in 1974. TV Guide independently gives the birth name Christine Jane Baranski, places the birth in Buffalo, New York, and says she graduated from The Juilliard School, which later gave her an honorary doctorate in 2016.

Career highlights

Encyclopedia.com records a Broadway debut in Hide and Seek in 1980, later Tony Awards for best featured actress in a play for The Real Thing (1984) and Rumors (1989), a 1982 Obie Award for A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a 1995 Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for Cybill, on which she played Maryann Thorpe from 1995 to 1998. TV Guide independently says she got her big break in the Broadway play The Real Thing and records a 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Encyclopedia.com also lists later film ensemble work in The Birdcage (1996 Screen Actors Guild Award, with others) and Chicago (2003 Screen Actors Guild Award, with others), and later stage work as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at the Kennedy Center in 2002, plus earlier Broadway work in Hurlyburly (1985) and The House of Blue Leaves (1986). It also lists later television work including Welcome to New York (2000) and Happy Family (2003), the later films How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Chicago, and a 1999 Emmy nomination for a guest appearance on Frasier. TV Guide independently records later Screen Actors Guild ensemble awards, including a 2003 award for the cast of a theatrical motion picture, and later drama-series Emmy nominations.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Christine Baranski or Christine Jane Baranski are looking for the same actress, including the later stage and television work most often associated with her name. Search traffic often uses the professional name Christine Baranski in many later stage and television lookups.