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ROSE
While in college, Rose met the adventuresome and carefree Hal Thorne and explored exotic places like the Amazon. That whirlwind romance ended abruptly when Rose realized that she wanted to lead a more secure life. On the flight back from Brazil, she met the stable Nathan Lloyd, and together they built successful careers as book editors, created a beautiful home, and raised two delightful children. Now in middle age, Rose seems to have done everything right, until one day Nathan reveals that he's leaving her--for her 29-year-old assistant Mindy. Later that same week, Rose is told by her boss that she's being let go--and replaced by Mindy. Out of a marriage and a job, Rose must now find a way to start her life all over again.

Critically acclaimed stage, screen and television actress Christine Lahti looks for roles that are unique, divergent and always challenging. If the idea of tracking a new character doesn't rattle her nerve--just a little--then it's not for her. Which is one reason why she has left an indelible mark on the theater and film community with her bold, inspiring and rich performances.

She received widespread recognition for her strong portrayal in the CBS movie THE PILOT'S WIFE, based on the best-selling book by Anita Shreve. Lahti has also starred in OPEN HOUSE and THE BOOK OF RUTH, also on CBS. She was in the Showtime features "Women Vs. Men," as well as the acclaimed "Out Of The Ashes," in which she portrayed Gisella Perl, a Jewish Doctor who survived the Holocaust. Currently, Lahti headlines the much-anticipated series "Jack and Bobby."

In 2000, Lahti took another challenging step in her career by directing her first feature film, "My First Mister." The film was chosen as the opening night presentation at the Sundance Film Festival.

In 1995, Lahti won an Academy Award for her direction of the Live Action Short Film "Lieberman in Love," in which she also starred. She has also directed several episodes of "Chicago Hope," in which she starred for four years as Doctor Kathryn Austin. For her work on "Chicago Hope," Lahti was awarded both the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.

As an actress, Lahti's work in motion pictures is equally varied. Her credits include "Leaving Normal," "The Doctor," "Funny About Love," "Gross Anatomy," and Sidney Lumet's "Running on Empty," for which she received the 1988 Los Angeles Film Critic's Award as well as a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She starred in Bill Forsyth's now classic "Housekeeping", which was voted one of the Ten Best Films of 1987 by many of America's film critics, as well as "Just Between Friends," "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" and "...And Justice For All." As Goldie Hawn's best friend in the WWII comedy "Swing Shift," Lahti was honored with the Best Supporting Actress Award from the New York Film Critics' Circle as well as Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations

Lahti has starred in the cable network movies "An American Daughter," "The Ellie Nessler Story," "The Fear Inside," "The Good Fight" and "Crazy From the Heart," for which she won the Cable Ace Award for Best Actress. Her other television appearances include "No Place Like Home," for which she was nominated for an Emmy and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie; "Amerika," for which she received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations; "The Executioner's Song" and "The Last Tenant."

A highly esteemed stage actress, Lahti starred in "Three Hotels" co-starring with Richard Dreyfuss at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. This presentation was a reprisal of her successful run in the play, which premiered at New York's Circle Rep. Theater. She also received a Drama Desk nomination for her role. She was also seen on the New York stage as Heidi Hollard in Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer-Prize winning play "The Heidi Chronicles."

Lahti received an Obie Award for her performance as Patsy Newquis in the Second Stage revival of Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders." Other New York stage credits include Michael Weller's "Loose Ends" and Noel Coward's "Present Laughter" with George C. Scott; both at the Circle in the Square; the successful off-Broadway revivals of John Guare's "Landscape of the Body" and Clifford Odet's "The Country Girl"; David Mamet's "The Woods" at the Public Theater, for which she received a Theater World Award; Ted Tally's "Hooters" at Playwrights Horizons; and Steve Tisch's "Division Street" on Broadway.

Regionally, she has been seen in two Tennessee Williams classics: as "Maggie" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven and as "Alma" in "Summer and Smoke" at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles. She has also appeared, both on stage in New York and Los Angeles, in A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters." At the Williamstown Theater Festival she appeared as "Josie" in "Moon for the Misbegotten" and in Beth Henley's "The Lucky Spot."

Lahti and her husband, filmmaker Thomas Schlamme, reside in Los Angeles with their children.