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Christine Lahti: Chicago Hope
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The endearingly off-balance nature of many of Lahti's screen characters is best summed up by her scene in Housekeeping (1987), in which she calmly carries on a conversation while her living room fills up with water. In 1995, Lahti joined the cast of the Emmy-Award-winning TV medical drama Chicago Hope, playing the part of heart-surgeon Dr.
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A few years later the pair finally met when Lahti replaced Joan Allen in Wasserstein's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Heidi Chronicles." By 2000, they had become friends, collaborating on a TV movie adaptation of Wasserstein's play, "An American Daughter." Wasserstein wrote the teleplay and served as executive producer while Lahti, who by then had picked up a pair of Emmys on the medical drama "Chicago Hope," starred in the production.
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Indian audiences will be familiar with Lahti from her role as Dr. Kate Austin in the drama series Chicago Hope. Through email, Indiantelevision.com's correspondent Ashwin Pinto [C]aught up with Lahti who spoke about her role, career as well as the factors that drive her to succeed.
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