<P> Baranski's other Broadway credits include her debut in Hide and Seek (1980), Hurlyburly (1984), The House of Blue Leaves (1986) and Boeing Boeing (2008). A 15 - time Emmy Award nominee, her other television work includes her portrayals of Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife and the spin - off series The Good Fight, and Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory . Her film roles include 91⁄2 Weeks (1986), Legal Eagles (1986), Reversal of Fortune (1990), Addams Family Values (1993), Jeffrey (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Bulworth (1998), Cruel Intentions (1999), Bowfinger (1999), Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Chicago (2002), Mamma Mia! (2008), Into the Woods (2014) and Trolls (2016). </P> <P> Baranski was born in Cheektowaga, Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Virginia (née Mazurowski) and Lucien Baranski, who edited a Polish - language newspaper . She is of Polish descent, and her grandparents were actors in the Polish theater . Baranski attended high school at the Villa Maria Academy in Cheektowaga . She then studied at New York City's Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 3: 1970--1974) where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 . </P> <P> Baranski made her Off - Broadway debut in Coming Attractions at Playwrights Horizons in 1980, and has appeared in several Off Broadway productions at the Manhattan Theatre Club, starting with Sally and Marsha in 1982 . </P> <P> Baranski made her Broadway debut in Hide & Seek in 1980 . For her next Broadway performance, in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, she won the 1984 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play . Other Broadway credits include: Hurlyburly, The House of Blue Leaves, Rumors (for which she won her second Tony), Regrets Only, Nick & Nora, and the Encores! concert staging of Follies . </P>

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