
Kathleen Chalfant
Biography
Kathleen Chalfant (b. 1945, San Francisco) is an American actress, primarily a stage performer. She earned a Tony nomination for Angels in America (1993) and won multiple awards for Wit (1998), including a Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Obie. She received the Obie for Lifetime Achievement in 2018. On screen, her highlights include Old (2021) and Familiar Touch (2024), the latter earning her the Venice Orizzonti Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She is married to photographer Henry Chalfant.
Filmography

In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993 · 10.0

QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM
1998 · 9.0
Book of Kings
2002 · 8.5

A Dream of Flying
2013 · 8.3

New Amsterdam
2018 · 8.3

House of Cards
2013 · 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

The Americans
2013 · 7.9

Forever
2014 · 7.8

Elementary
2012 · 7.6

The Blacklist
2013 · 7.6

Rescue Me
2004 · 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6

The Strain
2014 · 7.5

New York Undercover
1994 · 7.3

The Last New Yorker
2010 · 7.3

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

Spin City
1996 · 7.0

Madam Secretary
2014 · 7.0

L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0

The Guardian
2001 · 7.0

The Book of Daniel
2006 · 7.0

Where to Land
2025 · 7.0

They Shall Not Perish
2017 · 7.0

Storm of the Century
1999 · 6.9

Class Rank
2017 · 6.9

Side Streets
1998 · 6.8

The Affair
2014 · 6.7

American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6

Kinsey
2004 · 6.6

Bob Roberts
1992 · 6.6

The Copenhagen Test
2025 · 6.5

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · 6.4

Old
2021 · 6.3

The Last Days of Disco
1998 · 6.3

Familiar Touch
2025 · 6.3

Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991 · 6.3

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 · 6.2

2BPerfectlyHonest
2004 · 6.2

The Laramie Project
2002 · 6.2

Ambition's Debt
2017 · 6.2

Duplicity
2009 · 5.9

Five Corners
1987 · 5.9

Lackawanna Blues
2005 · 5.9

Mercy
2009 · 5.8

Perfect Stranger
2007 · 5.8

Miss Firecracker
1989 · 5.8

The Pornographer: A Love Story
2004 · 5.7

David Searching
1997 · 5.6

A Death in the Family
2002 · 5.5

A Price Above Rubies
1998 · 5.4

Junior
1994 · 5.2

First Born
2007 · 5.2

Company Man
2000 · 5.1

Out of the Rain
1991 · 5.0

MURDER and murder
1996 · 4.9

Georgia O'Keeffe
2009 · 4.8

Isn't It Delicious
2013 · 4.2

The Beat
2000 · 4.0

Turning Blue
2024 · 0.0
500 Calories
2020 · 0.0

Dangerous Music
1991 · 0.0

The Courtroom
2022 · 0.0

Welcome to This House
2015 · 0.0

My America
2014 · 0.0