Kathleen Chalfant
Acting
1945-01-14 · San Francisco, California, USA
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
The Copenhagen Test
2025 · Series
Where to Land
2025 · Movie
Familiar Touch
2025 · Movie
Turning Blue
2024 · Movie
The Courtroom
2022 · Movie
Old
2021 · Movie
500 Calories
2020 · Movie
New Amsterdam
2018 · Series
They Shall Not Perish
2017 · Movie
Class Rank
2017 · Movie
Ambition's Debt
2017 · Movie
Welcome to This House
2015 · Movie
The Affair
2014 · Series
Forever
2014 · Series
Madam Secretary
2014 · Series
The Strain
2014 · Series
My America
2014 · Movie
A Dream of Flying
2013 · Movie
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · Movie
The Blacklist
2013 · Series
Isn't It Delicious
2013 · Movie
House of Cards
2013 · Series
The Americans
2013 · Series
Elementary
2012 · Series
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011 · Movie
The Last New Yorker
2010 · Movie
The People Speak
2009 · Movie
Mercy
2009 · Series
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009 · Movie
Duplicity
2009 · Movie
Perfect Stranger
2007 · Movie
First Born
2007 · Movie
The Book of Daniel
2006 · Series
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · Movie
Kinsey
2004 · Movie
Rescue Me
2004 · Series
2BPerfectlyHonest
2004 · Movie
The Pornographer: A Love Story
2004 · Movie
Book of Kings
2002 · Movie
A Death in the Family
2002 · Movie
The Laramie Project
2002 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
The Guardian
2001 · Series
The Beat
2000 · Series
Company Man
2000 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Storm of the Century
1999 · Series
Side Streets
1998 · Movie
The Last Days of Disco
1998 · Movie
A Price Above Rubies
1998 · Movie
QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM
1998 · Movie
David Searching
1997 · Movie
Spin City
1996 · Series
MURDER and murder
1996 · Movie
Junior
1994 · Movie
New York Undercover
1994 · Series
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993 · Movie
Bob Roberts
1992 · Movie
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991 · Movie
Out of the Rain
1991 · Movie
Dangerous Music
1991 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 · Movie
Miss Firecracker
1989 · Movie
Five Corners
1987 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series