She’s also known for playing women who take charge and refuse to take any BS from anyone.
And indeed she has.
Furthermore, she told the outlet that the voice fans easily recognize today sounded much different back then.
She studied drama and graduated in 1974.
So I would say I got in by the skin of my teeth."
Hilariously, the two celebrated by drinking Manhattans and getting wasted at a hotel.
“That was the only time I got drunk with my mother,” Baranski confessed, laughing.
She also added how grateful she was to have had that experience with her mom.
Pretty heavy material compared to Baranski’s more well-known projects.
For the former, she played two different characters on the procedural in 1991 and 1994.
Baranski played the snooty Martha May Whovier who was the not-so-secret love interest of the Grinch.
She was Tanya Chesham-Leigh, one of lead character Donna Sheridan’s best friends.
The movie was a total success, grossing $610 million worldwide on a $52 million budget.
She would go on to star in all 156 episodes alongside Julianna Margulies until the series ended in 2016.
Baranski’s character, Diane Lockhart, wanted an all-female law firm.
