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Acting

Stockard Channing

Career: Active from 1973 to 2023, busiest in 1996 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 58
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Batman Beyond
93/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2003 · Won
The Matthew Shepard Story
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2002 · Won · 54th Primetime Emmy Awards
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2002 · Won
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2002 · Won · 54th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Matthew Shepard Story
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
2006 · Nominated
Out of Practice
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2005 · Nominated
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2005 · Nominated
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2004 · Nominated
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2004 · Nominated
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
2004 · Nominated
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2003 · Nominated
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
2002 · Nominated
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2001 · Nominated
The Truth About Jane
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2000 · Nominated
The West Wing
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
1999 · Nominated
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
1999 · Nominated
Baby Blues
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1999 · Nominated
Baby Blues
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1999 · Nominated
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1997 · Nominated
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
1997 · Nominated
Source: Wikidata

Characters

9

The characters Stockard Channing played, best-known titles first.

Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo

Stockard Channing as Tante Frances 'Fran' Owens

Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet

Stockard Channing as Dolly

Stockard Channing as Klara Hitler

Stockard Channing as Wendy Whipple

Stockard Channing as Cathy

Stockard Channing as Lydia Barnes

Stockard Channing as Miss Adelaide

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 73 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Stockard Channing Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.8
Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Scare
1.4, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 12
Social Commentary 6
Witty Dialogue 4
Political Intrigue 3
Family Dynamics 3
Heartwarming 3
Period Piece 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Psychological Drama 3
Character Study 3
Family-Friendly 3
True Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

107

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 55

Practical Magic 2

51

as Franny

Knuckles

63

TV show · as Wendy Whipple

Maryland

73

TV show · as Cathy

Angry Neighbors

37

as Chloe

Death to 2021

51

as Penn Parker

2010s

11 titles · average score 57

The Guest Book

66

TV show · as Jill

The Grease Story

as Betty Rizzo

Difficult People

79

TV show · as Bonnie Kessler

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

TV show · as Rizzo (archive footage)

The Mysteries of Laura

49

TV show · as Brenda Phillips

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

as Narrator

Pulling Strings

56

as Virginia

17th Precinct

as Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley

Chautauqua: An American Narrative

as Narrator (voice)

Sundays at Tiffany's

63

as Vivian Claremont

Multiple Sarcasms

27

as Pamela

2000s

34 titles · average score 56

Meerkat Manor

53

TV show · as Narrator

Out of Practice

54

TV show · as Dr. Lydia Barnes

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

71

TV show · as Klara Hitler

Behind the Red Door

63

as Julia

Life or Something Like It

43

as Deborah Connors

The Matthew Shepard Story

64

as Judy Shepard

Walking with Beasts

80

TV show

A Girl Thing

57

TV show · as Dr. Beth Noonan

The Business of Strangers

58

as Julie Styron

Where the Heart Is

50

as Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Isn't She Great

34

as Florence Maybelle

The Truth About Jane

65

as Janice

1990s

26 titles · average score 61

Batman Beyond

93

TV show · as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)

Practical Magic

53

as Aunt Frances

Twilight

57

as Lt. Verna Hollander

Up Close & Personal

47

as Marcia McGrath

Moll Flanders

53

as Mrs. Allworthy

The First Wives Club

63

as Cynthia Swann Griffin

Edie & Pen

48

as Pen

Smoke

77

as Ruby McNutt

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

65

as Carol Ann

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

61

as Miss Adelaide

Six Degrees of Separation

73

as Ouisa

Meet the Applegates

30

as Jane Applegate

1980s

14 titles · average score 59

Perfect Witness

59

as Liz Sapperstein

A Time of Destiny

53

as Margaret

Tidy Endings

as Marion

Echoes in the Darkness

68

TV show · as Susan Reinert

Echoes in the Darkness

76

as Susan Reinert

The Room Upstairs

52

as Leah Lazenby

Heartburn

53

as Julie

Not My Kid

66

as Helen Bower

Without a Trace

61

as Jocelyn Norris

Safari 3000

36

as J.J. Dalton

Nature

84

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Stockard Channing Show

TV show · as Susan Goodenow

1970s

13 titles · average score 60

Just Friends

TV show · as Susan Hughes

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

as Kitty O'Neil

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

42

as Mona Mondieu

Grease

71

as Rizzo

The Cheap Detective

57

as Bess

Lucan

as Mickey MacElwaine

The Big Bus

60

as Kitty Baxter

Sweet Revenge

38

as Vurlla Kowsky

The Fortune

50

as Freddie Bigard

NOVA

79

TV show · as Self - Bible Reader / Narrator (voice)

The Girl Most Likely To...

66

as Miriam Knight

The Hospital

78

as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)

1960s

3 titles · average score 60

Sesame Street

69

TV show · as Mad Painter's Victim

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Marsha Sue

Medical Center

67

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Leah Lazenby