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{{Short description|American actress (born 1944)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name              = Stockard Channing
| image             = Stockard Channing 2011.jpg
| caption           = Channing in 2011
| birth_name        = Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1944|02|13}}
| birth_place       = New York City, U.S.
| occupation        = Actress
| years_active      = 1969–present
| education         = [[Radcliffe College]] of [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| spouse            = {{plainlist |
* {{marriage|[[Walter Channing Jr.]]|1963|1967|end=div.}}
* {{marriage|[[Paul Schmidt (translator)|Paul Schmidt]]|1970|1976|end=div.}}
* {{marriage|[[David Debin]]|1976|1980|end=div.}}
* {{marriage|David Rawle|1980|1988|end=div.}}}}
| partner            = Daniel Gillham (1990–2014)
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Stockard Channing|Full list]]
}}
'''Stockard Channing''' (born '''Susan Antonia Williams Stockard'''; February 13, 1944)<ref>{{cite web |title=Channing, Stockard (1944–) |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/channing-stockard-1944 |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |publisher=[[Cengage]] |access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref> is an American actress. [[List of awards and nominations received by Stockard Channing|Her accolades]] include three [[Emmy Awards]], a [[Tony Award]], and a nomination for an [[Academy Award]].

Channing played [[Grease (musical)#Cast and characters|Betty Rizzo]] in the film ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'' (1978) and [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Abbey Bartlet]] in the [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] television series ''[[The West Wing]]'' (1999–2006). She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of ''[[Six Degrees of Separation (play)|Six Degrees of Separation]]''; the 1993 [[Six Degrees of Separation (film)|film version]] earned her an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].

Channing won the 1985 [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]] for the [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] revival of ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'', and won Emmy Awards for ''The West Wing'' and ''[[The Matthew Shepard Story]]'', both in 2002. She won a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] in 2005 for her role in ''[[Jack (2004 film)|Jack]]''. Her film appearances include ''[[The Fortune]]'' (1975), ''[[The Big Bus]]'' (1976), ''[[The Cheap Detective]]'' (1978), ''[[Heartburn (film)|Heartburn]]'' (1986), ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar]]'' (1995), ''[[Up Close & Personal (film)|Up Close & Personal]]'' (1996), ''[[Practical Magic]]'' (1998), and [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Anything Else]]'' (2003). She also played the recurring role of Veronica Loy on the [[CBS]] drama ''[[The Good Wife]]'' (2012–16).

==Early life and education==
Channing was born in [[Manhattan]], and she grew up on the affluent [[Upper East Side]].<ref name="yahoo">[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019273 Stockard Channing] at Yahoo! Movies.</ref> She is the daughter of Mary Alice (née English),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/031607/D8NTG8K02.shtml |title=Philanthropist Mary Alice Fortin dies in Florida |publisher=The Associated Press |date=March 16, 2007 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |quote=Mary Alice Fortin, philanthropist and mother of actress Stockard Channing, died Wednesday night in Palm Beach, Fla., after an extended illness. She was 97.}}</ref> who came from a large [[Brooklyn]] Irish Roman Catholic family, and Lester Napier Stockard (died 1960), who was in the shipping business. Her elder sister is Lesly Stockard Smith, former mayor of [[Palm Beach, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/lifestyles/society/lesly-smith-gets-alexis-de-tocqueville-societys-di/nMCyk/ |title=Lesly Smith gets Alexis de Tocqueville Society's Distinguished Citizen Award |author=Shannon Donnelly |work=Palm Beach Daily News |date=March 14, 2011 |access-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212083028/http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/lifestyles/society/lesly-smith-gets-alexis-de-tocqueville-societys-di/nMCyk/ |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joshlyman.com/articles/sctw.html |title=Stockard Channing takes wing |publisher=Joshlyman.com |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="biog">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070809231804/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542571 Stockard Channing] at Biography.com.</ref>

Channing is an alumna of the [[Madeira School]] in [[McLean, Virginia]], a boarding school for girls, which she attended after starting at the [[Chapin School]] in New York City.<ref name="yahoo"/> She studied history and literature at [[Radcliffe College]] of [[Harvard University]] in [[Massachusetts]] and graduated ''[[Latin honors#Types|summa cum laude]]'' in 1965.<ref name="biog"/> She received her acting training at [[HB Studio]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/|title=HB Studio – Notable Alumni &#124; One of the Original Acting Studios in NYC}}</ref> in New York City.

==Career==

===Early career===
Channing started her acting career with the experimental Theatre Company of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]; she performed in the group's [[Off-Broadway]] 1969 production of the [[Elaine May]] play ''Adaptation/Next''.<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=3665 "'Adaptation/Next' Listing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019142656/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=3665 |date=October 19, 2012 }} Internet Off-Broadway database Listing, accessed April 28, 2012</ref> She performed in a revival of ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' directed by [[Theodore Mann]] as part of the [[Circle in the Square]] at [[Ford's Theatre]] program in 1970.<ref name="lebherz">Richard Lebherz. "Joys and sorrows of a revival," ''News-Post'' (Frederick, Maryland), October 16, 1970, page A-8.</ref> In 1971, she made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)|Two Gentlemen of Verona&nbsp;— The Musical]]'', working with playwright [[John Guare]].<ref name="yahoo"/><ref name="stiles">R. W. Stiles. "Light Opera Review: 'Two Gentlemen': Shakespeare in Rock," ''Pasadena Star-News'', May 13, 1973, page 11.</ref> She also appeared on Broadway in 1973 in a supporting role in ''No Hard Feelings''<!-- DO NOT LINK TO THE ARTICLE BY THAT NAME – IT IS FOR A SONG NOT A PLAY --> at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]].<ref name="glover">William Glover, Associated Press. "New Broadway comedy is short on charm, taste," ''Oakland Tribune'', April 10, 1973, page E-30.</ref>

Channing made her television debut on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in the role of [[The Number Painter#The Lady|The Number Painter's female victim]]. She landed her first leading role in the 1973 [[television movie]] ''[[The Girl Most Likely To...]]'', a [[black comedy]] written by [[Joan Rivers]]<ref>[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=125843 "Review. ''The Girl Most Likely To...''], ''The New York Times''</ref> about an [[The Ugly Duckling|ugly duckling]] woman, made newly beautiful by [[plastic surgery]] after an auto accident, who vows murderous revenge on all who had scorned her.<ref name="sun">"TV Scout" (column). "TV's best bet: The girl most likely to... does... entertain," ''Lowell Sun'', November 6, 1973, page 29.</ref><ref name="warren">"Tuesday's Television," ''The Warren Times Observer'', November 11, 1973, page B-15.</ref> For the role, Channing went through a considerable transformation, with the syndicated column "TV Scout" reporting months later, "It was a great make-up job — at least the part that made very pretty Stockard look so ugly. She had her cheeks puffed out with cotton and her nose was wadded, too, to make it thick and off-center. Very thick eyebrows were drawn on her face and she wore padded clothes to make her look fat. Making her look beautiful was easy."<ref name="scout">"Ask TV Scout" (syndicated Q&A column), ''Anniston Star'' (Ala.), January 31, 1974, page 6B.</ref>

After some small parts in feature films, Channing co-starred with [[Warren Beatty]] and [[Jack Nicholson]] in [[Mike Nichols]]' ''[[The Fortune]]'' (1975). Despite Channing being tagged "the next big thing" in cinema, and the actress herself considering this some of the best work of her career, the movie did poorly at the box office and did not prove to be the breakthrough role Channing hoped it would be. On May 22, 1977, she, along with [[Ned Beatty]], starred in the pilot for the short-lived TV series ''[[Lucan (American TV series)|Lucan]]''. Lucan, played by [[Kevin Brophy]], is a 20-year-old who has spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest. After being raised by wolves, Lucan strikes out on his own in search of his identity.

In 1977, at the age of 33, Channing was cast for the role of high school teenager Betty Rizzo in the hit musical ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''. The film was released in 1978 and her performance earned her the [[People's Choice Award]] for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress.<ref>[http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1979 "List of 1979 Awards"] People's Choice Awards.com</ref>

In addition, during the second half of the 1970s, Channing played a mischievous [[Motor vehicle theft|car thief]] in [[Jerry Schatzberg]]'s 1976 [[Comedy drama|dramedy]] ''[[Sweet Revenge (1976 film)|Sweet Revenge]]'' (which competed at the [[1976 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]), [[Joseph Bologna]]'s love interest in the [[disaster film]] [[Spoof film|spoof]] ''[[The Big Bus]]'' (also 1976), [[Peter Falk]]'s secretary in the 1978 [[Neil Simon]] film ''[[The Cheap Detective]]'', and real-life [[Hearing loss|deaf]] [[Stunt performer|stuntwoman]] and former female [[land speed record]] holder [[Kitty O'Neil]] in the TV movie ''Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story'' (1979).

===1980s===
[[File:Stockard Channing 1984 crop.JPG|thumb|Channing in 1984]]
Channing starred in two short-lived sitcoms on [[CBS]] in 1979 and 1980: ''[[Stockard Channing in Just Friends|Just Friends]]'' and ''[[The Stockard Channing Show]]''. In both shows, she co-starred with actress Sydney Goldsmith, who played her best friend in both. When her Hollywood career faltered after these failures, Channing returned to her theatre roots.<ref name=tcm>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130427025609/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/32147%7C0/Stockard-Channing/ "Stockard Channing Biography"] tcm.com, accessed April 28, 2012</ref> Nevertheless, she continued to appear in movies, often in [[Supporting character|supporting roles]], including 1983's ''[[Without a Trace (1983 film)|Without a Trace]]'' (alongside [[Kate Nelligan]] and [[Judd Hirsch]]), Mike Nichols' 1986 ''[[Heartburn (film)|Heartburn]]'' (re-teaming with Nichols and Jack Nicholson, and co-starring [[Meryl Streep]]), ''[[The Men's Club]]'' (also 1986; featuring [[Roy Scheider]], [[Harvey Keitel]], and [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]]), ''[[A Time of Destiny]]'' (1988; with [[William Hurt]], [[Timothy Hutton]], and [[Melissa Leo]]), and ''[[Staying Together (film)|Staying Together]]'' (1989; directed by [[Lee Grant]], and co-starring [[Melinda Dillon]] and [[Levon Helm]].)

Channing played the female lead in the Broadway show, ''[[They're Playing Our Song]]'' (1980–81). Channing then took the part of the mother (Sheila) in the 1981 [[Long Wharf Theater]] ([[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]]) production of [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]]' ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]''.<ref>Kuchwara, Michael. [https://apnews.com/8172e16d473fe8891148ca528d712ab6 "A Revival of 'A Day in the Death of Joe Egg' Opens Off-Broadway"] ''Associated Press'', (apnewsarchive.com), January 6, 1985</ref> She reprised the role in the [[Roundabout Theater Company]] production, first Off-Broadway in January 1985<ref>Robertson, Nan. [http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=9B03E2DD163BF93AA35752C0A963948260 'Joe Egg' Offers Stars Escape And Gratification"] ''The New York Times'', January 9, 1985</ref> and then on Broadway in March 1985,<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4365 "'Joe Egg' Listing, Longacre Theatre, 1985"] Internet Broadway Database Listing, accessed April 29, 2012</ref> and won the 1985 [[Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play|Best Actress in a Play]].<ref name="yahoo"/>

Channing continued her return to the stage by teaming up again with playwright John Guare. She received Tony Award nominations for her performances in his plays, ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'' (1986) and ''[[Six Degrees of Separation (play)|Six Degrees of Separation]]'' (1990), for which she also won an [[Obie Award]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120706201603/http://www.villagevoice.com/obies/index/ 1991/ Obies, 1991] villagevoice.com</ref> The [[Alan Ayckbourn]] play ''Woman in Mind'' received its American premiere Off-Broadway in February 1988 at the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]. The production was directed by [[Lynne Meadow]] and the cast included Channing in the role of Susan, for which she won a [[Drama Desk Award]] for Best Actress.<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1871 " ''Woman in Mind'' Listing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019142725/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1871 |date=October 19, 2012 }} Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed April 29, 2012</ref> When once asked if Susan was Channing's most fully realized character, the actress replied: <blockquote>Well, you like to think that they're all fully realized because what you're doing is different from what anyone else is seeing. You do a character but how much of it is on film, or how much of it is seen by an audience, is really up to the director, the piece, or the audience. And so, I just do these people. And flesh them out. I think anything else is not my job.<ref>Gholson, Craig. [http://bombsite.com/issues/25/articles/1138 "Stockard Channing Interview"] ''[[BOMB Magazine]]'' Winter, 1989. Retrieved May 22, 2013.</ref></blockquote>

Channing made her London theatre debut in 1992 at the Royal Court Theatre in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation, which then transferred for a season at the Comedy Theatre in the West End. In 2017 she returned to London to appear in Apologia at the Trafalgar Studios and again in 2021 in Night Mother at the Hampstead Theatre.

She also garnered recognition for her work in television during this time. She was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for the CBS miniseries ''[[Echoes in the Darkness]]'' (1987) and won a [[CableACE Award]] for the [[Harvey Fierstein]]-scripted ''Tidy Endings'' ([[HBO]], 1988).<ref name="yahoo"/> Other TV movie credits during the latter half of the 1980s include the CBS teenage drug abuse-themed ''[[Not My Kid]]'' (1985; co-starring [[George Segal]]), [[Hallmark Hall of Fame|Hallmark]]'s domestic drama ''[[The Room Upstairs]]'' (1987; with [[Sam Waterston]], [[Joan Allen]], and [[Sarah Jessica Parker]]), and the HBO thriller ''Perfect Witness'' (1989; alongside [[Brian Dennehy]] and [[Aidan Quinn]].)

===1990s===
Channing reprised her lead role as an Upper East Side matron in the film version of ''[[Six Degrees of Separation (film)|Six Degrees of Separation]]''. She was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] for her performance.<ref name=tcm/> She then made several films in quick succession: ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar]]'' as Carol Ann<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025161512/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93485/To-Wong-Foo-Thanks-For-Everything-Julie-Newmar/ "Cast and Crew, 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar'"] tcm.com, accessed April 29, 2012</ref> and ''[[Smoke (film)|Smoke]]'' (both 1995); a [[cameo appearance]] in ''[[The First Wives Club]]''; ''[[Up Close and Personal (film)|Up Close and Personal]]'' (as Marcia McGrath);<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130608074145/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/300934/Up-Close-and-Personal/ "Cast and Crew; 'Up Close and Personal'"] tcm.com, accessed April 29, 2012</ref> and ''[[Moll Flanders (1996 film)|Moll Flanders]]'' (all 1996). For ''Smoke'' she was nominated for a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] for Best Supporting Actress<ref>("The nominees announced Thursday for the second annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, to be presented Feb. 24, were: Feature films:... Female actor, supporting role: Stockard Channing, ''Smoke''") (no author). "Screen Actors Guild Award nominees", ''United Press International'', January 18, 1996, Domestic News</ref> and for ''Moll Flanders'' she was nominated for the [[Satellite Award]] for Best Supporting Actress, Drama.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stockard Channing - Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000330/awards/ |website=IMDb |access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref>

Channing kept busy with film, television, and stage roles throughout the late 1990s.<ref name="yahoo"/> She starred in the [[USA Network]] film ''An Unexpected Family'' in 1996 and its sequel, ''An Unexpected Life'', in 1998. She was nominated for an [[Independent Spirit Award]] as Best Supporting Female for her performance as one-half of an infertile couple in ''The Baby Dance'' (also 1998).{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} On stage, she performed at [[Lincoln Center]] in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[Hapgood (play)|Hapgood]]'' (1995) and the 1997 revival of [[Lillian Hellman]]'s ''[[The Little Foxes]]''. During this period, Channing [[voice-over|voiced]] [[Barbara Gordon]] in the animated series, ''[[Batman Beyond]]''.

Channing was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play|Tony Award for Best Actress]] three times in the 1990s: in 1991, for ''Six Degrees of Separation''; in 1992, for ''Four Baboons Adoring the Sun''; and in 1999, for ''[[The Lion in Winter]]''.<ref name=tonyaward>[http://broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Stockard%2520Channing "Stockard Channing Tony Award Listing"] broadwayworld.com, accessed April 29, 2012</ref>

===''The West Wing''===
In 1999, Channing took on the role of [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Abbey Bartlet]] in the [[NBC]] [[television series]] ''[[The West Wing]]''. She was a recurring [[guest star]] for the show's first two seasons; she became a regular cast member in 2001.<ref name=tcm/> In the [[The West Wing season 7|seventh and final season]] of ''The West Wing'' (2005–2006), Channing appeared in only four episodes (including the series finale) because she was co-starring (with [[Henry Winkler]]) in the [[CBS]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Out of Practice]]'' at the same time.<ref>("Question: Will you still be appearing on "The West Wing"? Answer: Yes. I don't know what the plots are. We will probably have to do it during one of our hiatuses because we have three weeks on and one week off.") (no author). "Sitcom was easy choice for Channing", ''Pittsburgh Tribune Review'', September 26, 2005 (no page number)</ref> ''Out of Practice'' was cancelled by [[CBS]] after one season.<ref>("CBS is pulling two low-rated comedies from its Wednesday lineup to make room for "Race. ""Out of Practice", starring Henry Winkler and Stockard Channing, and "Courting Alex", starring Jenna Elfman, will be shelved, possibly to return this summer."). McDaniel, Mike. "On TV, it's the circle of shelf life; Networks' changes include return, relocation and the removal of some shows", ''The Houston Chronicle'', April 1, 2006, p.10</ref>

===Later work===

Channing received several awards in 2002. She won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series|Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]] for her work on ''The West Wing''.<ref name=emmy>[http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=%22Stockard+Channing%22&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2011&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All "Emmy Award, Stockard Channing"] emmys.com, accessed April 28, 2012</ref> That same year, she also won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie|Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild]] [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Movie|Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries]] for her portrayal of Judy Shepard in ''[[The Matthew Shepard Story]]'', a [[docudrama]] about [[Matthew Shepard]]'s life and murder.<ref name=emmy/>

Channing received the 2002 [[London Film Critics Circle]] Award (ALFS) for [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2002|Best Actress of the Year]] for her role in the film ''[[The Business of Strangers]]''. For ''The Business of Strangers,'' she was also nominated for the [[American Film Institute]] Best Actress award.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120713191001/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/237108/The-Business-of-Strangers/details "'The Business of Strangers' (2001)"] ''The New York Times'', accessed April 29, 2012</ref> In 2003, she was awarded the [[Women in Film Los Angeles|Women in Film]] [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE LUCY AWARD|Lucy Award]].<ref>[http://wif.org/past-recipients Lucy Award, past recipients] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830035734/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |date=August 30, 2011 }} WIF.org</ref>

In 2005, Channing won a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special for ''[[Jack (2004 film)|Jack]]'' (2004), a [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] TV movie about a young man struggling to understand why his father left the family for another man. Channing played Jack's mother.<ref>Heffernan, Virginia. "Dad's Out of the Closet; His Child Wants to Hide", ''The New York Times'', June 18, 2004, p. 24 (Television Review)</ref><ref>"Winners at 32nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards", ''The Associated Press'', May 20, 2005, Entertainment News</ref>

She was selected for the second narrator of the [[Animal Planet]] hit series ''[[Meerkat Manor]]'' in 2008, replacing [[Sean Astin]], who did the first three seasons. In November 2008, she returned to Broadway as Vera Simpson in the musical ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' and was nominated for the 2009 [[Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical]].<ref>Gans, Andrew and Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128922-Nominations-for-2009-Tony-Awards-Announced-Billy-Elliot-Earns-15-Nominations "Nominations for 2009 Tony Awards Announced; Billy Elliot Earns 15 Nominations"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604233106/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128922-Nominations-for-2009-Tony-Awards-Announced-Billy-Elliot-Earns-15-Nominations |date=June 4, 2011 }} playbill.com, May 5, 2009</ref>

In 2005, Channing starred in ''[[Out of Practice]]'' with [[Henry Winkler]], receiving an Emmy nomination for her role. She played the role of Lydia Barnes, ex-wife of Stewart Barnes (Winkler), and had two sons and a lesbian daughter (Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall, Ty Burrell). The show aired for one season (22 episodes).

From 2012, Channing played a recurring role in ''[[The Good Wife]]''. She played the role of the title character's mother, Veronica Loy until the final season in 2016.

She returned to the stage in June 2010, to Dublin's [[Gaiety Theatre, Dublin|Gaiety Theatre]] to play Lady Bracknell in Rough Magic Theatre Company's production of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''.<ref name="Cox">Cox, Gordon. [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118014257?refCatId=15 "Stockard Channing to topline 'Earnest' "] ''Variety'' (New York, Los Angeles), January 25, 2010</ref> Channing appeared in the play ''[[Other Desert Cities]]'' Off-Broadway at [[Lincoln Center]] and then on Broadway, as of October 2011.<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/155427-Other-Desert-Cities-With-Stockard-Channing-Stacy-Keach-Judith-Light-Arrives-on-Broadway-Oct-12 "'Other Desert Cities', With Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Judith Light, Arrives on Broadway Oct. 12"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419201011/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/155427-Other-Desert-Cities-With-Stockard-Channing-Stacy-Keach-Judith-Light-Arrives-on-Broadway-Oct-12 |date=April 19, 2012 }} playbill.com, October 12, 2011</ref> Channing was nominated for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play, and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for ''Other Desert Cities''.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://m.playbill.com/news/article/151111-Drama-Desk-Awards-Go-to-Book-of-Mormon-Normal-Heart-War-Horse-Sutton-Foster-Norbert-Leo-Butz "Drama Desk Awards Go to 'Book of Mormon', 'Normal Heart', 'War Horse', Sutton Foster, Norbert Leo Butz"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210258/http://m.playbill.com/news/article/151111-Drama-Desk-Awards-Go-to-Book-of-Mormon-Normal-Heart-War-Horse-Sutton-Foster-Norbert-Leo-Butz |date=August 12, 2014 }} playbill.com, May 23, 2011</ref> In 2018, she played the lead in ''Apologia'', which had a limited run in London, and then moved to the Roundabout Theatre Co. in NYC.

Channing also narrated the audiobook, "Frankie & Bug", written by Gayle Forman, released in 2021

In May 2023, Channing appeared in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s three part series "[[Maryland (TV series)|MaryLand]]" alongside [[Suranne Jones]] and [[Eve Best]], playing a character named Cathy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor/149217922/|title=Family secrets: Sisters learn about their mother's life in MaryLand|last=Passingham|first=Sarah|work=[[Concord Monitor]]|via=[[newspapers.com]]|agency=TV Media|date=May 4, 2024|page=S6}}</ref>

In 2025 she played [[Clytemnestra]] in [[Sophocles]]' play ''[[Electra (Sophocles play)|Elektra]]'', starring [[Brie Larson]] in the title role and directed by [[Daniel Fish]]. The play was performed in Brighton before moving to London in January.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://elektraplay.com/about/ | title=About | work=Brie Larson is Elektra }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Channing has been married and divorced four times; she has no children.<ref name="Rudebeck">Clare Rudebeck,"[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050216/ai_n9724473 One Tough Cookie]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", ''The Independent (London)'', February 16, 2005.</ref> She married [[Walter Channing Jr.]] in 1963 and kept the [[Amalgamation (names)|amalgamated name]] "Stockard Channing" after they divorced in 1967.<ref>Zoe Williams. [https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/10/1021002387788.html "Lousy with dignity,"] ''[[The Guardian]]'', May 11, 2002.</ref> Her second husband was [[Paul Schmidt (translator)|Paul Schmidt]], a professor of Slavic languages (1970–1976), and her third was writer-producer [[David Debin]] (1976–1980).<ref>Reilly, Sue. "Rizzo's Resurrection" in ''People'', July 16, 1979.</ref> Her fourth husband was businessman David Rawle (1980–1988).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/lady-of-the-house-vol-57-no-1/|title=Lady of the House|website=PEOPLE.com|first= Michael A.|last= Lipton|date=January 14, 2002}}</ref> Channing was in a long-term relationship with cinematographer Daniel Gillham from 1990 until his death in 2014.<ref>Polly Vernon, [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/apr/09/features.woman8 "What I know about men..."], ''[[The Observer]]'', April 29, 2006</ref> They met on the set of ''[[A Time of Destiny (film)|A Time of Destiny]]''.<ref name="yahoo"/>

In 2019, Channing was residing in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Dominic |date=October 9, 2021 |title=Stockard Channing: 'I used to be grumpy about Grease' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/stockard-channing-grease-interview-night-mother-hampstead-theatre-ffdjft2kq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612164048/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stockard-channing-grease-interview-night-mother-hampstead-theatre-ffdjft2kq |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |url-status=live |website=[[The Times]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Main|Stockard Channing filmography}}

==Discography==
* ''[[Grease (1978 soundtrack)|Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture]]'' ([[RSO Records|RSO]]) (1978)
:"Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" featuring [[Didi Conn]], [[Dinah Manoff]] and [[Jamie Donnelly]]
:"There Are Worse Things I Could Do"

==Awards and nominations==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Stockard Channing}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://bombsite.com/issues/25/articles/1138 Stockard Channing Interview by Craig Gholson] at ''[[Bomb (magazine)|Bomb]]'' (Winter, 1989)

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