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ACTRESS, Christine Baranski, is best known for her role as Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife.

Her late husband, Matthew Cowles, was also a big name in the acting world.

Who is Christine Baranski?

Christine Baranski, 69, was born in Buffalo, New York on May 2, 1952 and is of Polish descent.

She graduated with a degree from the Julliard School in New York City in 1974.

In 1984 she won a Tony award for her role in the Broadway play, The Real Thing. Her grandparents were apparently theatre actors in their home country of Poland.

Since 2017, Baranski has played Diane Lockhart in The Good Fight - the spin-off to The Good Wife.

She also starred in many films including; The Birdcage, Addams Family Values, Chicago, Cruel Intentions, The Grinch That Stole Christmas, and of course, the Mamma Mia films.

One of her upcoming roles include, Agnes van Rhijn in HBO's new historical series: The Gilded Age.

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Who was Christine Baranski's husband Matthew Cowles?

Matthew Cowles was well know for playing Billy Clyde Tuggle in All My Children, a role he created and wrote.

He was an actor and playwright born in New York City.

Christine married Matthew in 1983. The pair were together for a little over 30 years.

Unfortunately, Cowles passed away in 2014 of congestive heart failure. He was only 69 year-old.

Christine and Matthew had two daughters - Isabel, 38 and Lily, 35.

Has Christine Baranski re-married?

Since her husband's death in 2014, Baranski has never re-married.

“The death of a loved one is not only deeply sad but also very disorienting. When you’ve had a 30-year marriage and sat across from this person every morning having coffee, it’s so strange. Someone is there, and then suddenly they’re not there to talk to ever again," Baranski said in a 2017 interview with Parade.

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