As Christine Baranski wraps up the final season of Robert and Michelle King’s critically acclaimed series The Good Fight, she marks the 13th year of appearing continuously on television as Diane Lockhart, the intelligent, stylish, and savvy Chicago attorney who generally manages to come out on top, despite plenty of drama. Baranski has no plans to take an extended vacation anytime soon. Julian Fellowes’s The Gilded Age, in which she stars as 19th-century socialite Agnes van Rhijn, was recently renewed for a second season. Herewith, she shares her key components to the good life. —Ashley Baker
Airline: British Airways.
Airport: Amsterdam.
Alibi: “Grandkids.”
App: Spotify.
Bag: Vintage Ferragamo.
Bedtime: 10 p.m.
Bike: Ducati.
Birthday: Being sung to by those closest to me.
Boyfriend/girlfriend: Intelligent, empathetic, witty.
Breakfast, weekday: Scone, Italian blood-orange marmalade, and strong coffee with cream.
Breakfast, weekend: Same, except the scone has time to go in the oven and warm.
Car: A vintage green MG convertible.
Child: Mine.
Cocktail: A sidecar in Rome, and a martini at Dukes in London.
Cocktail appetizer: Sicilian olives.
