Annette Bening

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

May 29, 1958 (age 67)

Place of Birth

Topeka, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

Annette Carol Bening

Annette Bening

Biography

Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, making her one of the few artists nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning. A graduate of San Francisco State University and the American Conservatory Theater, Bening started her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater. She made her Broadway debut in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances (1987), for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Making her film debut in 1988, she gained further recognition for her role in The Grifters (1990), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. This acclaim continued throughout the 1990s and 2000s with further Oscar-nominated performances in the comedy-dramas American Beauty (1999) and Being Julia (2004), which respectively won her the BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Actress. Bening's performance as the title character in the British television film Mrs. Harris (2005) earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. In the following decades, Bening received two additional Oscar nominations for her leading roles as a lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right (2010) and swimmer Diana Nyad in the Netflix biographical film Nyad (2023), the former of which also won her a Golden Globe. She returned to Broadway in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2019), earning another Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Her other roles during this period include the films 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022), and the miniseries Apples Never Fall (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette Bening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2026TVLuckyas Priscialla Matheson2026FilmThe Bride!as Dr. Cornelia Euphronius2025FilmRob Reiner – Scenes from a Lifeas Self2025FilmHeightened Scrutinyas Self2024FilmPoolmanas Diane Espilnade2024TVApples Never Fallas Joy Delaney2023TVOff Script with The Hollywood Reporteras Self2023FilmNYADas Diana Nyad2022FilmJerry & Marge Go Largeas Marge Selbee2022FilmDeath on the Nileas Euphemia Bouc2021FilmA Night at the Academy Museumas Self2020TVStars in the Houseas Self2019FilmHope Gapas Grace2019FilmThe Reportas Dianne Feinstein2019TVThe Kelly Clarkson Showas Self - Guest2019FilmThe Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Actsas Narrator (voice)2019FilmGeorgetownas Amanda Brecht2019FilmCaptain Marvelas Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson2018FilmLife Itselfas Dr. Cait Morris2018FilmBeyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandalas Self (archive footage)2018FilmThe Seagullas Irina Arkadina2017FilmFilm Stars Don't Die in Liverpoolas Gloria Grahame2016Film20th Century Womenas Dorothea2016FilmRules Don't Applyas Lucy Mabrey2015TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self2015TVThe Late Late Show with James Cordenas Self2015FilmDanny Collinsas Mary Sinclair2014TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actorsas Self2014FilmThe Searchas Helen2014TVLate Night with Seth Meyersas Self2014TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonas Self - Guest2014FilmAnd the Oscar Goes To...as Self - Interviewee2013FilmThe Face of Loveas Nikki Lostorm2012FilmGinger & Rosaas Bella2012FilmGirl Most Likelyas Zelda2012FilmRuby Sparksas Gertrude2010FilmThe Kids Are All Rightas Nic2009FilmMother and Childas Karen2009FilmMiloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…as Self2009FilmPoliWoodas Self2008FilmThe Womenas Sylvie Fowler2007Film14 Womenas Narrator (voice)2007TVThe Graham Norton Showas Self - Guest2006FilmThe Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegelas Self2006FilmRunning with Scissorsas Deirdre Burroughs2006FilmThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Playsas Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")2006FilmMrs. Harrisas Jean Harris2006FilmWho Needs Sleep?as Self2004FilmBeing Juliaas Julia Lambert2004FilmSesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bitesas Self (archive footage)2004FilmBeyond the 'Open Range'as Self2003TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Showas Self2003FilmOpen Rangeas Sue Barlow2003TVJimmy Kimmel Live!as Self - Guest2002TVLiberty's Kidsas Abigail Adams (voice)2000FilmAmerican Beauty: Look Closer...as Self2000FilmThe Directors: Milos Formanas Self2000FilmWhat Planet Are You From?as Susan Anderson1999TVThe Early Showas Self1999FilmAmerican Beautyas Carolyn Burnham1999FilmIn Dreamsas Claire Cooper1999TVThe Sopranosas Annette Bening1999FilmForever Hollywoodas Self1998FilmThe Siegeas Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger1997TVThe Viewas Self1996FilmMars Attacks!as Barbara Land1996TVThe Daily Showas Self1995FilmRichard IIIas Queen Elizabeth1995FilmThe American Presidentas Sydney Ellen Wade1994FilmLove Affairas Terry McKay1994FilmSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!as Self (archive footage)1992TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Lenoas Self - Guest1991FilmBugsyas Virginia Hill1991FilmRegarding Henryas Sarah Turner1991FilmGuilty by Suspicionas Ruth Merrill1990FilmPostcards from the Edgeas Evelyn Ames1990FilmThe Griftersas Myra Langtry1989FilmValmontas Merteuil1988TVLIVE with Kelly and Markas Self - Guest1988FilmThe Great Outdoorsas Kate Craig1988FilmHostageas Jill1987TVWiseguyas Karen Leland / Maloy1986FilmManhunt for Claude Dallasas Ann Tillman1984TVMiami Viceas Vicky1975TVSaturday Night Liveas Self - Host1974TVSpécial cinémaas Self1953TVThe Oscarsas Self1952TVTodayas SelfFilmBehind the Linesas Narrator (voice)FilmTurn of Mindas Dr. Jennifer WhiteFilmIn LoveTVDutton Ranchas Beulah Jackson

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