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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 29, 1958
Place of Birth:
Topeka, Kansas, USA
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Annette Bening
Biography
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has received many accolades, including a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globes as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and five Academy Awards.
Bening began 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. She played the title role in a Geffen Playhouse production of Hedda Gabler (1999). 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.
Bening won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for playing a materialistic wife in American Beauty (1999), and received nominations for five Academy Awards for her roles in The Grifters (1990), American Beauty, Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010), and Nyad (2023). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing the title role in the television film Mrs. Harris (2005). Her other notable films include Postcards from the Edge (1990), Bugsy (1991), Richard III (1995), The American President (1995), 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), The Seagull (2018), The Report (2019), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Bride! | Dr. Euphronius |
| 2025 | Heightened Scrutiny | Self |
| 2024 | Poolman | Diane Espilnade |
| 2023 | NYAD | Diana Nyad |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Euphemia Bouc |
| 2022 | Jerry & Marge Go Large | Marge Selbee |
| 2021 | A Night at the Academy Museum | Self |
| 2019 | Georgetown | Amanda Brecht |
| 2019 | Hope Gap | Grace |
| 2019 | The Report | Dianne Feinstein |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson |
| 2019 | The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts | Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | The Seagull | Irina Arkadina |
| 2018 | Life Itself | Dr. Cait Morris |
| 2018 | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Gloria Grahame |
| 2016 | Rules Don't Apply | Lucy Mabrey |
| 2016 | 20th Century Women | Dorothea |
| 2015 | Danny Collins | Mary Sinclair |
| 2015 | Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | The Search | Helen |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self - Interviewee |
| 2013 | The Face of Love | Nikki Lostorm |
| 2012 | Girl Most Likely | Zelda |
| 2012 | Ruby Sparks | Gertrude |
| 2012 | Ginger & Rosa | Bella |
| 2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Nic |
| 2009 | Mother and Child | Karen |
| 2009 | Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… | Self |
| 2009 | PoliWood | Self |
| 2008 | The Women | Sylvie Fowler |
| 2007 | 14 Women | Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Running with Scissors | Deirdre Burroughs |
| 2006 | Mrs. Harris | Jean Harris |
| 2006 | Who Needs Sleep? | Self |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances") |
| 2006 | The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel | Self |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Julia Lambert |
| 2004 | Beyond the 'Open Range' | Self |
| 2004 | Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Open Range | Sue Barlow |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Susan Anderson |
| 2000 | American Beauty: Look Closer... | Self |
| 2000 | The Directors: Milos Forman | Self |
| 1999 | American Beauty | Carolyn Burnham |
| 1999 | In Dreams | Claire Cooper |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self |
| 1998 | The Siege | Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Barbara Land |
| 1995 | Richard III | Queen Elizabeth |
| 1995 | The American President | Sydney Ellen Wade |
| 1994 | Love Affair | Terry McKay |
| 1994 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Bugsy | Virginia Hill |
| 1991 | Regarding Henry | Sarah Turner |
| 1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | Ruth Merrill |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Evelyn Ames |
| 1990 | The Grifters | Myra Langtry |
| 1989 | Valmont | Merteuil |
| 1988 | The Great Outdoors | Kate Craig |
| 1988 | Hostage | Jill |
| 1986 | Manhunt for Claude Dallas | Ann Tillman |
| Behind the Lines | Narrator (voice) | |
| Turn of Mind | Dr. Jennifer White |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Apples Never Fall | Joy Delaney |
| 2023 | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids | Abigail Adams (voice) |
| 1999 | The Sopranos | Annette Bening |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | Karen Leland / Maloy |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Vicky |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Today | Self |
| Lucky | Priscilla |