Annette Bening
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).
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Known for
The Sopranos
Annette Bening
Miami Vice
Vicky
The Oscars
Self
Stars in the House
Self
Wiseguy
Karen Leland / Maloy
Captain Marvel
Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
The Bride!
Dr. Euphronious
Death on the Nile
Euphemia Bouc
Liberty's Kids
Abigail Adams (voice)
American Beauty
Carolyn Burnham
Georgetown
Amanda Brecht
Mars Attacks!
Barbara Land
Danny Collins
Mary Sinclair
Lucky
Priscialla Matheson
Apples Never Fall
Joy Delaney
The Dutton Ranch
Beulah Jackson
14 Women
Narrator (voice)
Ruby Sparks
Gertrude
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Marge Selbee
Love Affair
Terry McKay
The Siege
Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
Life Itself
Dr. Cait Morris
The Grifters
Myra Langtry
The Report
Dianne Feinstein
Hope Gap
Grace
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Gloria Grahame
NYAD
Diana Nyad
Bugsy
Virginia Hill
The American President
Sydney Ellen Wade
20th Century Women
Dorothea
Open Range
Sue Barlow
Guilty by Suspicion
Ruth Merrill
Heightened Scrutiny
Self
The Great Outdoors
Kate Craig
In Dreams
Claire Cooper
Rules Don't Apply
Lucy Mabrey
The Kids Are All Right
Nic
The Women
Sylvie Fowler
Forever Hollywood
Self
Regarding Henry
Sarah Turner
What Planet Are You From?
Susan Anderson
Valmont
Merteuil
Poolman
Diane Espilnade
Mother and Child
Karen
Richard III
Queen Elizabeth
Postcards from the Edge
Evelyn Ames
Ginger & Rosa
Bella
In Love
Being Julia
Julia Lambert
The Seagull
Irina Arkadina
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
Running with Scissors
Deirdre Burroughs
The Face of Love
Nikki Lostorm
Girl Most Likely
Zelda
Mrs. Harris
Jean Harris
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Self
The Search
Helen
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
PoliWood
Self
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Lines
Narrator (voice)
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
Turn of Mind
Dr. Jennifer White
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Ann Tillman
Hostage
Jill
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
The View
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Today
Self
The Early Show
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