Catherine Keener
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 26, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Miami, Florida, USA
Biography
Catherine Ann Keener (born March 26, 1959) is an American actress. Considered one of the independent film industry's most reliable performers, Keener is known for portraying disgruntled and melancholic yet sympathetic women in independent films, as well as supporting roles in studio films. She has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Being John Malkovich (1999) and for her portrayal of author Harper Lee in Capote (2005). Keener also appeared in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Into the Wild (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), and Get Out (2017), which were all well received by critics. Keener is the muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in each of Holofcener's first five films. She also appeared in each of director Tom DiCillo's first four films, and three films directed by Spike Jonze. From 2018 to 2020, she starred in the Showtime dramedy series Kidding.
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Filmography
How and Why
Movie · as Alice
Love of Your Life
Movie · as Ruth
Joker: Folie à Deux
Movie · as Maryanne Stewart
Polar Bear
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Adam Project
Movie · as Maya Sorian
No Future
Movie · as Claire
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Movie · as Ugga (voice)
Brand New Cherry Flavor
TV · as Boro · 8 eps
The Croods: A New Age
Movie · as Ugga (voice)
Modern Love
TV · as Julie · 1 ep
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
Movie · as Self
Nostalgia
Movie · as Donna Beam
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Movie · as Cynthia Foards
Incredibles 2
Movie · as Evelyn Deavor (voice)
Little Pink House
Movie · as Susette Kelo
Forever
TV · as Kase · 5 eps
Kidding
TV · as Deirdre Perera · 20 eps
We Don't Belong Here
Movie · as Nancy Green
November Criminals
Movie · as Fiona
Get Out
Movie · as Missy Armitage
Unless
Movie · as Reta
Elephant Song
Movie · as Nurse Susan Peterson
Accidental Love
Movie · as Pam Hendrickson
Show Me a Hero
TV · as Mary Dorman · 6 eps
Begin Again
Movie · as Miriam Hart
War Story
Movie · as Lee
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Movie · as Ellie / Self
The Croods
Movie · as Ugga (voice)
Captain Phillips
Movie · as Andrea Phillips
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Movie · as Ellie Zisman
Enough Said
Movie · as Marianne
A Late Quartet
Movie · as Juliette Gelbart
Maladies
Movie · as Catherine
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
Movie · as Narrator
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Movie · as Self
The Oranges
Movie · as Paige Walling
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Movie · as Diane Hudson
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Movie · as Sally Jackson
Please Give
Movie · as Kate
Trust
Movie · as Lynn Cameron
Cyrus
Movie · as Jamie
Genova
Movie · as Barbara
Where the Wild Things Are
Movie · as Mom
The Soloist
Movie · as Mary Weston
Collaborators
Movie · as Self
Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak
Movie · as Herself
Synecdoche, New York
Movie · as Adele Lack
Hamlet 2
Movie · as Brie Marschz
What Just Happened
Movie · as Lou Tarnow
Into the Wild
Movie · as Jan Burres
An American Crime
Movie · as Gertrude Baniszewski
Friends with Money
Movie · as Christine
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Movie · as Self
The Interpreter
Movie · as Dot Woods
Capote
Movie · as Harper Lee
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Movie · as Trish Piedmont
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Movie · as Kathleen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Death to Smoochy
Movie · as Nora Wells
S1m0ne
Movie · as Elaine Christian
Full Frontal
Movie · as Lee
Lovely & Amazing
Movie · as Michelle Marks
Adaptation.
Movie · as Catherine Keener (uncredited)
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
Movie · as Self
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
Movie · as Self
Being John Malkovich
Movie · as Maxine Lund
8MM
Movie · as Amy Welles
Simpatico
Movie · as Cecilia
Out of Sight
Movie · as Adele Delisi
The Real Blonde
Movie · as Mary
Your Friends & Neighbors
Movie · as Terri
Box of Moonlight
Movie · as Floatie Dupre
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie · as Becky
Walking and Talking
Movie · as Amelia
Boys
Movie · as Jilly
Heroine of Hell
Movie · as Magda
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Movie · as Lena
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Living in Oblivion
Movie · as Nicole Springer
Journeys North
Movie · as Magda
The Cemetery Club
Movie · as Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Movie · as Suzanne
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
Johnny Suede
Movie · as Yvonne
Switch
Movie · as Steve's Secretary (Beth)
Catchfire
Movie · as Trucker's Girl
Survival Quest
Movie · as Cheryl
Seinfeld
TV · as Nina West · 1 ep
Ohara
TV · 30 eps
The Abduction of Allison Tate
Movie · as Linda Kellogg
About Last Night...
Movie · as Cocktail Waitress
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps