Annette Bening
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 29, 1958 (age 68)
- Birthplace
- Topeka, Kansas, USA
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.
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Filmography
Turn of Mind
Movie · as Dr. Jennifer White
42.6 Years
Movie · as Ruthie
In Love
Movie
The Bride!
Movie · as Dr. Euphronious
Lucky
TV · as Priscilla Masterson · 7 eps
Dutton Ranch
TV · as Beulah Jackson · 9 eps
Heightened Scrutiny
Movie · as Self
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Movie · as Self
Behind the Lines
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Poolman
Movie · as Diane Espilnade
Apples Never Fall
TV · as Joy Delaney · 7 eps
NYAD
Movie · as Diana Nyad
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Death on the Nile
Movie · as Euphemia Bouc
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Movie · as Marge Selbee
A Night at the Academy Museum
Movie · as Self
Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Georgetown
Movie · as Amanda Brecht
Hope Gap
Movie · as Grace
The Report
Movie · as Dianne Feinstein
Captain Marvel
Movie · as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Seagull
Movie · as Irina Arkadina
Life Itself
Movie · as Dr. Cait Morris
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Movie · as Gloria Grahame
Rules Don't Apply
Movie · as Lucy Mabrey
20th Century Women
Movie · as Dorothea
Danny Collins
Movie · as Mary Sinclair
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Search
Movie · as Helen
And the Oscar Goes To...
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Girl Most Likely
Movie · as Zelda
The Face of Love
Movie · as Nikki Lostorm
Ruby Sparks
Movie · as Gertrude
Ginger & Rosa
Movie · as Bella
The Kids Are All Right
Movie · as Nic
Mother and Child
Movie · as Karen
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Movie · as Self
PoliWood
Movie · as Self
The Women
Movie · as Sylvie Fowler
14 Women
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Running with Scissors
Movie · as Deirdre Burroughs
Who Needs Sleep?
Movie · as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Movie · as Self
Mrs. Harris
Movie · as Jean Harris
Being Julia
Movie · as Julia Lambert
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Open Range
Movie · as Sue Barlow
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Liberty's Kids
TV · as Abigail Adams (voice) · 1 ep
What Planet Are You From?
Movie · as Susan Anderson
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Movie · as Self
The Directors: Milos Forman
Movie · as Self
American Beauty
Movie · as Carolyn Burnham
In Dreams
Movie · as Claire Cooper
Forever Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Sopranos
TV · as Annette Bening · 1 ep
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Siege
Movie · as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Mars Attacks!
Movie · as Barbara Land
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Richard III
Movie · as Queen Elizabeth
The American President
Movie · as Sydney Ellen Wade
Love Affair
Movie · as Terry McKay
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Bugsy
Movie · as Virginia Hill
Regarding Henry
Movie · as Sarah Turner
Guilty by Suspicion
Movie · as Ruth Merrill
Postcards from the Edge
Movie · as Evelyn Ames
The Grifters
Movie · as Myra Langtry
Valmont
Movie · as Merteuil
The Great Outdoors
Movie · as Kate Craig
Hostage
Movie · as Jill
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Wiseguy
TV · as Karen Leland / Maloy · 1 ep
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Movie · as Ann Tillman
Miami Vice
TV · as Vicky · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep