Catherine Keener

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1959-03-26 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Miami, Florida, USA

Catherine Keener

Biography

Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 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...

Acting

2005

The Interpreter

as Dot Woods

2005

Capote

as Harper Lee

1999

Being John Malkovich

as Maxine Lund

1998

Out of Sight

as Adele Delisi

2008

2007

Into the Wild

as Jan Burres

1996

Box of Moonlight

as Floatie Dupre

2005

The 40 Year Old Virgin

as Trish Piedmont

1999

8MM

as Amy Welles

2006

Friends with Money

as Christine

1995

Living in Oblivion

as Nicole Springer

2009

Genova

as Barbara

2002

Death to Smoochy

as Nora Wells

2002

S1m0ne

as Elaine Christian

2008

Hamlet 2

as Brie Marschz

2007

An American Crime

as Gertrude Baniszewski

2010

1998

2002

1991

Johnny Suede

as Yvonne

2010

Trust

as Lynn Cameron

2010

Cyrus

as Jamie

2009

The Soloist

as Mary Weston

2013

The Croods

as Ugga (voice)

1996

2022

Polar Bear

as Narrator (voice)

2002

Lovely & Amazing

as Michelle Marks

1999

Simpatico

as Cecilia

1989

2011

The Oranges

as Paige Walling

2012

A Late Quartet

as Juliette Gelbart

2013

Captain Phillips

as Andrea Phillips

2012

Maladies

as Catherine

2013

Enough Said

as Marianne

2014

Begin Again

as Miriam Hart

2014

War Story

as Lee

2024

Joker: Folie à Deux

as Maryanne Stewart

2015

Elephant Song

as Nurse Susan Peterson

2008

What Just Happened

as Lou Tarnow

2015

Accidental Love

as Rep. Pam Hendrickson

2017

We Don't Belong Here

as Nancy Green

2017

2009

Collaborators

as Herself

1990

Catchfire

as Trucker's Girl

2002

Adaptation.

as Catherine Keener (uncredited)

2016

Unless

as Reta

2017

Get Out

as Missy Armitage

1991

Switch

as Steve's Secretary (Beth)

2018

Nostalgia

as Donna Beam

2018

1996

Boys

as Jilly

2018

Incredibles 2

as Evelyn Deavor (voice)

2018

Little Pink House

as Susette Kelo

2020

The Croods: A New Age

as Ugga (voice)

1996

1986

2021

No Future

as Claire

2022

The Adam Project

as Maya Sorian

1986

About Last Night...

as Cocktail Waitress

1993

The Cemetery Club

as Esther's Daughter (uncredited)

Production

2009

Where the Wild Things Are

as Associate Producer

2006

1986

About Last Night...

as Casting Assistant

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