Annette Bening

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-05-29 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Topeka, Kansas, USA

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 ...

Acting

1999

American Beauty

as Carolyn Burnham

1996

Mars Attacks!

as Barbara Land

2003

Open Range

as Sue Barlow

1991

Bugsy

as Virginia Hill

1988

The Great Outdoors

as Kate Craig

2000

What Planet Are You From?

as Susan Anderson

1991

Regarding Henry

as Sarah Turner

1990

1991

Guilty by Suspicion

as Ruth Merrill

2006

Running with Scissors

as Deirdre Burroughs

1995

Richard III

as Queen Elizabeth

1995

The American President

as Sydney Ellen Wade

1998

The Siege

as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger

1999

In Dreams

as Claire Cooper

2008

The Women

as Sylvie Fowler

2009

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Behind the Lines

as Narrator (voice)

1989

Valmont

as Merteuil

1994

Love Affair

as Terry McKay

1990

The Grifters

as Myra Langtry

2004

Being Julia

as Julia Lambert

2023

NYAD

as Diana Nyad

2012

2006

Mrs. Harris

as Jean Harris

2012

Ruby Sparks

as Gertrude

2012

2007

14 Women

as Narrator (voice)

2013

The Face of Love

as Nikki Lostorm

2024

Poolman

as Diane Espilnade

2014

The Search

as Helen

2015

Danny Collins

as Mary Sinclair

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self - Interviewee

2016

Rules Don't Apply

as Lucy Mabrey

2026

The Bride!

as Dr. Euphronius

2018

The Seagull

as Irina Arkadina

2016

1986

2018

Life Itself

as Dr. Cait Morris

1988

Hostage

as Jill

2019

Georgetown

as Amanda Brecht

2006

2019

Hope Gap

as Grace

2009

PoliWood

as Self

2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")

2019

Captain Marvel

as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson

2019

The Report

as Dianne Feinstein

2022

Death on the Nile

as Euphemia Bouc

2015

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

-

Turn of Mind

as Dr. Jennifer White

2022

Jerry & Marge Go Large

as Marge Selbee

2004

Production

2010

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