Annette Bening

Annette Bening

Birthdate
May 29, 1958 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
May 29, 1958 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Known For
Acting

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 Playhouse production of Hedda Gabler (1999). 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.

Bening won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for playing a materialistic wife in American Beauty (1999), and received nominations for five Academy Awards for her roles in The Grifters (1990), American Beauty, Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010), and Nyad (2023). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing the title role in the television film Mrs. Harris (2005). Her other notable films include Postcards from the Edge (1990), Bugsy (1991), Richard III (1995), The American President (1995), 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), The Seagull (2018), The Report (2019), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022).

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Annette Bening's LGBTQ+ Titles

American Beauty
American Beauty
Carolyn Burnham
The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right
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Acting (85)

Turn of Mind as Dr. Jennifer White
Behind the Lines as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
The Bride! as Dr. Euphronius
2024
Poolman as Diane Espilnade
2024
Apples Never Fall as Joy Delaney (7 episodes)
2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2023
NYAD as Diana Nyad
2022
Jerry & Marge Go Large as Marge Selbee
2022
Death on the Nile as Euphemia Bouc
2021
A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
2020
Stars in the House as Self (1 episode)
2019
Hope Gap as Grace
2019
The Report as Dianne Feinstein
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts as Narrator (voice)
2019
Georgetown as Amanda Brecht
2019
Captain Marvel as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
2018
Life Itself as Dr. Cait Morris
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Seagull as Irina Arkadina
2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Gloria Grahame
2016
20th Century Women as Dorothea Fields
2016
Rules Don't Apply as Lucy Mabrey
2015
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self (1 episode)
2015
Danny Collins as Mary Sinclair
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Search as Helen
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self - Interviewee
2013
The Face of Love as Nikki Lostorm
2012
Ginger & Rosa as Bella
2012
Girl Most Likely as Zelda
2012
Ruby Sparks as Gertrude
2009
Mother and Child as Karen
2009
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
2009
PoliWood as Self
2008
The Women as Sylvie Fowler
2007
14 Women as Narrator (voice)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2006
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel as Self
2006
Running with Scissors as Deirdre Burroughs
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
2006
Mrs. Harris as Jean Harris
2006
Who Needs Sleep? as Self
2004
Being Julia as Julia Lambert
2004
Beyond the 'Open Range' as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (2 episodes)
2003
Open Range as Sue Barlow
2002
Liberty's Kids as Abigail Adams (voice) (1 episode)
2000
American Beauty: Look Closer... as Self
2000
What Planet Are You From? as Susan Anderson
1999
The Early Show as Self (1 episode)
1999
American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham
1999
In Dreams as Claire Cooper
1999
The Sopranos as Annette Bening (1 episode)
1999
Forever Hollywood as Self
1998
The Siege as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1996
Mars Attacks! as Barbara Land
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1995
Richard III as Queen Elizabeth
1995
The American President as Sydney Ellen Wade
1994
Love Affair as Terry McKay
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1991
Bugsy as Virginia Hill
1991
Regarding Henry as Sarah Turner
1991
Guilty by Suspicion as Ruth Merrill
1990
Postcards from the Edge as Evelyn Ames
1990
The Grifters as Myra Langtry
1989
Valmont as Merteuil
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1988
The Great Outdoors as Kate Craig
1988
Hostage as Jill
1987
Wiseguy as Karen Leland / Maloy (1 episode)
1986
Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Ann Tillman
1984
Miami Vice as Vicky (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (6 episodes)
1952
Today as Self (1 episode)

Production (1)

2024
Apples Never Fall • Executive Producer (7 episodes)
• Executive Producer (7 episodes)

Crew (1)

2010
I'm Still Here • Thanks
• Thanks