Annette Bening
5.9Acting

Annette Bening

May 29, 1958 - Topeka, Kansas, USA

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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Movie1999American BeautyCarolyn Burnham
Movie1996Mars Attacks!Barbara Land
Movie2003Open RangeSue Barlow
Movie1991BugsyVirginia Hill
Movie1988The Great OutdoorsKate Craig
Movie2000What Planet Are You From?Susan Anderson
Movie1991Regarding HenrySarah Turner
Movie2021A Night at the Academy MuseumSelf
Movie1990Postcards from the EdgeEvelyn Ames
Movie1991Guilty by SuspicionRuth Merrill
Movie2006Running with ScissorsDeirdre Burroughs
Movie1995Richard IIIQueen Elizabeth
Movie1995The American PresidentSydney Ellen Wade
Movie1998The SiegeElise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
Movie1999In DreamsClaire Cooper
Movie2008The WomenSylvie Fowler
Movie2009Mother and ChildKaren
MovieN/ABehind the LinesNarrator (voice)
Movie1989ValmontMerteuil
Movie1994Love AffairTerry McKay
Movie2010The Kids Are All RightNic
Movie1990The GriftersMyra Langtry
Movie2004Being JuliaJulia Lambert
Movie2023NYADDiana Nyad
Movie2012Girl Most LikelyZelda
Movie2006Mrs. HarrisJean Harris
Movie2012Ruby SparksGertrude
Movie2012Ginger & RosaBella
Movie200714 WomenNarrator (voice)
Movie2013The Face of LoveNikki Lostorm
Movie2024PoolmanDiane Espilnade
Movie2014The SearchHelen
Movie2015Danny CollinsMary Sinclair
Movie2014And the Oscar Goes To...Self - Interviewee
Movie2016Rules Don't ApplyLucy Mabrey
Movie2026The Bride!Dr. Euphronius
Movie2018The SeagullIrina Arkadina
Movie2004Beyond the 'Open Range'Self
Movie201620th Century WomenDorothea
Movie2017Film Stars Don't Die in LiverpoolGloria Grahame
Movie1986Manhunt for Claude DallasAnn Tillman
Movie2018Life ItselfDr. Cait Morris
Movie1988HostageJill
Movie2019GeorgetownAmanda Brecht
Movie2006Who Needs Sleep?Self
Movie2009Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…Self
Movie2019Hope GapGrace
Movie2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein ScandalSelf (archive footage)
Movie2009PoliWoodSelf
Movie2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysHolly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Movie2019Captain MarvelSupreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
Movie2019The ReportDianne Feinstein
Movie1999Forever HollywoodSelf
Movie2019The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten ActsNarrator (voice)
Movie2022Death on the NileEuphemia Bouc
Movie2015Warren Beatty - Mister HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
Movie2000American Beauty: Look Closer...Self
Movie2006The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy SiegelSelf
MovieN/ATurn of MindDr. Jennifer White
Movie2022Jerry & Marge Go LargeMarge Selbee
Movie1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)
Movie2025Heightened ScrutinySelf
Movie2004Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best BitesSelf (archive footage)
Movie2000The Directors: Milos FormanSelf
TV Show1999The SopranosAnnette Bening1
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf2
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf1
TV Show1984Miami ViceVicky1
TV Show1952TodaySelf1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf2
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest2
TV Show1999The Early ShowSelf1
TV Show1987WiseguyKaren Leland / Maloy1
TV Show2002Liberty's KidsAbigail Adams (voice)1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf6
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest1
TV Show2023Off Script with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf1
TV Show1974Spécial cinémaSelf1
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf1
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest2
TV Show2020Stars in the HouseSelf1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest1
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show2024Apples Never FallJoy Delaney7
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf1
TV ShowN/ALuckyPriscilla1

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Movie2010I'm Still HereThanksCrew
TV Show2024Apples Never FallExecutive ProducerProduction