Annette Bening
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette Bening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2025 · The Bride! as Dr. Euphronius
- 2024 · Poolman as Diane Espilnade
- 2024 · Apples Never Fall as Joy Delaney
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 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
- 2019 · Hope Gap as Grace
- 2019 · The Report as Dianne Feinstein
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
- 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
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · Danny Collins as Mary Sinclair
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Search as Helen
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 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
- 2010 · The Kids Are All Right as Nic
- 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
- 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
- 2003 · Open Range as Sue Barlow
- 2002 · Liberty's Kids as Abigail Adams (voice)
- 2000 · American Beauty: Look Closer... as Self
- 2000 · What Planet Are You From? as Susan Anderson
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham
- 1999 · In Dreams as Claire Cooper
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Annette Bening
- 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · The Siege as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Mars Attacks! as Barbara Land
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 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
- 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
- 1988 · The Great Outdoors as Kate Craig
- 1988 · Hostage as Jill
- 1987 · Wiseguy as Karen Leland / Maloy
- 1986 · Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Ann Tillman
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Vicky
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 2024 · War Unfolding as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Turn of Mind as Dr. Jennifer White