Annette Bening
Acting
Born: May 29, 1958
From: Topeka, Kansas, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, making her one of the few artists nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning. A graduate of San Francisco State University and the American Conservatory Theater, Bening started 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. Making her film debut in 1988, she gained further recognition for her role in The Grifters (1990), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. This acclaim continued throughout the 1990s and 2000s with further Oscar-nominated performances in the comedy-dramas American Beauty (1999) and Being Julia (2004), which respectively won her the …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYAD | Diana Nyad | 2023 | 7.079 |
| A Night at the Academy Museum | Self | 2021 | 7.0 |
| The Face of Love | Nikki Lostorm | 2013 | 6.1 |
| Girl Most Likely | Zelda | 2012 | 5.6 |
| Ruby Sparks | Gertrude | 2012 | 7.119 |
| Ginger & Rosa | Bella | 2012 | 6.017 |
| The Kids Are All Right | Nic | 2010 | 6.607 |
| Mother and Child | Karen | 2009 | 6.595 |
| The Women | Sylvie Fowler | 2008 | 5.123 |
| 14 Women | Narrator (voice) | 2007 | 8.0 |
| Running with Scissors | Deirdre Burroughs | 2006 | 5.782 |
| Mrs. Harris | Jean Harris | 2006 | 5.789 |
| Being Julia | Julia Lambert | 2004 | 6.388 |
| Open Range | Sue Barlow | 2003 | 7.211 |
| What Planet Are You From? | Susan Anderson | 2000 | 5.431 |
| American Beauty | Carolyn Burnham | 1999 | 7.999 |
| In Dreams | Claire Cooper | 1999 | 5.472 |
| The Siege | Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger | 1998 | 6.296 |
| Mars Attacks! | Barbara Land | 1996 | 6.423 |
| Richard III | Queen Elizabeth | 1995 | 6.8 |
| The American President | Sydney Ellen Wade | 1995 | 6.534 |
| Love Affair | Terry McKay | 1994 | 5.426 |
| Bugsy | Virginia Hill | 1991 | 6.341 |
| Regarding Henry | Sarah Turner | 1991 | 6.537 |
| Guilty by Suspicion | Ruth Merrill | 1991 | 6.474 |
| Postcards from the Edge | Evelyn Ames | 1990 | 6.619 |
| The Grifters | Myra Langtry | 1990 | 6.505 |
| Valmont | Merteuil | 1989 | 6.714 |
| The Great Outdoors | Kate Craig | 1988 | 6.466 |
| Behind the Lines | Narrator (voice) | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1958 |
| From | Topeka, Kansas, USA |