Annette Bening
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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 BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Actress. Bening's performance as the title character in the British television film Mrs. Harris (2005) earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. In the following decades, Bening received two additional Oscar nominations for her leading roles as a lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right (2010) and swimmer Diana Nyad in the Netflix biographical film Nyad (2023), the former of which also won her a Golden Globe. 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. Her other roles during this period include the films 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022), and the miniseries Apples Never Fall (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette Bening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Bride! (2026)
as Dr. Euphronious
American Beauty (1999)
as Carolyn Burnham
Captain Marvel (2019)
as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Barbara Land
Death on the Nile (2022)
as Euphemia Bouc
Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)
as Marge Selbee
Open Range (2003)
as Sue Barlow
The Women (2008)
as Sylvie Fowler
The Siege (1998)
as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
Ruby Sparks (2012)
as Gertrude
The Report (2019)
as Dianne Feinstein
The Great Outdoors (1988)
as Kate Craig
Life Itself (2018)
as Dr. Cait Morris
The American President (1995)
as Sydney Ellen Wade
Love Affair (1994)
as Terry McKay
Danny Collins (2015)
as Mary Sinclair
20th Century Women (2016)
as Dorothea
Bugsy (1991)
as Virginia Hill
Regarding Henry (1991)
as Sarah Turner
Hope Gap (2019)
as Grace
Richard III (1995)
as Queen Elizabeth
The Grifters (1990)
as Myra Langtry
Being Julia (2004)
as Julia Lambert
In Dreams (1999)
as Claire Cooper
NYAD (2023)
as Diana Nyad
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
as Lucy Mabrey
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
as Evelyn Ames
Ginger & Rosa (2012)
as Bella
The Seagull (2018)
as Irina Arkadina
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
as Nic
Mrs. Harris (2006)
as Jean Harris
Valmont (1989)
as Merteuil
Georgetown (2019)
as Amanda Brecht
Mother and Child (2009)
as Karen
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
as Ruth Merrill
Poolman (2024)
as Diane Espilnade
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
as Gloria Grahame
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
as Self - Interviewee
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
as Susan Anderson
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Running with Scissors (2006)
as Deirdre Burroughs
The Face of Love (2013)
as Nikki Lostorm
Girl Most Likely (2012)
as Zelda
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
The Search (2014)
as Helen
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life (2025)
as Self
42.6 Years (—)
as Ruthie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
14 Women (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
American Beauty: Look Closer... (2000)
as Self
PoliWood (2009)
as Self
Who Needs Sleep? (2006)
as Self
Behind the Lines (—)
as Narrator (voice)
In Love (—)
Actor
Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986)
as Ann Tillman
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel (2006)
as Self
Hostage (1988)
as Jill
The Directors: Milos Forman (2000)
as Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
as Self
A Night at the Academy Museum (2021)
as Self
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond the 'Open Range' (2004)
as Self
Heightened Scrutiny (2025)
as Self
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Turn of Mind (—)
as Dr. Jennifer White