Annette Bening

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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 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.

Filmography

1. 2026Luckyas Priscilla Masterson · 7 episodes
2. 2026Dutton Ranchas Beulah Jackson · 9 episodes
3. 2026The Bride!as Dr. Euphronious
4. 2024Poolmanas Diane Espilnade
5. 2024Apples Never Fallas Joy Delaney · 7 episodes · Executive producer
6. 2023NYADas Diana Nyad
7. 2022Jerry & Marge Go Largeas Marge Selbee
8. 2022Death on the Nileas Euphemia Bouc
9. 2021A Night at the Academy Museumas Self
10. 2019Hope Gapas Grace
11. 2019The Reportas Dianne Feinstein
12. 2019The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Actsas Narrator (voice)
13. 2019Georgetownas Amanda Brecht
14. 2019Captain Marvelas Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
15. 2018Life Itselfas Dr. Cait Morris
16. 2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandalas Self (archive footage)
17. 2018The Seagullas Irina Arkadina
18. 2017Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpoolas Gloria Grahame
19. 201620th Century Womenas Dorothea
20. 2016Rules Don't Applyas Lucy Mabrey
21. 2015Danny Collinsas Mary Sinclair
22. 2014The Searchas Helen
23. 2014And the Oscar Goes To...as Self - Interviewee
24. 2013The Face of Loveas Nikki Lostorm
25. 2012Ginger & Rosaas Bella
26. 2012Girl Most Likelyas Zelda
27. 2012Ruby Sparksas Gertrude
28. 2010The Kids Are All Rightas Nic
29. 2009Mother and Childas Karen
30. 2009Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…as Self
31. 2009PoliWoodas Self
32. 2008The Womenas Sylvie Fowler
33. 2006Running with Scissorsas Deirdre Burroughs
34. 2006Who Needs Sleep?as Self
35. 2005Mrs. Harrisas Jean Harris
36. 2004Being Juliaas Julia Lambert
37. 2003Open Rangeas Sue Barlow
38. 2002Liberty's Kidsas Abigail Adams (voice) · 1 episode
39. 2000American Beauty: Look Closer...as Self
40. 2000What Planet Are You From?as Susan Anderson
41. 1999American Beautyas Carolyn Burnham
42. 1999In Dreamsas Claire Cooper
43. 1999The Sopranosas Annette Bening · 1 episode
44. 1998The Siegeas Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
45. 1996Mars Attacks!as Barbara Land
46. 1995Richard IIIas Queen Elizabeth
47. 1995The American Presidentas Sydney Ellen Wade
48. 1994Love Affairas Terry McKay
49. 1991Bugsyas Virginia Hill
50. 1991Regarding Henryas Sarah Turner
51. 1991Guilty by Suspicionas Ruth Merrill
52. 1990Postcards from the Edgeas Evelyn Ames
53. 1990The Griftersas Myra Langtry
54. 1989Valmontas Merteuil
55. 1988The Great Outdoorsas Kate Craig
56. 1987Wiseguyas Karen Leland / Maloy · 1 episode
57. 1986Manhunt for Claude Dallasas Ann Tillman
58. 1984Miami Viceas Vicky · 1 episode
59. 1971Film '72as Self · 1 episode
60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 6 episodes