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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Topeka, Kansas, USA, 1958-05-29

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Manhunt for Claude Dallas	Ann Tillman	40
2	1988	Hostage	Jill	10
3	1988	The Great Outdoors	Kate Craig	64
4	1989	Valmont	Merteuil	67
5	1990	The Grifters	Myra Langtry	65
6	1990	Postcards from the Edge	Evelyn Ames	66
7	1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Ruth Merrill	65
8	1991	Regarding Henry	Sarah Turner	66
9	1991	Bugsy	Virginia Hill	64
10	1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Self (archive footage)	70
11	1994	Love Affair	Terry McKay	54
12	1995	The American President	Sydney Ellen Wade	65
13	1995	Richard III	Queen Elizabeth	67
14	1996	Mars Attacks!	Barbara Land	64
15	1998	The Siege	Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger	63
16	1999	Forever Hollywood	Self	80
17	1999	In Dreams	Claire Cooper	54
18	1999	American Beauty	Carolyn Burnham	80
19	2000	What Planet Are You From?	Susan Anderson	55
20	2000	The Directors: Milos Forman	Self	0
21	2000	American Beauty: Look Closer...	Self	75
22	2003	Open Range	Sue Barlow	72
23	2004	Beyond the 'Open Range'	Self	0
24	2004	Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites	Self (archive footage)	0
25	2004	Being Julia	Julia Lambert	65
26	2006	Who Needs Sleep?	Self	70
27	2006	Mrs. Harris	Jean Harris	59
28	2006	The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays	Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")	0
29	2006	Running with Scissors	Deirdre Burroughs	58
30	2006	The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel	Self	0
31	2007	14 Women	Narrator (voice)	80
32	2008	The Women	Sylvie Fowler	51
33	2009	PoliWood	Self	65
34	2009	Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…	Self	66
35	2009	Mother and Child	Karen	66
36	2010	The Kids Are All Right	Nic	66
37	2012	Ruby Sparks	Gertrude	71
38	2012	Girl Most Likely	Zelda	56
39	2012	Ginger & Rosa	Bella	61
40	2013	The Face of Love	Nikki Lostorm	61
41	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self - Interviewee	70
42	2014	The Search	Helen	68
43	2015	Danny Collins	Mary Sinclair	68
44	2015	Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	54
45	2016	Rules Don't Apply	Lucy Mabrey	57
46	2016	20th Century Women	Dorothea	73
47	2017	Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool	Gloria Grahame	64
48	2018	The Seagull	Irina Arkadina	55
49	2018	Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal	Self (archive footage)	57
50	2018	Life Itself	Dr. Cait Morris	72
51	2019	Captain Marvel	Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson	68
52	2019	Georgetown	Amanda Brecht	60
53	2019	The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts	Narrator (voice)	76
54	2019	The Report	Dianne Feinstein	70
55	2019	Hope Gap	Grace	63
56	2021	A Night at the Academy Museum	Self	70
57		Behind the Lines	Narrator (voice)	0
58	2022	Death on the Nile	Euphemia Bouc	64
59	2023	NYAD	Diana Nyad	71
60	2025	Heightened Scrutiny	Self	80
61	2026	The Bride!	Dr. Euphronius	0
62		Turn of Mind	Dr. Jennifer White	0
63	2022	Jerry & Marge Go Large	Marge Selbee	74
64	2024	Poolman	Diane Espilnade	42

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Today	Self	58
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
5	1984	Miami Vice	Vicky	75
6	1987	Wiseguy	Karen Leland / Maloy	65
7	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
8	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self - Guest	54
9	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
10	1997	The View	Self	45
11	1999	The Sopranos	Annette Bening	87
12	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
13	2002	Liberty's Kids	Abigail Adams (voice)	75
14	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
15	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest	72
16	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self - Guest	59
17	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
18	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
19	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	53
20	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
21	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self - Guest	65
22	2020	Stars in the House	Self	0
23	2023	Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	70
24	2024	Apples Never Fall	Joy Delaney	62
25		Lucky	Priscilla	0

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