Name
Annette Bening
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1958-05-29 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Topeka, Kansas, USA
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).
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- 1996 Mars Attacks! as Barbara Land
- 2003 Open Range as Sue Barlow
- 1991 Bugsy as Virginia Hill
- 1988 The Great Outdoors as Kate Craig
- 2000 What Planet Are You From? as Susan Anderson
- 1991 Regarding Henry as Sarah Turner
- 2021 A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
- 1991 Guilty by Suspicion as Ruth Merrill
- 1990 Postcards from the Edge as Evelyn Ames
- 2006 Running with Scissors as Deirdre Burroughs
- 1995 Richard III as Queen Elizabeth
- 1995 The American President as Sydney Ellen Wade
- 1998 The Siege as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
- 1999 In Dreams as Claire Cooper
- 2008 The Women as Sylvie Fowler
- 2009 Mother and Child as Karen
- Soon Behind the Lines as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 Valmont as Merteuil
- 1994 Love Affair as Terry McKay
- 2010 The Kids Are All Right as Nic
- 1990 The Grifters as Myra Langtry
- 2004 Being Julia as Julia Lambert
- 2023 NYAD as Diana Nyad
- 2012 Girl Most Likely as Zelda
- 2005 Mrs. Harris as Jean Harris
- 2012 Ruby Sparks as Gertrude
- 2012 Ginger & Rosa as Bella
- 2007 14 Women as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 The Face of Love as Nikki Lostorm
- 2024 Poolman as Diane Espilnade
- 2014 The Search as Helen
- 2015 Danny Collins as Mary Sinclair
- 2014 And the Oscar Goes To... as Self - Interviewee
- 2016 Rules Don't Apply as Lucy Mabrey
- 2026 The Bride! as Dr. Euphronious
- 2018 The Seagull as Irina Arkadina
- 2004 Beyond the 'Open Range' as Self
- 2016 20th Century Women as Dorothea
- 2017 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Gloria Grahame
- 1986 Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Ann Tillman
- 2018 Life Itself as Dr. Cait Morris
- 1988 Hostage as Jill
- 2019 Georgetown as Amanda Brecht
- 2006 Who Needs Sleep? as Self
- 2009 Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
- 2019 Hope Gap as Grace
- 2018 Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 PoliWood as Self
- 2006 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
- 2019 Captain Marvel as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
- 2019 The Report as Dianne Feinstein
- 1999 Forever Hollywood as Self
- 2019 The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 Death on the Nile as Euphemia Bouc
- 2000 American Beauty: Look Closer... as Self
- 2006 The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel as Self
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- 1994 Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 Heightened Scrutiny as Self
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- 2000 The Directors: Milos Forman as Self
- 2027 In Love
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- Soon 42.6 Years as Ruthie
- 1999 The Sopranos ( 1 episode ) as Annette Bening
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Vicky
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1999 The Early Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Wiseguy ( 1 episode ) as Karen Leland / Maloy
- 2002 Liberty's Kids ( 1 episode ) as Abigail Adams (voice)
- 1953 The Oscars ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 Spécial cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2020 Stars in the House ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Apples Never Fall ( 7 episodes ) as Joy Delaney
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 Lucky ( 7 episodes ) as Priscilla Masterson
- 2026 Dutton Ranch ( 9 episodes ) as Beulah Jackson
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
