Catherine Keener
Acting
- Born:
- 1959-03-26
- Place of birth:
- Miami, Florida, USA
Biography
Catherine Ann Keener (born March 26, 1959) is an American actress. Considered one of the independent film industry's most reliable performers, Keener is known for portraying disgruntled and melancholic yet sympathetic women in independent films, as well as supporting roles in studio films. She has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Being John Malkovich (1999) and for her portrayal of author Harper Lee in Capote (2005). Keener also appeared in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Into the Wild (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), and Get Out (2017), which were all well received by critics. Keener is the muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in each of Holofcener's first five films. She also appeared in each of director Tom DiCillo's first four films, and three films directed by Spike Jonze. From 2018 to 2020, she starred in the Showtime dramedy series Kidding.
Known For
Filmography
Love of Your Life
Joker: Folie à Deux
Polar Bear
The Adam Project
No Future
Brand New Cherry Flavor
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
The Croods: A New Age
Modern Love
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
Forever
Kidding
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Incredibles 2
Little Pink House
Nostalgia
November Criminals
We Don't Belong Here
Get Out
Unless
Show Me a Hero
Elephant Song
Accidental Love
Begin Again
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
War Story
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Captain Phillips
Enough Said
The Croods
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
A Late Quartet
Maladies
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
The Oranges
Trust
Cyrus
Please Give
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Where the Wild Things Are
Collaborators
Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak
The Soloist
Genova
Synecdoche, New York
What Just Happened
Hamlet 2
Into the Wild
An American Crime
Friends with Money
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Capote
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
The Interpreter
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Adaptation.
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
S1m0ne
Full Frontal
Lovely & Amazing
Death to Smoochy
Being John Malkovich
Simpatico
8MM
Your Friends & Neighbors
Out of Sight
The Real Blonde
If These Walls Could Talk
Box of Moonlight
The Daily Show
Walking and Talking
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Boys
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Heroine of Hell
Living in Oblivion
Journeys North
The Cemetery Club
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Johnny Suede
Switch
Catchfire
Seinfeld
Survival Quest
Ohara
The Abduction of Allison Tate
About Last Night...
The Oscars
How and Why