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).
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Acted in
The Bride!
2025
as Dr. Euphronius
Poolman
2024
as Diane Espilnade
Apples Never Fall
2024
as Joy Delaney
NYAD
2023
as Diana Nyad
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022
as Marge Selbee
Death on the Nile
2022
as Euphemia Bouc
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
as Self
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Hope Gap
2019
as Grace
The Report
2019
as Dianne Feinstein
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Georgetown
2019
as Amanda Brecht
Captain Marvel
2019
as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
Life Itself
2018
as Dr. Cait Morris
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Seagull
2018
as Irina Arkadina
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Gloria Grahame
20th Century Women
2016
as Dorothea Fields
Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Lucy Mabrey
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Danny Collins
2015
as Mary Sinclair
The Search
2014
as Helen
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self - Interviewee
The Face of Love
2013
as Nikki Lostorm
Ginger & Rosa
2012
as Bella
Girl Most Likely
2012
as Zelda
Ruby Sparks
2012
as Gertrude
The Kids Are All Right
2010
as Nic
Mother and Child
2009
as Karen
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
PoliWood
2009
as Self
The Women
2008
as Sylvie Fowler
14 Women
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
2006
as Self
Running with Scissors
2006
as Deirdre Burroughs
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Jean Harris
Who Needs Sleep?
2006
as Self
Being Julia
2004
as Julia Lambert
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
as Self
Open Range
2003
as Sue Barlow
Liberty's Kids
2002
as Abigail Adams (voice)
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
as Self
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Susan Anderson
American Beauty
1999
as Carolyn Burnham
In Dreams
1999
as Claire Cooper
The Sopranos
1999
as Annette Bening
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
The Siege
1998
as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Barbara Land
Richard III
1995
as Queen Elizabeth
The American President
1995
as Sydney Ellen Wade
Love Affair
1994
as Terry McKay
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Bugsy
1991
as Virginia Hill
Regarding Henry
1991
as Sarah Turner
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
as Ruth Merrill
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Evelyn Ames
The Grifters
1990
as Myra Langtry
Valmont
1989
as Merteuil
The Great Outdoors
1988
as Kate Craig
Hostage
1988
as Jill
Wiseguy
1987
as Karen Leland / Maloy
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Ann Tillman
Miami Vice
1984
as Vicky
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Behind the Lines
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Turn of Mind
as Dr. Jennifer White