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American Beauty
1999
as Carolyn Burnham
Annette Bening
Also known as: Annette Carol Bening
Acting
Born:May 29, 1958(age 68)
Birthplace:Topeka, Kansas, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:San Francisco State University, San Diego Mesa College, Patrick Henry High School
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CommunityBiography
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 (63 movies)
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14 Women
2007
as Narrator (voice)
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Heightened Scrutiny
2025
as Self
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Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
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7.6
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019
as Narrator (voice)
7.4
7.4
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
as Self
7.4
7.4
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022
as Marge Selbee
7.3
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20th Century Women
2016
as Dorothea
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Open Range
2003
as Sue Barlow
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Life Itself
2018
as Dr. Cait Morris
7.1
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Ruby Sparks
2012
as Gertrude
7.1
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NYAD
2023
as Diana Nyad
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7.0
The Report
2019
as Dianne Feinstein
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A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
as Self
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7.0
Who Needs Sleep?
2006
as Self
6.9
6.9
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self - Interviewee
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6.8
The Search
2014
as Helen
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Danny Collins
2015
as Mary Sinclair
6.8
6.8
Captain Marvel
2019
as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
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Richard III
1995
as Queen Elizabeth
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Valmont
1989
as Merteuil
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The Kids Are All Right
2010
as Nic
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Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
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Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Evelyn Ames
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Mother and Child
2009
as Karen
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Regarding Henry
1991
as Sarah Turner
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The American President
1995
as Sydney Ellen Wade
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Guilty by Suspicion
1991
as Ruth Merrill
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PoliWood
2009
as Self
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The Grifters
1990
as Myra Langtry
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The Great Outdoors
1988
as Kate Craig
6.4
6.4
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Barbara Land
6.4
6.4
Being Julia
2004
as Julia Lambert
6.4
6.4
Death on the Nile
2022
as Euphemia Bouc
6.4
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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Gloria Grahame
6.3
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The Siege
1998
as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
6.3
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Bugsy
1991
as Virginia Hill
6.3
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Hope Gap
2019
as Grace
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The Bride!
2026
as Dr. Euphronious
6.1
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The Face of Love
2013
as Nikki Lostorm
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Ginger & Rosa
2012
as Bella
5.9
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Georgetown
2019
as Amanda Brecht
5.7
5.7
Running with Scissors
2006
as Deirdre Burroughs
5.7
5.7
Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Lucy Mabrey
5.7
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Mrs. Harris
2006
as Jean Harris
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Girl Most Likely
2012
as Zelda
5.5
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In Dreams
1999
as Claire Cooper
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5.4
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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The Seagull
2018
as Irina Arkadina
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What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Susan Anderson
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Love Affair
1994
as Terry McKay
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The Women
2008
as Sylvie Fowler
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Poolman
2024
as Diane Espilnade
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Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Ann Tillman
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Hostage
1988
as Jill
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
as Self
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Lines
TBA
as Narrator (voice)
In Love
TBA
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Turn of Mind
TBA
as Dr. Jennifer White
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
2006
as Self
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