Catherine Keener
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.
Acting (76 movies)
The Interpreter
2005
Capote
2005
Being John Malkovich
1999
Out of Sight
1998
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Into the Wild
2007
Box of Moonlight
1996
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
8MM
1999
Friends with Money
2006
Living in Oblivion
1995
Genova
2009
Death to Smoochy
2002
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Hamlet 2
2008
S1m0ne
2002
An American Crime
2007
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
Please Give
2010
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
The Real Blonde
1998
Full Frontal
2002
Johnny Suede
1991
Trust
2010
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
Cyrus
2010
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005
The Soloist
2009
The Croods
2013
Walking and Talking
1996
Polar Bear
2022
Lovely & Amazing
2002
Simpatico
1999
Survival Quest
1989
The Oranges
2011
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
A Late Quartet
2012
Captain Phillips
2013
Maladies
2012
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
2013
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013
Enough Said
2013
Begin Again
2014
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
2018
War Story
2014
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
Elephant Song
2015
What Just Happened
2008
Accidental Love
2015
We Don't Belong Here
2017
November Criminals
2017
Your Friends & Neighbors
1998
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
2012
Catchfire
1990
Adaptation.
2002
Unless
2016
Get Out
2017
Switch
1991
Nostalgia
2018
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
Boys
1996
Incredibles 2
2018
Little Pink House
2018
The Croods: A New Age
2020
Heroine of Hell
1996
The Abduction of Allison Tate
1986
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
No Future
2021
The Adam Project
2022
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
About Last Night...
1986
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
The Cemetery Club
1993
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| God Grew Tired of Us | 2006 | Producer |