Catherine Keener
Acting • Born 1959-03-26
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.
Filmography
94 credits
The Interpreter
Movie • 2005
Dot Woods
Capote
Movie • 2005
Harper Lee
Being John Malkovich
Movie • 1999
Maxine Lund
Out of Sight
Movie • 1998
Adele Delisi
Synecdoche, New York
Movie • 2008
Adele Lack
Into the Wild
Movie • 2007
Jan Burres
Box of Moonlight
Movie • 1996
Floatie Dupre
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Movie • 2005
Trish Piedmont
8MM
Movie • 1999
Amy Welles
Friends with Money
Movie • 2006
Christine
Living in Oblivion
Movie • 1995
Nicole Springer
Genova
Movie • 2009
Barbara
Death to Smoochy
Movie • 2002
Nora Wells
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Movie • 2010
Sally Jackson
Hamlet 2
Movie • 2008
Brie Marschz
S1m0ne
Movie • 2002
Elaine Christian
An American Crime
Movie • 2007
Gertrude Baniszewski
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Movie • 1992
Suzanne
Please Give
Movie • 2010
Kate
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie • 1996
Becky
The Real Blonde
Movie • 1998
Mary
Full Frontal
Movie • 2002
Lee
Johnny Suede
Movie • 1991
Yvonne
Trust
Movie • 2010
Lynn Cameron
Where the Wild Things Are
Movie • 2009
Mom
Cyrus
Movie • 2010
Jamie
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Movie • 2005
Kathleen
The Soloist
Movie • 2009
Mary Weston
The Croods
Movie • 2013
Ugga (voice)
Walking and Talking
Movie • 1996
Amelia
Polar Bear
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Lovely & Amazing
Movie • 2002
Michelle Marks
Simpatico
Movie • 1999
Cecilia
Survival Quest
Movie • 1989
Cheryl
The Oranges
Movie • 2011
Paige Walling
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Movie • 2011
Diane Hudson
A Late Quartet
Movie • 2012
Juliette Gelbart
Captain Phillips
Movie • 2013
Andrea Phillips
Maladies
Movie • 2012
Catherine
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Movie • 2006
Self
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
Movie • 2013
Self
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Movie • 2013
Ellie Zisman
Enough Said
Movie • 2013
Marianne
Begin Again
Movie • 2014
Miriam Hart
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
Movie • 2018
Self
War Story
Movie • 2014
Lee
Joker: Folie à Deux
Movie • 2024
Maryanne Stewart
Elephant Song
Movie • 2015
Nurse Susan Peterson
What Just Happened
Movie • 2008
Lou Tarnow
Accidental Love
Movie • 2015
Rep. Pam Hendrickson
We Don't Belong Here
Movie • 2017
Nancy Green
November Criminals
Movie • 2017
Fiona
Your Friends & Neighbors
Movie • 1998
Terri
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Movie • 2014
Ellie / Self
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
Movie • 2012
Narrator
Collaborators
Movie • 2009
Self
Catchfire
Movie • 1990
Trucker's Girl
Adaptation.
Movie • 2002
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
Unless
Movie • 2016
Reta
Get Out
Movie • 2017
Missy Armitage
Switch
Movie • 1991
Steve's Secretary (Beth)
Nostalgia
Movie • 2018
Donna Beam
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Movie • 2012
Self
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Movie • 2018
Cynthia Foards
Boys
Movie • 1996
Jilly
Incredibles 2
Movie • 2018
Evelyn Deavor (voice)
Little Pink House
Movie • 2018
Susette Kelo
The Croods: A New Age
Movie • 2020
Ugga (voice)
Heroine of Hell
Movie • 1996
Magda
The Abduction of Allison Tate
Movie • 1986
Linda Kellogg
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
Movie • 2009
Herself
No Future
Movie • 2021
Claire
The Adam Project
Movie • 2022
Maya Sorian
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Movie • 1996
Lena
About Last Night...
Movie • 1986
Cocktail Waitress
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Movie • 2021
Ugga (voice)
The Cemetery Club
Movie • 1993
Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
Movie • 2002
Self
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
Movie • 2002
Self
Love of Your Life
Movie
How and Why
Movie
Alice
"American Arts & Culture" Presents John Horatio Malkovich: "Dance of Despair and Disillusionment"
Movie
Maxine
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Ohara
TV • 1987
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Brand New Cherry Flavor
TV • 2021
Boro
Forever
TV • 2018
Kase
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Nina West
Show Me a Hero
TV • 2015
Mary Dorman
Kidding
TV • 2018
Deirdre Perera
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Modern Love
TV • 2019
Julie