Annette Bening
Acting • Born 1958-05-29
Biography
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
94 credits
American Beauty
Movie • 1999
Carolyn Burnham
Mars Attacks!
Movie • 1996
Barbara Land
Open Range
Movie • 2003
Sue Barlow
Bugsy
Movie • 1991
Virginia Hill
The Great Outdoors
Movie • 1988
Kate Craig
What Planet Are You From?
Movie • 2000
Susan Anderson
Regarding Henry
Movie • 1991
Sarah Turner
A Night at the Academy Museum
Movie • 2021
Self
Postcards from the Edge
Movie • 1990
Evelyn Ames
Guilty by Suspicion
Movie • 1991
Ruth Merrill
Running with Scissors
Movie • 2006
Deirdre Burroughs
Richard III
Movie • 1995
Queen Elizabeth
The American President
Movie • 1995
Sydney Ellen Wade
The Siege
Movie • 1998
Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
In Dreams
Movie • 1999
Claire Cooper
The Women
Movie • 2008
Sylvie Fowler
Mother and Child
Movie • 2009
Karen
Behind the Lines
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Valmont
Movie • 1989
Merteuil
Love Affair
Movie • 1994
Terry McKay
The Kids Are All Right
Movie • 2010
Nic
The Grifters
Movie • 1990
Myra Langtry
Being Julia
Movie • 2004
Julia Lambert
NYAD
Movie • 2023
Diana Nyad
Girl Most Likely
Movie • 2012
Zelda
Mrs. Harris
Movie • 2006
Jean Harris
Ruby Sparks
Movie • 2012
Gertrude
Ginger & Rosa
Movie • 2012
Bella
14 Women
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
The Face of Love
Movie • 2013
Nikki Lostorm
Poolman
Movie • 2024
Diane Espilnade
The Search
Movie • 2014
Helen
Danny Collins
Movie • 2015
Mary Sinclair
And the Oscar Goes To...
Movie • 2014
Self - Interviewee
Rules Don't Apply
Movie • 2016
Lucy Mabrey
The Bride!
Movie • 2026
Dr. Cornelia Euphronius
The Seagull
Movie • 2018
Irina Arkadina
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Movie • 2004
Self
20th Century Women
Movie • 2016
Dorothea
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Movie • 2017
Gloria Grahame
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Movie • 1986
Ann Tillman
Life Itself
Movie • 2018
Dr. Cait Morris
Hostage
Movie • 1988
Jill
Georgetown
Movie • 2019
Amanda Brecht
Who Needs Sleep?
Movie • 2006
Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Movie • 2009
Self
Hope Gap
Movie • 2019
Grace
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
PoliWood
Movie • 2009
Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie • 2006
Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Captain Marvel
Movie • 2019
Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
The Report
Movie • 2019
Dianne Feinstein
Forever Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Self
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Death on the Nile
Movie • 2022
Euphemia Bouc
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Movie • 2000
Self
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Movie • 2006
Self
Turn of Mind
Movie
Dr. Jennifer White
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Movie • 2022
Marge Selbee
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Heightened Scrutiny
Movie • 2025
Self
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Directors: Milos Forman
Movie • 2000
Self
In Love
Movie
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Movie • 2025
Self
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Annette Bening
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Vicky
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self - Guest
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Karen Leland / Maloy
Liberty's Kids
TV • 2002
Abigail Adams (voice)
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Apples Never Fall
TV • 2024
Joy Delaney
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Lucky
TV • 2026
Priscialla Matheson
The Dutton Ranch
TV • 2026
Beulah Jackson
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest