Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 26, 1959
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Credits
94 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Love of Your Life
Joker: Folie à Deux
Maryanne Stewart
Polar Bear
Narrator (voice)
The Adam Project
Maya Sorian
No Future
Claire
Brand New Cherry Flavor
Boro
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Ugga (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
Ugga (voice)
Modern Love
Julie
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
Self
Forever
Kase
Kidding
Deirdre Perera
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Cynthia Foards
Incredibles 2
Evelyn Deavor (voice)
Little Pink House
Susette Kelo
Nostalgia
Donna Beam
November Criminals
Fiona
We Don't Belong Here
Nancy Green
Get Out
Missy Armitage
Unless
Reta
Show Me a Hero
Mary Dorman
Elephant Song
Nurse Susan Peterson
Accidental Love
Rep. Pam Hendrickson
Begin Again
Miriam Hart
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Ellie / Self
War Story
Lee
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Ellie Zisman
Captain Phillips
Andrea Phillips
Enough Said
Marianne
The Croods
Ugga (voice)
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
Narrator
A Late Quartet
Juliette Gelbart
Maladies
Catherine
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Self
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Diane Hudson
The Oranges
Paige Walling
Trust
Lynn Cameron
Cyrus
Jamie
Please Give
Kate
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Sally Jackson
Where the Wild Things Are
Mom
Collaborators
Self
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
Herself
The Soloist
Mary Weston
Genova
Barbara
Synecdoche, New York
Adele Lack
What Just Happened
Lou Tarnow
Hamlet 2
Brie Marschz
Into the Wild
Jan Burres
An American Crime
Gertrude Baniszewski