Annette Bening

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.

Known For

Dutton Ranch

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Sopranos

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (66)

• The Bride!2026 · as Dr. Euphronious
• Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life2025 · as Self
• Heightened Scrutiny2025 · as Self
• Poolman2024 · as Diane Espilnade
• NYAD2023 · as Diana Nyad
• Jerry & Marge Go Large2022 · as Marge Selbee
• Death on the Nile2022 · as Euphemia Bouc
• A Night at the Academy Museum2021 · as Self
• Hope Gap2019 · as Grace
• The Report2019 · as Dianne Feinstein
• The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• Georgetown2019 · as Amanda Brecht
• Captain Marvel2019 · as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
• Life Itself2018 · as Dr. Cait Morris
• Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Seagull2018 · as Irina Arkadina
• Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool2017 · as Gloria Grahame
• 20th Century Women2016 · as Dorothea
• Rules Don't Apply2016 · as Lucy Mabrey
• Danny Collins2015 · as Mary Sinclair
• The Search2014 · as Helen
• And the Oscar Goes To...2014 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Face of Love2013 · as Nikki Lostorm
• Ginger & Rosa2012 · as Bella
• Girl Most Likely2012 · as Zelda
• Ruby Sparks2012 · as Gertrude
• The Kids Are All Right2010 · as Nic
• Mother and Child2009 · as Karen
• Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…2009 · as Self
• PoliWood2009 · as Self
• The Women2008 · as Sylvie Fowler
• 14 Women2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel2006 · as Self
• Running with Scissors2006 · as Deirdre Burroughs
• The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006 · as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
• Mrs. Harris2006 · as Jean Harris
• Who Needs Sleep?2006 · as Self
• Being Julia2004 · as Julia Lambert
• Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beyond the 'Open Range'2004 · as Self
• Open Range2003 · as Sue Barlow
• American Beauty: Look Closer...2000 · as Self
• The Directors: Milos Forman2000 · as Self
• What Planet Are You From?2000 · as Susan Anderson
• American Beauty1999 · as Carolyn Burnham
• In Dreams1999 · as Claire Cooper
• Forever Hollywood1999 · as Self
• The Siege1998 · as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
• Mars Attacks!1996 · as Barbara Land
• Richard III1995 · as Queen Elizabeth
• The American President1995 · as Sydney Ellen Wade
• Love Affair1994 · as Terry McKay
• Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bugsy1991 · as Virginia Hill
• Regarding Henry1991 · as Sarah Turner
• Guilty by Suspicion1991 · as Ruth Merrill
• Postcards from the Edge1990 · as Evelyn Ames
• The Grifters1990 · as Myra Langtry
• Valmont1989 · as Merteuil
• The Great Outdoors1988 · as Kate Craig
• Hostage1988 · as Jill
• Manhunt for Claude Dallas1986 · as Ann Tillman
• Behind the Lines— · as Narrator (voice)
• Turn of Mind— · as Dr. Jennifer White
• In Love—
• 42.6 Years— · as Ruthie

All TV Shows (29)

• Lucky2026 · as Priscialla Matheson
• Dutton Ranch2026 · as Beulah Jackson
• Apples Never Fall2024 · as Joy Delaney
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter2023 · as Self
• Stars in the House2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Liberty's Kids2002 · as Abigail Adams (voice)
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• The Sopranos1999 · as Annette Bening
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Wiseguy1987 · as Karen Leland / Maloy
• Miami Vice1984 · as Vicky
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self