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Catherine Keener
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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 ap…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Catherine Keener's Filmography
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Love of Your Life
as Ruth
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Maryanne Stewart
Polar Bear
as Narrator (voice)
The Adam Project
as Maya Sorian
No Future
as Claire
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Ugga (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
as Ugga (voice)
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
as Self
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Cynthia Foards
Incredibles 2
as Evelyn Deavor (voice)
Little Pink House
as Susette Kelo
Nostalgia
as Donna Beam
November Criminals
as Fiona
We Don't Belong Here
as Nancy Green
Get Out
as Missy Armitage
Unless
as Reta
Elephant Song
as Nurse Susan Peterson
Accidental Love
as Pam Hendrickson
Begin Again
as Miriam Hart
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
as Ellie / Self
War Story
as Lee
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
as Ellie Zisman
Captain Phillips
as Andrea Phillips
Enough Said
as Marianne
The Croods
as Ugga (voice)
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
as Narrator
A Late Quartet
as Juliette Gelbart
Maladies
as Catherine
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
as Self
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
as Diane Hudson
The Oranges
as Paige Walling
Trust
as Lynn Cameron
Cyrus
as Jamie
Please Give
as Kate
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
as Sally Jackson
Where the Wild Things Are
as Mom
No Poster
Collaborators
as Self
Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak
as Herself
The Soloist
as Mary Weston
Genova
as Barbara
Synecdoche, New York
as Adele Lack
What Just Happened
as Lou Tarnow
Hamlet 2
as Brie Marschz
Into the Wild
as Jan Burres
An American Crime
as Gertrude Baniszewski
Friends with Money
as Christine
Making Capote: Concept to Script
as Self
Capote
as Harper Lee
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
as Trish Piedmont
The Interpreter
as Dot Woods
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
as Kathleen
Adaptation.
as Catherine Keener (uncredited)
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
as Self
No Poster
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
as Self
S1m0ne
as Elaine Christian
Full Frontal
as Lee
Lovely & Amazing
as Michelle Marks
Death to Smoochy
as Nora Wells
Being John Malkovich
as Maxine Lund
Simpatico
as Cecilia
8MM
as Amy Welles
Your Friends & Neighbors
as Terri
Out of Sight
as Adele Delisi
The Real Blonde
as Mary
If These Walls Could Talk
as Becky
Box of Moonlight
as Floatie Dupre
Walking and Talking
as Amelia
Boys
as Jilly
The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Lena
Heroine of Hell
as Magda
Living in Oblivion
as Nicole Springer
No Poster
Journeys North
as Magda
The Cemetery Club
as Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Suzanne
Johnny Suede
as Yvonne
Switch
as Steve's Secretary (Beth)
Catchfire
as Trucker's Girl
Survival Quest
as Cheryl
The Abduction of Allison Tate
as Linda Kellogg
About Last Night...
as Cocktail Waitress
No Poster
How and Why
as Alice