Catherine Ann Keener (born March 26, 1959) is an American actress. She has portrayed disgruntled and melancholic yet sympathetic women in independent films, as well as supporting roles in studio films. She has been nominated twice 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 starred in live-action roles in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Into the Wild (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Little Pink House (2017), Get Out (2017), as well as starring voice roles in The Croods (2013), its sequel The Croods: A New Age (2020), and Incredibles 2 (2018). Keener is the muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in each of Holofcener's first five films.[3] 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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Catherine Ann Keener (born March 26, 1959) is an American actress. She has portrayed disgruntled and melancholic yet sympathetic women in independent films...
feature film debut. The film stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and CatherineKeener, with John Malkovich as a satirical version of himself. Cusack plays...
Walker Scobell in his film debut, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, CatherineKeener and Zoe Saldaña. In the film, fighter pilot Adam Reed (Reynolds) crash...
drama film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page and CatherineKeener. The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia...
Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, and CatherineKeener. The plot follows a young black man (Kaluuya), who uncovers shocking...
of the same name by Todd Grimson. The cast includes Rosa Salazar, CatherineKeener, Eric Lange, Manny Jacinto, and Jeff Ward. The series premiered on...
he appeared in Survival Quest, during which he met CatherineKeener. While filming, in 1986, Keener was caught in a river current and floated precariously...
Holofcener. The film stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, CatherineKeener, Toni Collette and Ben Falcone. Louis-Dreyfus plays Eva, a divorced...
independent film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener and starring CatherineKeener, Anne Heche, Todd Field, Liev Schreiber and Kevin Corrigan. The film...
written and directed by Don Coscarelli and starring Lance Henriksen, CatherineKeener, and Dermot Mulroney. There are two sets of campers on California's...
directed and written by Tom DiCillo, and starring Matthew Modine, CatherineKeener and Maxwell Caulfield. It is a satire of New York's fashion and entertainment...
film written and directed by Courtney Moorehead Balaker and starring CatherineKeener as Susette Kelo. It is based on the book "Little Pink House" by Jeff...
starring her husband Daniel Day-Lewis; it also stars Camilla Belle, CatherineKeener, Paul Dano, Ryan McDonald, Jason Lee, Jena Malone, Susanna Thompson...
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