Catherine Keener
Born: 1959-03-26 in Miami, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Joker: Folie à Deux as Maryanne Stewart
2022
- The Adam Project as Maya Sorian
- Polar Bear as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Brand New Cherry Flavor as Boro
- Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Ugga (voice)
- No Future as Claire
2020
- The Croods: A New Age as Ugga (voice)
2019
- Modern Love as Julie
2018
- Incredibles 2 as Evelyn Deavor (voice)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Cynthia Foards
- Kidding as Deirdre Perera
- Little Pink House as Susette Kelo
- Forever as Kase
- Nostalgia as Donna Beam
- Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding as Self
2017
- Get Out as Missy Armitage
- November Criminals as Fiona
- We Don't Belong Here as Nancy Green
2016
- Unless as Reta
2015
- Elephant Song as Nurse Susan Peterson
- Accidental Love as Rep. Pam Hendrickson
- Show Me a Hero as Mary Dorman
2014
- Begin Again as Miriam Hart
- War Story as Lee
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 as Ellie / Self
2013
- The Croods as Ugga (voice)
- Enough Said as Marianne
- Captain Phillips as Andrea Phillips
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa as Ellie Zisman
- Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet as Self
2012
- A Late Quartet as Juliette Gelbart
- Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home as Narrator
- Maladies as Catherine
- All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set as Self
2011
- The Oranges as Paige Walling
- Peace, Love & Misunderstanding as Diane Hudson
2010
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Sally Jackson
- Trust as Lynn Cameron
- Cyrus as Jamie
- Please Give as Kate
2009
- Genova as Barbara
- Where the Wild Things Are as Mom
- The Soloist as Mary Weston
- Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak as Herself
- Collaborators as Self
2008
- Hamlet 2 as Brie Marschz
- Synecdoche, New York as Adele Lack
- What Just Happened as Lou Tarnow
2007
- Into the Wild as Jan Burres
- An American Crime as Gertrude Baniszewski
2006
- Friends with Money as Christine
- Making Capote: Concept to Script as Self
- God Grew Tired of Us ... (Producer)
2005
- The 40 Year Old Virgin as Trish Piedmont
- Capote as Harper Lee
- The Ballad of Jack and Rose as Kathleen
- The Interpreter as Dot Woods
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002
- Full Frontal as Lee
- Lovely & Amazing as Michelle Marks
- Adaptation. as Catherine Keener (uncredited)
- S1m0ne as Elaine Christian
- Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes as Self
- Death to Smoochy as Nora Wells
- Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary as Self
1999
- 8MM as Amy Welles
- Simpatico as Cecilia
- Being John Malkovich as Maxine Lund
1998
- Out of Sight as Adele Delisi
- Your Friends & Neighbors as Terri
- The Real Blonde as Mary
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Boys as Jilly
- The Destiny of Marty Fine as Lena
- If These Walls Could Talk as Becky
- Box of Moonlight as Floatie Dupre
- Walking and Talking as Amelia
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Heroine of Hell as Magda
1995
- Living in Oblivion as Nicole Springer
1993
- The Cemetery Club as Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
1992
1991
- Switch as Steve's Secretary (Beth)
- Johnny Suede as Yvonne
1990
- Catchfire as Trucker's Girl
1989
- Seinfeld as Nina West
- Survival Quest as Cheryl
1987
1986
- L.A. Law as Waitress (uncredited)
- About Last Night... as Cocktail Waitress
- The Abduction of Allison Tate as Linda Kellogg
1953
- The Oscars as Self