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Catherine Keener

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn March 26, 1959 (66 years)
Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Begin Again
  • Trust
  • An American Crime
  • Living in Oblivion
  • The Oranges
  • Accidental Love
  • A Summer in Genoa
  • Backtrack
  • The Real Blonde
  • God Grew Tired of Us
  • Little Pink House
  • Maladies

Known For

  • Get Out
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Into the Wild
  • Capote
  • Incredibles 2
  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • The Croods
  • Captain Phillips
  • The Adam Project
  • Joker: Folie à Deux
  • The Interpreter
  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado
  • Begin Again
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • An American Crime
  • Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
  • Trust
  • Enough Said
  • S1m0ne
  • 8MM
  • The Soloist
  • Please Give
  • Death to Smoochy

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    Joker: Folie à Deux · as Maryanne Stewart
    2022
    Polar Bear · as Narrator (voice)
    2022
    The Adam Project · as Maya Sorian
    2021
    No Future · as Claire
    2021
    Brand New Cherry Flavor (TV Series) · as Boro
    2021
    2020
    The Croods: A New Age · as Ugga (voice)
    2019
    Modern Love (TV Series) · as Julie
    2018
    Forever (2018) (TV Series) · as Kase
    2018
    Kidding (TV Series) · as Deirdre
    2018
    Sicario: Day of the Soldado · as Cynthia Foards
    2018
    Incredibles 2 · as Evelyn Deavor (voice)
    2018
    Nostalgia · as Donna Beam
    2017
    Little Pink House · as Susette Kelo
    2017
    November Criminals · as Fiona
    2017
    We Don't Belong Here · as Nancy Green
    2017
    Get Out · as Missy Armitage
    2016
    Unless · as Reta
    2015
    Show Me a Hero (TV Series) · as Mary Dorman
    2015
    Accidental Love · as Rep. Pam Hendrickson
    2014
    Elephant Song · as Nurse Susan Peterson
    2014
    War Story · as Lee
    2014
    How and Why · as Alice
    2013
    Bad Grandpa.5 · as Ellie / Self
    2013
    2013
    Enough Said · as Marianne
    2013
    Captain Phillips · as Andrea Phillips
    2013
    Begin Again · as Miriam Hart
    2013
    The Croods · as Ugga (voice)
    2012
    A Late Quartet · as Juliette Gelbart
    2012
    Maladies · as Catherine
    2011
    2011
    The Oranges · as Paige Walling
    2010
    2010
    Trust · as Lynn Cameron
    2010
    Cyrus · as Jamie
    2010
    Please Give · as Kate
    2010
    2009
    2009
    The Soloist · as Mary Weston
    2008
    What Just Happened · as Lou Tarnow
    2008
    Synecdoche, New York · as Adele Lack
    2008
    2008
    Hamlet 2 · as Brie Marschz
    2007
    An American Crime · as Gertrude Baniszewski
    2007
    Into the Wild · as Jan Burres
    2006
    Friends with Money · as Christine
    2005
    Capote · as Harper Lee
    2005
    The 40-Year-Old Virgin · as Trish Piedmont
    2005
    The Interpreter · as Dot Woods
    2005
    2002
    Adaptation. · as Catherine Keener (uncredited)
    2002
    S1m0ne · as Elaine Christian
    2002
    Full Frontal · as Lee
    2002
    Death to Smoochy · as Nora Wells
    2001
    Lovely & Amazing · as Michelle Marks
    1999
    Being John Malkovich · as Maxine Lund
    1999
    Simpatico · as Cecilia
    1999
    8MM · as Amy Welles
    1998
    1998
    Out of Sight · as Adele Delisi
    1997
    1996
    1996
    Box of Moonlight · as Floatie Dupre
    1996
    Walking and Talking · as Amelia
    1996
    Boys · as Jilly
    1996
    1996
    Heroine of Hell · as Magda
    1995
    Living in Oblivion · as Nicole Springer
    1993
    The Cemetery Club · as Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
    1992
    1992
    1991
    Johnny Suede · as Yvonne
    1991
    Switch · as Steve's Secretary (beth)
    1990
    Backtrack · as Trucker's Girl
    1989
    Survival Quest · as Cheryl
    1989
    Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Nina West
    1988
    Knightwatch (TV Series) · as Rebecca
    1987
    CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jan Engle
    1987
    Ohara (TV Series)
    1986
    The Education of Allison Tate · as Linda Kellogg
    1986
    L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Waitress (uncredited)
    1986
    About Last Night · as Cocktail Waitress

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