Catherine Keener
74 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 26, 1959 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Also known as
- Catherine Ann Keener
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.
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Known for
Catherine Keener: movies and TV shows
Acting (80)
- Upcoming How and Why
as Alice
- 2026
- 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
- 2021 Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Ugga (voice)
- 2020 The Croods: A New Age
as Ugga (voice)
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Cynthia Foards
- 2018 Incredibles 2
as Evelyn Deavor (voice)
- 2018 Little Pink House
as Susette Kelo
- 2018 Nostalgia
as Donna Beam
- 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
- 2015 Elephant Song
as Nurse Susan Peterson
- 2015 Accidental Love
as Pam Hendrickson
- 2014 Begin Again
as Miriam Hart
- 2014 War Story
as Lee
- 2013 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
as Ellie Zisman
- 2013 Captain Phillips
as Andrea Phillips
- 2013 Enough Said
as Marianne
- 2013 The Croods
as Ugga (voice)
- 2012 Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
as Narrator
- 2012 A Late Quartet
as Juliette Gelbart
- 2012 Maladies
as Catherine
- 2011 Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
as Diane Hudson
- 2011 The Oranges
as Paige Walling
- 2010 Trust
as Lynn Cameron
- 2010 Cyrus
as Jamie
- 2010 Please Give
as Kate
- 2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
as Sally Jackson
- 2009 Where the Wild Things Are
as Mom
- 2009 The Soloist
as Mary Weston
- 2009 Genova
as Barbara
- 2008 Synecdoche, New York
as Adele Lack
- 2008 What Just Happened
as Lou Tarnow
- 2008 Hamlet 2
as Brie Marschz
- 2007 Into the Wild
as Jan Burres
- 2007 An American Crime
as Gertrude Baniszewski
- 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 The Ballad of Jack and Rose
as Kathleen
- 2002 Adaptation.
as Catherine Keener (uncredited)
- 2002 S1m0ne
as Elaine Christian
- 2002 Full Frontal
as Lee
- 2002 Lovely & Amazing
as Michelle Marks
- 2002 Death to Smoochy
as Nora Wells
- 1999 Being John Malkovich
as Maxine Lund
- 1999 Simpatico
as Cecilia
- 1999 8MM
as Amy Welles
- 1998 Your Friends & Neighbors
as Terri
- 1998 Out of Sight
as Adele Delisi
- 1998 The Real Blonde
as Mary
- 1996 If These Walls Could Talk
as Becky
- 1996 Box of Moonlight
as Floatie Dupre
- 1996 Walking and Talking
as Amelia
- 1996 Boys
as Jilly
- 1996 The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Lena
- 1996 Heroine of Hell
as Magda
- 1995 Living in Oblivion
as Nicole Springer
- 1994 Journeys North
as Magda
- 1993 The Cemetery Club
as Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
- 1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Suzanne
- 1991 Johnny Suede
as Yvonne
- 1991 Switch
as Steve's Secretary (Beth)
- 1990 Catchfire
as Trucker's Girl
- 1989
- 1989 Survival Quest
as Cheryl
- 1987
- 1986 The Abduction of Allison Tate
as Linda Kellogg
- 1986 About Last Night...
as Cocktail Waitress
Behind the camera (3)
- 2009 Where the Wild Things Are
Associate Producer
- 2006 God Grew Tired of Us
Producer
- 1986 About Last Night...
Casting Assistant
Talk shows and appearances (13)
- 2018
- 2014
- 2012
- 2009
- 2009
- 2006
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2002
- 2002
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes