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