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 (94)
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
Polar Bear
2022
The Adam Project
2022
No Future
2021
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
Brand New Cherry Flavor
2021
The Croods: A New Age
2020
Modern Love
2019
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
2018
Nostalgia
2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
Incredibles 2
2018
Little Pink House
2018
Forever
2018
Kidding
2018
We Don't Belong Here
2017
November Criminals
2017
Get Out
2017
Unless
2016
Elephant Song
2015
Accidental Love
2015
Show Me a Hero
2015
Begin Again
2014
War Story
2014
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014
The Croods
2013
Captain Phillips
2013
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
2013
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013
Enough Said
2013
A Late Quartet
2012
Maladies
2012
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
The Oranges
2011
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Please Give
2010
Trust
2010
Cyrus
2010
Genova
2009
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
The Soloist
2009
Collaborators
2009
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Hamlet 2
2008
What Just Happened
2008
Into the Wild
2007
An American Crime
2007
Friends with Money
2006
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006
The Interpreter
2005
Capote
2005
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Death to Smoochy
2002
S1m0ne
2002
Full Frontal
2002
Lovely & Amazing
2002
Adaptation.
2002
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
2002
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
Being John Malkovich
1999
8MM
1999
Simpatico
1999
Out of Sight
1998
The Real Blonde
1998
Your Friends & Neighbors
1998
Box of Moonlight
1996
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
Walking and Talking
1996
Boys
1996
Heroine of Hell
1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
The Daily Show
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Living in Oblivion
1995
Journeys North
1994
The Cemetery Club
1993
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Johnny Suede
1991
Switch
1991
Catchfire
1990
Survival Quest
1989
Seinfeld
1989
Ohara
1987
The Abduction of Allison Tate
1986
About Last Night...
1986
The Oscars
1953
Love of Your Life
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