Annette Bening
Known for Acting · 93 credits
- Born
- 1958-05-29 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Topeka, Kansas, USA
- Also known as
- Annette Carol Bening
Biography
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, making her one of the few artists nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning.
A graduate of San Francisco State University and the American Conservatory Theater, Bening started her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater. She made her Broadway debut in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances (1987), for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Making her film debut in 1988, she gained further recognition for her role in The Grifters (1990), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. This acclaim continued throughout the 1990s and 2000s with further Oscar-nominated performances in the comedy-dramas American Beauty (1999) and Being Julia (2004), which respectively won her the BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Actress. Bening's performance as the title character in the British television film Mrs. Harris (2005) earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
In the following decades, Bening received two additional Oscar nominations for her leading roles as a lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right (2010) and swimmer Diana Nyad in the Netflix biographical film Nyad (2023), the former of which also won her a Golden Globe. She returned to Broadway in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2019), earning another Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Her other roles during this period include the films 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022), and the miniseries Apples Never Fall (2024).
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Known For
TV Shows (27)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Dutton Ranch
2026
as Beulah Jackson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
The Sopranos
1999
as Annette Bening
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Miami Vice
1984
as Vicky
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Wiseguy
1987
as Karen Leland / Maloy
Today
1952
as Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
Liberty's Kids
2002
as Abigail Adams (voice)
Lucky
2026
as Priscialla Matheson
Apples Never Fall
2024
as Joy Delaney
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Movies (66)
The Bride!
2026
as Dr. Euphronious
American Beauty
1999
as Carolyn Burnham
Captain Marvel
2019
as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Barbara Land
Death on the Nile
2022
as Euphemia Bouc
Valmont
1989
as Merteuil
Ruby Sparks
2012
as Gertrude
The Siege
1998
as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
The Great Outdoors
1988
as Kate Craig
Open Range
2003
as Sue Barlow
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022
as Marge Selbee
The American President
1995
as Sydney Ellen Wade
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Evelyn Ames
The Women
2008
as Sylvie Fowler
Bugsy
1991
as Virginia Hill
Regarding Henry
1991
as Sarah Turner
The Report
2019
as Dianne Feinstein
Life Itself
2018
as Dr. Cait Morris
20th Century Women
2016
as Dorothea
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Hope Gap
2019
as Grace
In Dreams
1999
as Claire Cooper
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Grifters
1990
as Myra Langtry
Love Affair
1994
as Terry McKay
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self - Interviewee
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Gloria Grahame
Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Lucy Mabrey
Mother and Child
2009
as Karen
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
as Ruth Merrill
Being Julia
2004
as Julia Lambert
Poolman
2024
as Diane Espilnade
NYAD
2023
as Diana Nyad
Danny Collins
2015
as Mary Sinclair
Ginger & Rosa
2012
as Bella
The Kids Are All Right
2010
as Nic
Richard III
1995
as Queen Elizabeth
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Susan Anderson
Georgetown
2019
as Amanda Brecht
Girl Most Likely
2012
as Zelda
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Jean Harris
Running with Scissors
2006
as Deirdre Burroughs
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
The Face of Love
2013
as Nikki Lostorm
The Seagull
2018
as Irina Arkadina
PoliWood
2009
as Self
The Search
2014
as Helen
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
as Self
Behind the Lines
as Narrator (voice)
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
Hostage
1988
as Jill
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
as Self
14 Women
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000
as Self
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Ann Tillman
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
as Self
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
2025
as Self
Who Needs Sleep?
2006
as Self
In Love
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
2006
as Self
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019
as Narrator (voice)
42.6 Years
as Ruthie
Turn of Mind
as Dr. Jennifer White
Heightened Scrutiny
2025
as Self
About Annette Bening
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, making her one of the few artists nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning. A graduate of San Francisco State University and the American Conse… With 93 credits spanning from 1952 to 2026, Annette Bening has appeared in 66 films and 27 TV shows.
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- The Bride! (2026) — as Dr. Euphronious
- American Beauty (1999) — as Carolyn Burnham
- Captain Marvel (2019) — as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — as Barbara Land
- Death on the Nile (2022) — as Euphemia Bouc
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