Catherine Keener
Acting
Born: March 26, 1959 (age 67) · Miami, Florida, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Get Out
2017
Incredibles 2
2018
Into the Wild
2007
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
The Croods
2013
Captain Phillips
2013
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
The Adam Project
2022
Being John Malkovich
1999
The Croods: A New Age
2020
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
Begin Again
2014
Photos (5)
Movies (70)
The Croods
Ugga (voice)
Incredibles 2
Evelyn Deavor (voice)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Cynthia Foards
Get Out
Missy Armitage
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Sally Jackson
Joker: Folie à Deux
Maryanne Stewart
The Croods: A New Age
Ugga (voice)
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Trish Piedmont
Into the Wild
Jan Burres
The Adam Project
Maya Sorian
Captain Phillips
Andrea Phillips
Being John Malkovich
Maxine Lund
8MM
Amy Welles
Where the Wild Things Are
Mom
Adaptation.
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
Begin Again
Miriam Hart
Out of Sight
Adele Delisi
The Interpreter
Dot Woods
Synecdoche, New York
Adele Lack
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Ellie Zisman
The Soloist
Mary Weston
November Criminals
Fiona
Trust
Lynn Cameron
Capote
Harper Lee
S1m0ne
Elaine Christian
An American Crime
Gertrude Baniszewski
Death to Smoochy
Nora Wells
Accidental Love
Rep. Pam Hendrickson
We Don't Belong Here
Nancy Green
Switch
Steve's Secretary (Beth)
Friends with Money
Christine
About Last Night...
Cocktail Waitress
Enough Said
Marianne
Polar Bear
Narrator (voice)
What Just Happened
Lou Tarnow
Full Frontal
Lee
Your Friends & Neighbors
Terri
Cyrus
Jamie
A Late Quartet
Juliette Gelbart
The Oranges
Paige Walling
Please Give
Kate
Catchfire
Trucker's Girl
Living in Oblivion
Nicole Springer
If These Walls Could Talk
Becky
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Kathleen
The Cemetery Club
Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
Lovely & Amazing
Michelle Marks
The Real Blonde
Mary
Boys
Jilly
Box of Moonlight
Floatie Dupre
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Diane Hudson
Simpatico
Cecilia
Johnny Suede
Yvonne
Elephant Song
Nurse Susan Peterson
Hamlet 2
Brie Marschz
Little Pink House
Susette Kelo
Nostalgia
Donna Beam
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Suzanne
No Future
Claire
Unless
Reta
Survival Quest
Cheryl
Walking and Talking
Amelia
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Ugga (voice)
Maladies
Catherine
Heroine of Hell
Magda
War Story
Lee
Genova
Barbara
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Lena
The Abduction of Allison Tate
Linda Kellogg
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
Narrator
TV Shows (8)
Seinfeld
Nina West · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 eps
Modern Love
Julie · 1 eps
Kidding
Deirdre Perera · 20 eps
Forever
Kase · 5 eps
Show Me a Hero
Mary Dorman · 6 eps
Brand New Cherry Flavor
Boro · 8 eps
Ohara
30 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Ellie / Self
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
Self
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Self
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
Self
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
Herself
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Self
