Catherine Keener

Acting · Born 1959-03-26 in Miami, Florida, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Interpreter as Dot Woods
• Capote as Harper Lee
• Being John Malkovich as Maxine Lund
• Out of Sight as Adele Delisi
• Synecdoche, New York as Adele Lack
• Into the Wild as Jan Burres
• Box of Moonlight as Floatie Dupre
• The 40 Year Old Virgin as Trish Piedmont
• 8MM as Amy Welles
• Friends with Money as Christine