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

• Capote as Harper Lee
• Being John Malkovich as Maxine Lund
• Synecdoche, New York as Adele Lack
• Into the Wild as Jan Burres
• Living in Oblivion as Nicole Springer
• An American Crime as Gertrude Baniszewski
• The Croods as Ugga (voice)
• Captain Phillips as Andrea Phillips
• Begin Again as Miriam Hart
• Adaptation. as Catherine Keener (uncredited)

TV

• Seinfeld as Nina West
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Ohara
• The Oscars as Self
• Brand New Cherry Flavor as Boro
• Forever as Kase
• Show Me a Hero as Mary Dorman
• Kidding as Deirdre Perera