Catherine Keener
Born 1959
Known for Get Out, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Incredibles 2.
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.
Movie Credits
Polar Bear (2022)
No Future (2021)
Little Pink House (2018)
We Don't Belong Here (2017)
War Story (2014)
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
Please Give (2010)
Lovely & Amazing (2001)
Walking and Talking (1996)
Nostalgia (2018)
Maladies (2012)
Trust (2010)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Hamlet 2 (2008)
An American Crime (2007)
Capote (2005)
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
The Real Blonde (1998)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Johnny Suede (1991)
Get Out (2017)
Enough Said (2013)
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home (2010)
The Soloist (2009)
Friends with Money (2006)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
The Interpreter (2005)
Death to Smoochy (2002)
Full Frontal (2002)
S1m0ne (2002)
Box of Moonlight (1996)
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
November Criminals (2017)
Accidental Love (2015)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 (2014)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
The Croods (2013)
A Late Quartet (2012)
Cyrus (2010)
Genova (2008)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Simpatico (1999)
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Begin Again (2014)
The Oranges (2011)
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
The Adam Project (2022)
Elephant Song (2014)
Into the Wild (2007)
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
8MM (1999)
Out of Sight (1998)
Boys (1996)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
What Just Happened (2008)
Catchfire (1990)
Switch (1991)
Captain Phillips (2013)
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
About Last Night... (1986)
The Cemetery Club (1993)
