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