Annette Bening
Known for: Acting
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, making her one of the few artists nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning. A graduate of San Francisco State University and the American Conservatory Theater, Bening started her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater. She made her Broadway debut in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances (1987), for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Making her film debut in 1988, she gained further recognition for her role in The Grifters (1990), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. This acclaim continued throughout the 1990s and 2000s with further Oscar-nominated performances in the comedy-dramas American Beauty (1999) and Being Julia (2004), which respectively won her the BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Actress. Bening's performance as the title character in the British television film Mrs. Harris (2005) earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. In the following decades, Bening received two additional Oscar nominations for her leading roles as a lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right (2010) and swimmer Diana Nyad in the Netflix biographical film Nyad (2023), the former of which also won her a Golden Globe. She returned to Broadway in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2019), earning another Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Her other roles during this period include the films 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022), and the miniseries Apples Never Fall (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette Bening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Lucky
Priscilla Masterson
2026
Series
The Sopranos
Annette Bening
1999
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
Dutton Ranch
Beulah Jackson
2026
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Miami Vice
Vicky
1984
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
Film
Captain Marvel
Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
2019
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
The Bride!
Dr. Euphronious
2026
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Film
American Beauty
Carolyn Burnham
1999
Series
Wiseguy
Karen Leland / Maloy
1987
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Death on the Nile
Euphemia Bouc
2022
Film
Mars Attacks!
Barbara Land
1996
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Film
Ruby Sparks
Gertrude
2012
Series
Liberty's Kids
Abigail Adams (voice)
2002
Series
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Film
Danny Collins
Mary Sinclair
2015
Film
The Siege
Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
1998
Film
Life Itself
Dr. Cait Morris
2018
Film
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Marge Selbee
2022
Series
Apples Never Fall
Joy Delaney
2024
Film
Open Range
Sue Barlow
2003
Film
Regarding Henry
Sarah Turner
1991
Film
20th Century Women
Dorothea
2016
Film
Hope Gap
Grace
2019
Film
The American President
Sydney Ellen Wade
1995
Film
The Great Outdoors
Kate Craig
1988
Film
The Women
Sylvie Fowler
2008
Film
The Report
Dianne Feinstein
2019
Film
The Grifters
Myra Langtry
1990
Film
Guilty by Suspicion
Ruth Merrill
1991
Film
NYAD
Diana Nyad
2023
Film
Rules Don't Apply
Lucy Mabrey
2016
Film
The Kids Are All Right
Nic
2010
Film
Valmont
Merteuil
1989
Film
Bugsy
Virginia Hill
1991
Film
Mother and Child
Karen
2009
Film
Running with Scissors
Deirdre Burroughs
2006
Film
Girl Most Likely
Zelda
2012
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Film
Richard III
Queen Elizabeth
1995
Film
Postcards from the Edge
Evelyn Ames
1990
Film
Being Julia
Julia Lambert
2004
Film
The Seagull
Irina Arkadina
2018
Film
Ginger & Rosa
Bella
2012
Film
Love Affair
Terry McKay
1994
Film
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Gloria Grahame
2017
Film
What Planet Are You From?
Susan Anderson
2000
Film
Georgetown
Amanda Brecht
2019
Film
Poolman
Diane Espilnade
2024
Film
In Dreams
Claire Cooper
1999
Film
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The Face of Love
Nikki Lostorm
2013
Film
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
2006
Film
Forever Hollywood
Self
1999
Film
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
PoliWood
Self
2009
Film
The Search
Helen
2014
Film
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
2014
Film
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Self
2025
Film
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
2009
Film
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
2021
Film
Mrs. Harris
Jean Harris
2005
Film
Behind the Lines
Narrator (voice)
Film
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
2006
Film
14 Women
Narrator (voice)
2007
Film
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
2000
Film
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Self
2000
In Love
Film
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Ann Tillman
1986
42.6 Years
Ruthie
Film
Heightened Scrutiny
Self
2025
Film
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Self
2006
Film
Hostage
Jill
1988
Film
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
2004
Turn of Mind
Dr. Jennifer White
Film
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Narrator (voice)
2019