Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has received many accolades, including a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globes as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and five Academy Awards. Bening began 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. She played the title role in a Geffen Playhouse production of Hedda Gabler (1999). 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. Bening won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for playing a materialistic wife in American Beauty (1999), and received nominations for five Academy Awards for her roles in The Grifters (1990), American Beauty, Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010), and Nyad (2023). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing the title role in the television film Mrs. Harris (2005). Her other notable films include Postcards from the Edge (1990), Bugsy (1991), Richard III (1995), The American President (1995), 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), The Seagull (2018), The Report (2019), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette Bening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
American Beauty
(Carolyn Burnham)
Mars Attacks!
(Barbara Land)
Open Range
(Sue Barlow)
Bugsy
(Virginia Hill)
The Great Outdoors
(Kate Craig)
What Planet Are You From?
(Susan Anderson)
Regarding Henry
(Sarah Turner)
A Night at the Academy Museum
(Self)
Postcards from the Edge
(Evelyn Ames)
Guilty by Suspicion
(Ruth Merrill)
Running with Scissors
(Deirdre Burroughs)
Richard III
(Queen Elizabeth)
The American President
(Sydney Ellen Wade)
The Siege
(Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger)
In Dreams
(Claire Cooper)
The Women
(Sylvie Fowler)
Mother and Child
(Karen)
Behind the Lines
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Valmont
(Merteuil)
Love Affair
(Terry McKay)
The Kids Are All Right
(Nic)
The Grifters
(Myra Langtry)
Being Julia
(Julia Lambert)
NYAD
(Diana Nyad)
Girl Most Likely
(Zelda)
Mrs. Harris
(Jean Harris)
Ruby Sparks
(Gertrude)
Ginger & Rosa
(Bella)
14 Women
(Narrator (voice))
The Face of Love
(Nikki Lostorm)
Poolman
(Diane Espilnade)
The Search
(Helen)
Danny Collins
(Mary Sinclair)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self - Interviewee)
Rules Don't Apply
(Lucy Mabrey)
The Bride!
(Dr. Euphronius)
The Seagull
(Irina Arkadina)
Beyond the 'Open Range'
(Self)
20th Century Women
(Dorothea Fields)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
(Gloria Grahame)
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
(Ann Tillman)
Life Itself
(Dr. Cait Morris)
Hostage
(Jill)
Georgetown
(Amanda Brecht)
Who Needs Sleep?
(Self)
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
(Self)
Hope Gap
(Grace)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
(Self (archive footage))
PoliWood
(Self)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances"))
Captain Marvel
(Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson)
The Report
(Dianne Feinstein)
Forever Hollywood
(Self)
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
(Narrator (voice))
Death on the Nile
(Euphemia Bouc)
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
(Self (archive footage))
American Beauty: Look Closer...
(Self)
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
(Self)
Turn of Mind
(Dr. Jennifer White)
Jerry & Marge Go Large
(Marge Selbee)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
(Self (archive footage))
The Sopranos
(Annette Bening)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Miami Vice
(Vicky)
Today
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)
The View
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Self - Guest)
The Early Show
(Self)
Wiseguy
(Karen Leland / Maloy)
Liberty's Kids
(Abigail Adams (voice))
The Oscars
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self - Guest)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self - Guest)
Stars in the House
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self - Guest)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Apples Never Fall
(Joy Delaney)