Catherine Keener
Actor
- Born
- March 26, 1959 (age 67) · Miami, Florida, USA
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.
Known for
Get Out
February 24, 2017
Incredibles 2
June 14, 2018
Into the Wild
September 21, 2007
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
February 1, 2010
The Croods
March 15, 2013
Captain Phillips
October 10, 2013
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
August 11, 2005
The Adam Project
March 11, 2022
Being John Malkovich
October 29, 1999
The Croods: A New Age
November 25, 2020
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
June 27, 2018
Begin Again
June 27, 2014
Acting81
- 2026Love of Your Life as Ruth
- 2024Joker: Folie à Deux as Maryanne Stewart
- 2022Polar Bear as Narrator (voice)
- 2022The Adam Project as Maya Sorian
- 2021No Future as Claire
- 2021Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Ugga (voice)
- 2020The Croods: A New Age as Ugga (voice)
- 2018Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding as Self
- 2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Cynthia Foards
- 2018Incredibles 2