Catherine Keener
Acting
🎂 1959-03-26
Catherine Ann Keener 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.
Cast credits(93)
Self
1996
Nina West
1989
Evelyn Deavor (voice)
2018
Waitress (uncredited)
1986
Self
2003
1992
Maryanne Stewart
2024
Cynthia Foards
2018
Sally Jackson
2010
Ugga (voice)
2020
Ugga (voice)
2013
Missy Armitage
2017
Self
1953
Trish Piedmont
2005
Julie
2019
Jan Burres
2007
Maya Sorian
2022
Andrea Phillips
2013
Maxine Lund
1999
Amy Welles
1999
Harper Lee
2005
Dot Woods
2005
Mom
2009
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
2002
Lynn Cameron
2010
Miriam Hart
2014
Deirdre
2018
Gertrude Baniszewski
2007
1987
Steve's Secretary (Beth)
1991
Adele Lack
2008
Mary Dorman
2015
Elaine Christian
2002
Adele Delisi
1998
Christine
2006
Cocktail Waitress
1986
Kase
2018
Self - Guest
1996
Lou Tarnow
2008
Nora Wells
2002
Paige Walling
2011
Mary Weston
2009
Boro
2021
Ellie Zisman
2013
Nicole Springer
1995
Suzanne
1992
Marianne
2013
Fiona
2017
Trucker's Girl
1990
Barbara
2009
Catherine
2012
Lee
2002
Cecilia
1999
Rep. Pam Hendrickson
2015
Kathleen
2005
Diane Hudson
2011
Becky
1996
Jilly
1996
Yvonne
1991
Floatie Dupre
1996
Jamie
2010
Donna Beam
2018
Brie Marschz
2008
Kate
2010
Lee
2014
Nancy Green
2017
Terri
1998
Self
2012
Juliette Gelbart
2012
Ellie / Self
2014
Ugga (voice)
2021
Cheryl
1989
Linda Kellogg
1986
Self
2006
Michelle Marks
2002
Lena
1996
Nurse Susan Peterson
2015
Reta
2016
Mary
1998
Susette Kelo
2018
Narrator
2012
Amelia
1996
Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
1993
Narrator (voice)
2022
Claire
2021
Self
2018
Self
2002
Herself
2009
Self
2013
Self
2002
Herself
2009
Magda
1996
