Catherine Keener
Acting
1959-03-26 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersLove of Your Life
2026 · Movie
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024 · Movie
Polar Bear
2022 · Movie
The Adam Project
2022 · Movie
No Future
2021 · Movie
Brand New Cherry Flavor
2021 · Series
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021 · Movie
The Croods: A New Age
2020 · Movie
Modern Love
2019 · Series
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
2018 · Movie
Forever
2018 · Series
Kidding
2018 · Series
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Movie
Incredibles 2
2018 · Movie
Little Pink House
2018 · Movie
Nostalgia
2018 · Movie
November Criminals
2017 · Movie
We Don't Belong Here
2017 · Movie
Get Out
2017 · Movie
Unless
2016 · Movie
Show Me a Hero
2015 · Series
Elephant Song
2015 · Movie
Accidental Love
2015 · Movie
Begin Again
2014 · Movie
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014 · Movie
War Story
2014 · Movie
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013 · Movie
Captain Phillips
2013 · Movie
Enough Said
2013 · Movie
The Croods
2013 · Movie
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
2012 · Movie
A Late Quartet
2012 · Movie
Maladies
2012 · Movie
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012 · Movie
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011 · Movie
The Oranges
2011 · Movie
Trust
2010 · Movie
Cyrus
2010 · Movie
Please Give
2010 · Movie
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010 · Movie
Where the Wild Things Are
2009 · Movie
Collaborators
2009 · Movie
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009 · Movie
The Soloist
2009 · Movie
Genova
2009 · Movie
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Movie
What Just Happened
2008 · Movie
Hamlet 2
2008 · Movie
Into the Wild
2007 · Movie
An American Crime
2007 · Movie
God Grew Tired of Us
2006 · Movie
Friends with Money
2006 · Movie
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006 · Movie
Capote
2005 · Movie
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
2005 · Movie
The Interpreter
2005 · Movie
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Adaptation.
2002 · Movie
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002 · Movie
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
2002 · Movie
S1m0ne
2002 · Movie
Full Frontal
2002 · Movie
Lovely & Amazing
2002 · Movie
Death to Smoochy
2002 · Movie
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Movie
Simpatico
1999 · Movie
8MM
1999 · Movie
Your Friends & Neighbors
1998 · Movie
Out of Sight
1998 · Movie
The Real Blonde
1998 · Movie
If These Walls Could Talk
1996 · Movie
Box of Moonlight
1996 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Walking and Talking
1996 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
Boys
1996 · Movie
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996 · Movie
Heroine of Hell
1996 · Movie
Living in Oblivion
1995 · Movie
Journeys North
1994 · Movie
The Cemetery Club
1993 · Movie
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992 · Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
Johnny Suede
1991 · Movie
Switch
1991 · Movie
Catchfire
1990 · Movie
Seinfeld
1989 · Series
Survival Quest
1989 · Movie
Ohara
1987 · Series
The Abduction of Allison Tate
1986 · Movie
About Last Night...
1986 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
How and Why
Movie