Catherine Keener
Acting
🎂 1959-03-26
Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 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.
Cast credits(92)
Self
1996
Nina West
1989
1992
Self
2003
Waitress (uncredited)
1986
Self
1953
1987
Deirdre
2018
Kase
2018
Boro
2021
Missy Armitage
2017
Self - Guest
1996
Maryanne Stewart
2024
Ugga (voice)
2013
Julie
2019
Ugga (voice)
2020
Evelyn Deavor (voice)
2018
Sally Jackson
2010
Cynthia Foards
2018
Mary Dorman
2015
Maya Sorian
2022
Trish Piedmont
2005
Jan Burres
2007
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
2002
Andrea Phillips
2013
Amy Welles
1999
Maxine Lund
1999
Adele Delisi
1998
Mom
2009
Adele Lack
2008
Miriam Hart
2014
Lynn Cameron
2010
Dot Woods
2005
Steve's Secretary (Beth)
1991
Gertrude Baniszewski
2007
Christine
2006
Harper Lee
2005
Lou Tarnow
2008
Cocktail Waitress
1986
Ellie Zisman
2013
Nora Wells
2002
Mary Weston
2009
Elaine Christian
2002
Terri
1998
Marianne
2013
Becky
1996
Rep. Pam Hendrickson
2015
Kathleen
2005
Trucker's Girl
1990
Ellie / Self
2014
Fiona
2017
Nicole Springer
1995
Brie Marschz
2008
Narrator
2012
Nurse Susan Peterson
2015
Jamie
2010
Lee
2002
Juliette Gelbart
2012
Narrator (voice)
2022
Paige Walling
2011
Cecilia
1999
Mary
1998
Floatie Dupre
1996
Donna Beam
2018
Diane Hudson
2011
Yvonne
1991
Nancy Green
2017
Barbara
2009
Jilly
1996
Lena
1996
Ugga (voice)
2021
Claire
2021
Michelle Marks
2002
Cheryl
1989
Esther's Daughter (uncredited)
1993
Herself
2009
Self
2013
Kate
2010
Susette Kelo
2018
Suzanne
1992
Reta
2016
Amelia
1996
Linda Kellogg
1986
Lee
2014
Catherine
2012
Self
2012
Self
2002
Self
2002
Self
2018
Self
2006
Herself
2009
Magda
1996
