About
Catherine Keener
Overview
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.
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Known for
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| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | Actor | Maryanne Stewart | 56 Average |
| 2022 | Polar Bear | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | The Adam Project | Actor | Maya Sorian | 69 Fair |
| 2021 | No Future | Actor | Claire | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Brand New Cherry Flavor | Actor | Boro | 69 Fair |
| 2021 | Dear Diary: World's First Pranks | Actor | Ugga (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Croods: A New Age | Actor | Ugga Crood (voice) | 72 Good |
| 2018 | Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Kidding | Actor | Deirdre | 75 Good |
| 2018 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Actor | Cynthia Foards | 67 Fair |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | Actor | Evelyn Deavor (voice) | 74 Good |
| 2018 | Little Pink House | Actor | Susette Kelo | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Nostalgia | Actor | Donna Beam | 58 Average |
| 2017 | November Criminals | Actor | Fiona | 55 Average |
| 2017 | We Don't Belong Here | Actor | Nancy Green | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Get Out | Actor | Missy Armitage | 75 Good |
| 2016 | Unless | Actor | Reta | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Show Me a Hero | Actor | Mary Dorman | 70 Good |
| 2015 | Accidental Love | Actor | Rep. Pam Hendrickson | 52 Average |
| 2014 | Elephant Song | Actor | Nurse Susan Peterson | 61 Fair |
| 2014 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 | Actor | Ellie / Self | 58 Average |
| 2014 | War Story | Actor | Lee | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | Actor | Ellie Zisman | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Actor | Andrea Phillips | 73 Good |
| 2013 | Enough Said | Actor | Marianne | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | Begin Again | Actor | Miriam Hart | 70 Good |
| 2013 | The Croods | Actor | Ugga (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2012 | A Late Quartet | Actor | Juliette Gelbart | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | Maladies | Actor | Catherine | 58 Average |
| 2012 | All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | Actor | Diane Hudson | 58 Average |
| 2011 | The Oranges | Actor | Paige Walling | 56 Average |
| 2010 | Trust | Actor | Lynn Cameron | 63 Fair |
| 2010 | Cyrus | Actor | Jamie | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Please Give | Actor | Kate | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Actor | Sally Jackson | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Actor | Mom | 63 Fair |
| 2009 | Collaborators | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Soloist | Actor | Mary Weston | 63 Fair |
| 2009 | Genova | Actor | Barbara | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Actor | Adele Lack | 71 Good |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Actor | Lou Tarnow | 56 Average |
| 2008 | Hamlet 2 | Actor | Brie Marschz | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Actor | Jan Burres | 77 Good |
| 2007 | An American Crime | Actor | Gertrude Baniszewski | 67 Fair |
| 2006 | Friends with Money | Actor | Christine | 54 Average |
| 2006 | Making Capote: Concept to Script | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Capote | Actor | Harper Lee | 67 Fair |
| 2005 | The 40 Year Old Virgin | Actor | Trish Piedmont | 63 Fair |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Actor | Dot Woods | 61 Fair |
| 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose | Actor | Kathleen | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Actor | Catherine Keener (uncredited) | 71 Good |
| 2002 | S1m0ne | Actor | Elaine Christian | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Full Frontal | Actor | Lee | 56 Average |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Actor | Nora Wells | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Lovely & Amazing | Actor | Michelle Marks | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Actor | Maxine Lund | 72 Good |
| 1999 | Simpatico | Actor | Cecilia | 58 Average |
| 1999 | 8MM | Actor | Amy Welles | 63 Fair |
| 1998 | Your Friends & Neighbors | Actor | Terri | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Out of Sight | Actor | Adele Delisi | 64 Fair |
| 1998 | The Real Blonde | Actor | Mary | 58 Average |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Actor | Becky | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Box of Moonlight | Actor | Floatie Dupre | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | Walking and Talking | Actor | Amelia | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Boys | Actor | Jilly | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Destiny of Marty Fine | Actor | Lena | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Heroine of Hell | Actor | Magda | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Living in Oblivion | Actor | Nicole Springer | 63 Fair |
| 1993 | The Cemetery Club | Actor | Esther's Daughter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Actor | Suzanne | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Johnny Suede | Actor | Yvonne | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Switch | Actor | Steve's Secretary (Beth) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Catchfire | Actor | Trucker's girl | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Survival Quest | Actor | Cheryl | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Ohara | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1986 | The Abduction of Allison Tate | Actor | Linda Kellogg | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | About Last Night... | Actor | Cocktail Waitress | 59 Average |
| How and Why | Actor | Alice | N/A N/A |
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| Frank or Francis | Actor | 63 Fair |
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Production |
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| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Production | Associate Producer | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | God Grew Tired of Us | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |