Catherine Keener

Known for ActingBorn 1959-03-26 (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.Read more

Movies & web series

Journeys North

The Abduction of Allison Tate

Seinfeld

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

Into the Wild

Get Out

Kidding

Captain Phillips

The Croods: A New Age

Incredibles 2

Modern Love

Synecdoche, New York

Polar Bear

Being John Malkovich

Begin Again

An American Crime

Adaptation.

God Grew Tired of Us

The Adam Project

Brand New Cherry Flavor

Elephant Song

Show Me a Hero

Living in Oblivion

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Ohara

The Croods

Capote

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

Enough Said

A Late Quartet

Box of Moonlight

The Soloist

Out of Sight

Trust

If These Walls Could Talk

Where the Wild Things Are

Making Capote: Concept to Script

The Oscars

Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home

8MM

Forever

The 40 Year Old Virgin

The Interpreter

The Daily Show

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Please Give

Little Pink House