Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, making her one of the few artists nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning.
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, making her one of the few artists nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning.
A graduate of San Francisco State University and the American Conservatory Theater, Bening started her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater. She made her Broadway debut in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances (1987), for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Making her film debut in 1988, she gained further recognition for her role in The Grifters (1990), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. This acclaim continued throughout the 1990s and 2000s with further Oscar-nominated performances in the comedy-dramas American Beauty (1999) and Being Julia (2004), which respectively won her the BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Actress. Bening's performance as the title character in the British television film Mrs. Harris (2005) earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
In the following decades, Bening received two additional Oscar nominations for her leading roles as a lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right (2010) and swimmer Diana Nyad in the Netflix biographical film Nyad (2023), the former of which also won her a Golden Globe. She returned to Broadway in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2019), earning another Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Her other roles during this period include the films 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022), and the miniseries Apples Never Fall (2024).
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Filmography (Movies)
The Bride!
Character:Dr. Euphronious
Release Date:04/03/2026
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Character:Self
Release Date:21/12/2025
Heightened Scrutiny
Character:Self
Release Date:27/01/2025
Poolman
Character:Diane Espilnade
Release Date:09/05/2024
NYAD
Character:Diana Nyad
Release Date:18/10/2023
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Character:Marge Selbee
Release Date:20/10/2022
Agatha Christie: Travel Can Be Murder
Character:Self
Release Date:13/04/2022
Design on the Nile
Character:Self
Release Date:13/04/2022
Branagh/Poirot
Character:Self
Release Date:13/04/2022
Death on the Nile
Character:Euphemia Bouc
Release Date:09/02/2022
A Night at the Academy Museum
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2021
Hope Gap
Character:Grace
Release Date:03/10/2019
The Report
Character:Dianne Feinstein
Release Date:12/09/2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/06/2019
Georgetown
Character:Amanda Brecht
Release Date:14/05/2019
Captain Marvel
Character:Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson
Release Date:06/03/2019
Life Itself
Character:Dr. Cait Morris
Release Date:21/09/2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/08/2018
The Seagull
Character:Irina Arkadina
Release Date:11/05/2018
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Character:Gloria Grahame
Release Date:17/11/2017
20th Century Women
Character:Dorothea
Release Date:28/12/2016
Rules Don't Apply
Character:Lucy Mabrey
Release Date:23/11/2016
Danny Collins
Character:Mary Sinclair
Release Date:19/03/2015
The Search
Character:Helen
Release Date:26/11/2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:01/02/2014
The Face of Love
Character:Nikki Lostorm
Release Date:25/10/2013
Ginger & Rosa
Character:Bella
Release Date:18/10/2012
Girl Most Likely
Character:Zelda
Release Date:07/09/2012
Ruby Sparks
Character:Gertrude
Release Date:25/07/2012
The Kids Are All Right
Character:Nic
Release Date:09/07/2010
Mother and Child
Character:Karen
Release Date:07/11/2009
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2009
PoliWood
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/2009
The Women
Character:Sylvie Fowler
Release Date:12/09/2008
14 Women
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/07/2007
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/2006
Running with Scissors
Character:Deirdre Burroughs
Release Date:27/10/2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Character:Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Release Date:02/05/2006
Mrs. Harris
Character:Jean Harris
Release Date:25/02/2006
Who Needs Sleep?
Character:Self
Release Date:19/01/2006
Being Julia
Character:Julia Lambert
Release Date:03/09/2004
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/01/2004
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Character:Self
Release Date:20/01/2004
Open Range
Character:Sue Barlow
Release Date:11/08/2003
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/2000
The Directors: Milos Forman
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2000
What Planet Are You From?
Character:Susan Anderson
Release Date:03/03/2000
American Beauty
Character:Carolyn Burnham
Release Date:15/09/1999
In Dreams
Character:Claire Cooper
Release Date:15/01/1999
Forever Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
The Siege
Character:Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
Release Date:06/11/1998
Mars Attacks!
Character:Barbara Land
Release Date:13/12/1996
Richard III
Character:Queen Elizabeth
Release Date:29/12/1995
The American President
Character:Sydney Ellen Wade
Release Date:17/11/1995
Love Affair
Character:Terry McKay
Release Date:21/10/1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/05/1994
Bugsy
Character:Virginia Hill
Release Date:10/12/1991
Regarding Henry
Character:Sarah Turner
Release Date:10/07/1991
Guilty by Suspicion
Character:Ruth Merrill
Release Date:15/03/1991
Postcards from the Edge
Character:Evelyn Ames
Release Date:14/09/1990
The Grifters
Character:Myra Langtry
Release Date:08/08/1990
Valmont
Character:Merteuil
Release Date:17/11/1989
The Great Outdoors
Character:Kate Craig
Release Date:17/06/1988
Hostage
Character:Jill
Release Date:14/02/1988
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Character:Ann Tillman
Release Date:26/10/1986
Television Appearances
Apples Never Fall
Character:Joy Delaney
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Stars in the House
Character:Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Liberty's Kids
Character:Abigail Adams (voice)
The Early Show
Character:Self
The Sopranos
Character:Annette Bening
The View
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Wiseguy
Character:Karen Leland / Maloy
Miami Vice
Character:Vicky
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Today
Character:Self
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