Catherine Keener
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 (46)
Joker: Folie à Deux
The Adam Project
The Croods: A New Age
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Incredibles 2
Get Out
Accidental Love
Begin Again
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Enough Said
The Croods
Captain Phillips
A Late Quartet
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Cyrus
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Please Give
Trust
Where the Wild Things Are
The Soloist
Synecdoche, New York
What Just Happened
Into the Wild
An American Crime
Friends with Money
The 40 Year Old Virgin
The Interpreter
Capote
Adaptation.
Death to Smoochy
S1m0ne
Full Frontal
Lovely & Amazing
Being John Malkovich
8MM
Out of Sight
Your Friends & Neighbors
Box of Moonlight
Walking and Talking
If These Walls Could Talk
Boys
Living in Oblivion
Johnny Suede
Switch
Catchfire
