Annette Bening
Biography
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette Bening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Sopranos
1999
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest · 2019
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest · 2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self · 2015
The View
as Self · 1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
The Sopranos
as Annette Bening · 1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest · 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Guest · 2003
Miami Vice
as Vicky · 1984
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Dutton Ranch
as Beulah Jackson · 2026
Spécial cinéma
as Self · 1974
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Stars in the House
as Self · 2020
Lucky
as Priscilla Masterson · 2026
Wiseguy
as Karen Leland / Maloy · 1987
Today
as Self · 1952
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Bride!
as Dr. Euphronious · 2026
Captain Marvel
as Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson · 2019
Death on the Nile
as Euphemia Bouc · 2022
American Beauty
as Carolyn Burnham · 1999
Mars Attacks!
as Barbara Land · 1996
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2023
Liberty's Kids
as Abigail Adams (voice) · 2002
20th Century Women
as Dorothea · 2016
Ruby Sparks
as Gertrude · 2012
Danny Collins
as Mary Sinclair · 2015
Life Itself
as Dr. Cait Morris · 2018
The Siege
as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger · 1998
Jerry & Marge Go Large
as Marge Selbee · 2022
Apples Never Fall
as Joy Delaney · 2024
Regarding Henry
as Sarah Turner · 1991
The Women
as Sylvie Fowler · 2008
Open Range
as Sue Barlow · 2003
The Kids Are All Right
as Nic · 2010
Rules Don't Apply
as Lucy Mabrey · 2016
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Gloria Grahame · 2017
The Report
as Dianne Feinstein · 2019
The American President
as Sydney Ellen Wade · 1995
The Great Outdoors
as Kate Craig · 1988
Hope Gap
as Grace · 2019
NYAD
as Diana Nyad · 2023
Mother and Child
as Karen · 2009
Bugsy
as Virginia Hill · 1991
Guilty by Suspicion
as Ruth Merrill · 1991
The Grifters
as Myra Langtry · 1990
Postcards from the Edge
as Evelyn Ames · 1990
Ginger & Rosa
as Bella · 2012
Richard III
as Queen Elizabeth · 1995
Georgetown
as Amanda Brecht · 2019
Running with Scissors
as Deirdre Burroughs · 2006
Valmont
as Merteuil · 1989
What Planet Are You From?
as Susan Anderson · 2000
Love Affair
as Terry McKay · 1994
The Face of Love
as Nikki Lostorm · 2013
The Seagull
as Irina Arkadina · 2018
In Dreams
as Claire Cooper · 1999
Being Julia
as Julia Lambert · 2004
Poolman
as Diane Espilnade · 2024
Forever Hollywood
as Self · 1999
Girl Most Likely
as Zelda · 2012
In Love
· 2027
American Beauty: Look Closer...
as Self · 2000
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee · 2014
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
as Self · 2025
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
as Self · 2009
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances") · 2006
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self · 2021
Behind the Lines
as Narrator (voice) · 2024
Heightened Scrutiny
as Self · 2025
PoliWood
as Self · 2009
The Search
as Helen · 2014
14 Women
as Narrator (voice) · 2007
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
as Self · 2006
Beyond the 'Open Range'
as Self · 2004
Who Needs Sleep?
as Self · 2006
Mrs. Harris
as Jean Harris · 2005
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
as Ann Tillman · 1986
The Directors: Milos Forman
as Self · 2000
42.6 Years
as Ruthie
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
as Self (archive footage) · 2004
Turn of Mind
as Dr. Jennifer White
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as Narrator (voice) · 2019
Hostage
as Jill · 1988