Catherine Keener
Biography
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.
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Movies (45)
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Maryanne Stewart
2024
Polar Bear
as Narrator (voice)
2022
The Adam Project
as Maya Sorian
2022
No Future
as Claire
2021
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Ugga (voice)
2021
The Croods: A New Age
as Ugga (voice)
2020
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
as Self
2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Cynthia Foards
2018
Incredibles 2
as Evelyn Deavor (voice)
2018
Little Pink House
as Susette Kelo
2018
Nostalgia
as Donna Beam
2018
November Criminals
as Fiona
2017
We Don't Belong Here
as Nancy Green
2017
Get Out
as Missy Armitage
2017
Unless
as Reta
2016
Elephant Song
as Nurse Susan Peterson
2015
Accidental Love
as Rep. Pam Hendrickson
2015
Begin Again
as Miriam Hart
2014
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
as Ellie / Self
2014
War Story
as Lee
2014
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
as Ellie Zisman
2013
Captain Phillips
as Andrea Phillips
2013
Enough Said
as Marianne
2013
The Croods
as Ugga (voice)
2013
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
as Self
2013
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
as Narrator
2012
A Late Quartet
as Juliette Gelbart
2012
Maladies
as Catherine
2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
as Self
2012
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
as Diane Hudson
2011
The Oranges
as Paige Walling
2011
Trust
as Lynn Cameron
2010
Cyrus
as Jamie
2010
Please Give
as Kate
2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
as Sally Jackson
2010
Where the Wild Things Are
as Mom
2009
Collaborators
as Self
2009
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
as Herself
2009
The Soloist
as Mary Weston
2009
Genova
as Barbara
2009
Synecdoche, New York
as Adele Lack
2008
What Just Happened
as Lou Tarnow
2008
Hamlet 2
as Brie Marschz
2008
Into the Wild
as Jan Burres
2007
An American Crime
as Gertrude Baniszewski
2007
