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.
Movies
Living in Oblivion
1995
as Nicole Springer
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
as Trish Piedmont
Trust
2010
as Lynn Cameron
Capote
2005
as Harper Lee
An American Crime
2007
as Gertrude Baniszewski
Death to Smoochy
2002
as Nora Wells
The Interpreter
2005
as Dot Woods
Friends with Money
2006
as Christine
The Soloist
2009
as Mary Weston
S1m0ne
2002
as Elaine Christian
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Adele Lack
The Croods
2013
as Ugga (voice)
Into the Wild
2007
as Jan Burres
8MM
1999
as Amy Welles
Out of Sight
1998
as Adele Delisi
What Just Happened
2008
as Lou Tarnow
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
as Sally Jackson
Switch
1991
as Steve's Secretary (Beth)
Captain Phillips
2013
as Andrea Phillips
Web Series
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Maxine Lund
