Catherine Keener

ActorProductionProducer Mar 26 (age 67) Miami, Florida, USA 1986–2024 (38 year career)

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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 Th…

Known For

Film

Get Out

Missy Armitage

Film

Into the Wild

Jan Burres

Film

Incredibles 2

Evelyn Deavor (voice)

Film

Captain Phillips

Andrea Phillips

Film

Being John Malkovich

Maxine Lund

Film

The Croods: A New Age

Ugga (voice)

Film

The Croods

Ugga (voice)

Film

Begin Again

Miriam Hart

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (82)

Joker: Folie à Deux

as Maryanne Stewart

The Adam Project

as Maya Sorian

Polar Bear

as Narrator (voice)

No Future

as Claire

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

2021

as Ugga (voice)

6.8

The Croods: A New Age

2020

as Ugga (voice)

7.4

Incredibles 2

2018

as Evelyn Deavor (voice)

7.5

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

as Cynthia Foards

Nostalgia

as Donna Beam

Little Pink House

as Susette Kelo

Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding

2018

as Self

Get Out

as Missy Armitage

November Criminals

as Fiona

We Don't Belong Here

as Nancy Green

Unless

as Reta

Accidental Love

as Rep. Pam Hendrickson

4.3

Elephant Song

2015

as Nurse Susan Peterson

7.0

Begin Again

2014

as Miriam Hart

7.2

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5

as Ellie / Self

War Story

as Lee

The Croods

as Ugga (voice)

Captain Phillips

as Andrea Phillips

Enough Said

as Marianne

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

2013

as Ellie Zisman

6.1

Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet

2013

as Self

2.0

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

2012

as Self

A Late Quartet

as Juliette Gelbart

Maladies

as Catherine

Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home

2012

as Narrator

6.4

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

as Diane Hudson

The Oranges

as Paige Walling

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

as Sally Jackson

Cyrus

as Jamie

Trust

as Lynn Cameron

Please Give

as Kate

Where the Wild Things Are

as Mom

The Soloist

as Mary Weston

Genova

as Barbara

Collaborators

as Self

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

as Herself

Synecdoche, New York

as Adele Lack

Hamlet 2

as Brie Marschz

What Just Happened

as Lou Tarnow

Into the Wild

as Jan Burres

An American Crime

as Gertrude Baniszewski

7.3

Friends with Money

2006

as Christine

5.1

Making Capote: Concept to Script

2006

as Self

6.5

The 40 Year Old Virgin

as Trish Piedmont

The Interpreter

as Dot Woods

Capote

as Harper Lee

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

2005

as Kathleen

6.1

Adaptation.

2002

as Catherine Keener (uncredited)

7.3

Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes

2002

as Self

S1m0ne

as Elaine Christian

Lovely & Amazing

as Michelle Marks

Full Frontal

as Lee

Death to Smoochy

as Nora Wells

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

2002

as Self

8MM

as Amy Welles

Being John Malkovich

as Maxine Lund

Simpatico

as Cecilia

Out of Sight

as Adele Delisi

The Real Blonde

as Mary

Your Friends & Neighbors

as Terri

Boys

as Jilly

Walking and Talking

as Amelia

If These Walls Could Talk

as Becky

Box of Moonlight

as Floatie Dupre

Heroine of Hell

as Magda

The Destiny of Marty Fine

as Lena

Living in Oblivion

as Nicole Springer

The Cemetery Club

as Esther's Daughter (uncredited)

5.3

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

1992

as Suzanne

5.1

Switch

1991

as Steve's Secretary (Beth)

Johnny Suede

as Yvonne

Catchfire

as Trucker's Girl

Survival Quest

as Cheryl

The Abduction of Allison Tate

1986

as Linda Kellogg

About Last Night...

1986

as Cocktail Waitress

6.0

Love of Your Life

How and Why

as Alice

"American Arts & Culture" Presents John Horatio Malkovich: "Dance of Despair and Disillusionment"

as Maxine

Television (13)

Brand New Cherry Flavor

as Boro

Modern Love

as Julie

Kidding

as Deirdre Perera

Forever

as Kase

Show Me a Hero

as Mary Dorman

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self - Guest

3.9

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Seinfeld

as Nina West

Ohara

L.A. Law

as Waitress (uncredited)

7.0

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Where the Wild Things Are

Associate Producer

God Grew Tired of Us

Producer

About Last Night...

Casting Assistant