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.
94 acting credits
Acting · 94
The Daily Show
1996
Seinfeld
1989
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Oscars
1953
Get Out
2017
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Incredibles 2
2018
Modern Love
2019
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
Kidding
2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
The Croods
2013
The Croods: A New Age
2020
The Adam Project
2022
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
Captain Phillips
2013
Into the Wild
2007
Being John Malkovich
1999
8MM
1999
Show Me a Hero
2015
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Ohara
1987
Forever
2018
Trust
2010
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
The Interpreter
2005
Begin Again
2014
Out of Sight
1998
Brand New Cherry Flavor
2021
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Adaptation.
2002
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013
An American Crime
2007
S1m0ne
2002
Enough Said
2013
Switch
1991
Capote
2005
Friends with Money
2006
What Just Happened
2008
Your Friends & Neighbors
1998
About Last Night...
1986
Death to Smoochy
2002
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
The Soloist
2009
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014
Living in Oblivion
1995
Catchfire
1990
Johnny Suede
1991
The Oranges
2011
Accidental Love
2015
Cyrus
2010
Full Frontal
2002
Boys
1996
Lovely & Amazing
2002
Hamlet 2
2008
November Criminals
2017
No Future
2021
Polar Bear
2022
A Late Quartet
2012
The Real Blonde
1998
Box of Moonlight
1996
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005
Simpatico
1999
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
Nostalgia
2018
The Cemetery Club
1993
War Story
2014
We Don't Belong Here
2017
Please Give
2010
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
2013
Walking and Talking
1996
Little Pink House
2018
Genova
2009
Unless
2016
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
Maladies
2012
Elephant Song
2015
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
2018
Survival Quest
1989
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
Love of Your Life
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Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
2002
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006
The Abduction of Allison Tate
1986
How and Why
—
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
2012
Journeys North
1994
Heroine of Hell
1996
Collaborators
2009