
Annette Bening
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has received many accolades, including a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globes as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and five Academy Awards.
Bening began 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. She played the title role in a Geffen Playhouse production of Hedda Gabler (1999). 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.
Bening won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for playing a materialistic wife in American Beauty (1999), and received nominations for five Academy Awards for her roles in The Grifters (1990), American Beauty, Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010), and Nyad (2023). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing the title role in the television film Mrs. Harris (2005). Her other notable films include Postcards from the Edge (1990), Bugsy (1991), Richard III (1995), The American President (1995), 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), The Seagull (2018), The Report (2019), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022).
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 12.51 |
Birthday | 1958-05-29 |
Place of Birth | Topeka, Kansas, USA |
Also Known As | 아네트 베닝, Ανέτ Μπένινγκ, ანეტ ბენინგი, Аннетт Бенінг, آنت بنینگ, |

1999

American Beauty
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1996

Mars Attacks!
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2003

Open Range
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1991

Bugsy
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1988

The Great Outdoors
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2000

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1991

Regarding Henry
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2021

A Night at the Academy Museum
7/5
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1990

Postcards from the Edge
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1991

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2006

Running with Scissors
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1995

Richard III
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1995

The American President
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1998

The Siege
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1999

In Dreams
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2008

The Women
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2009

Mother and Child
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1989

Valmont
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1994

Love Affair
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2010

The Kids Are All Right
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1990

The Grifters
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2004

Being Julia
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2023

NYAD
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2012

Girl Most Likely
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2006

Mrs. Harris
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2012

Ruby Sparks
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2012

Ginger & Rosa
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2007

14 Women
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2013

The Face of Love
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2014

The Search
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2015

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2014

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2016

Rules Don't Apply
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The Bride!
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2018

The Seagull
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2004

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2016

20th Century Women
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2017

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
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Manhunt for Claude Dallas
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2018

Life Itself
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1988

Hostage
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2019

Georgetown
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2006

Who Needs Sleep?
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2009

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
6.6/9
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2019

Hope Gap
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2018

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
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2009

PoliWood
6.5/4
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2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
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2019

Captain Marvel
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2019

The Report
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1999

Forever Hollywood
8/2
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2019

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
7.6/5
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2022

Death on the Nile
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2015

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2000

American Beauty: Look Closer...
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2006

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
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Turn of Mind
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2022

Jerry & Marge Go Large
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1994

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7/3
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2025

Heightened Scrutiny
8/1
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