Annette Bening

Annette Bening Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: May 29, 1958

Age: 65 years old

Birth Place: Topeka, Kansas

Revered by film directors for her ability to take characters into deep, unexpected, emotional places, Annette Bening was a Tony-nominated stage actress before parlaying her dramatic intensity into award-worthy film performances. Early in her movie career, she made an impression as a wise-beyond-her-years sex kitten in "The Grifters" (1990) before exploding onto the scene as sultry mob moll, Virginia Hill, in the biopic, "Bugsy" (1991). And though she never lost that sly, brainy, sex appeal, she became more often associated with complex, professional women on the verge of self-destruction in darkly humorous dramas like "American Beauty" (1999), "Being Julia" (2004) and "Running with Scissors" (2006). The A-list leading actress managed to maintain a solid output of well-received films by limiting herself to just one carefully chosen project per year, and retreating for extended periods into her very private family life with actor and director Warren Beatty and the couple's four children. The formula would prove to be successful, with critically lauded performances in select films like "The Kids Are All Right" (2010) and Beatty's longtime passion project "Rules Don't Apply" (2016), reminding critics and audiences alike that the supremely talented Ms. Bening was an actor still very much in demand and at the top of her game.

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Nyad

Actor
Diana Nyad
Movie
2023

Death on the NileStream

Actor
Euphemia
Movie
2022
62%

Jerry & Marge Go LargeStream

Actor
Marge
Movie
2022
68%

A Night in the Academy Museum

Self
TV Show
2021

Na wielkim ekranie

Actor
TV Show
2021

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

Guest
TV Show
2019

The Investigation- A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

Actor
TV Show
2019

Captain MarvelStream

Actor
Supreme Intelligence/Dr. Wendy Lawson
Movie
2019
79%

The ReportStream

Actor
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Movie
2019
82%

Hope Gap

Actor
Grace
Movie
2019

Georgetown

Actor
Amanda Brecht
Movie
2019

A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps

Narrator
Movie
2019

Julie Walters: By Her Friends

Self
TV Show
2018

Life Itself

Actor
Dr. Cait Morris
Movie
2018

The Seagull

Actor
Irina Arkadina
Movie
2018

Live with Kelly and Ryan

Guest
TV Show
2017

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Actor
Gloria Grahame
Movie
2017

Today's Take

Guest
TV Show
2016

Celebrity PageStream

Guest
TV Show
2016

Rules Don't Apply

Actor
Lucy Mabrey
Movie
2016

20th Century Women

Actor
Dorothea
Movie
2016

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

Guest
TV Show
2015

Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter

Guest
TV Show
2015

The Late Late Show With James CordenStream

Guest
TV Show
2015

Danny Collins

Actor
Mary Sinclair
Movie
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Guest
TV Show
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

Guest
TV Show
2014

The Search

Actor
Helen
Movie
2014

BAFTA: A Life in Pictures

Guest
TV Show
2013

The Face of Love

Actor
Nikki
Movie
2013

Milos Forman: Co Cie nie zabije...

Self
TV Show
2012

Live! With Kelly and Michael

Guest
TV Show
2012

Ruby Sparks

Actor
Gertrude
Movie
2012

Ginger & Rosa

Actor
Bella
Movie
2012

Girl Most Likely

Actor
Zelda
Movie
2012

LIVE with Kelly

Guest
TV Show
2011

Yogawoman

Narrator
Movie
2011

The Kids Are All RightStream

Actor
Nic
Movie
2010
92%

The Project

Guest
TV Show
2009

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Guest
TV Show
2009

Milos Forman - What Doesn't Kill You

Self
Movie
2009

Poliwood

Actor
Movie
2009

Mother and Child

Actor
Karen
Movie
2009

The Women

Actor
Sylvie Fowler
Movie
2008

The Graham Norton ShowStream

Guest
TV Show
2007

etalk

Guest
TV Show
2006

Running With Scissors

Actor
Deirdre Burroughs
Movie
2006

Made in Hollywood

Guest
TV Show
2005

Mrs. Harris

Actor
Jean Harris
Movie
2005

Being JuliaStream

Actor
Julia Lambert
Movie
2004
77%

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Guest
TV Show
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

Guest
TV Show
2003

Open RangeStream

Actor
Sue Barlow
Movie
2003
79%

Regarding Henry

Actor
TV Show
2002

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers

Host
TV Show
2002

Live With Regis and Kelly

Guest
TV Show
2001

What Planet Are You From?

Actor
Susan
Movie
2000

The Daily Show With Jon StewartStream

Guest
TV Show
1999

The SopranosStream

Guest Star
Herself
TV Show
1999
92%

In Dreams

Actor
Claire Cooper
Movie
1999

American BeautyStream

Actor
Carolyn Burnham
Movie
1999
87%

Forever Hollywood

Self
Movie
1999

Kickin' It: With Byron Allen

Guest
TV Show
1998

The SiegeStream

Actor
Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger
Movie
1998
44%

The View

Guest
TV Show
1997

Access Hollywood

Guest
TV Show
1996

Mars Attacks!Stream

Actor
Barbara Land
Movie
1996
56%

The American PresidentStream

Actor
Sydney Ellen Wade
Movie
1995
91%

Richard IIIStream

Actor
Queen Elizabeth
Movie
1995
96%

Entertainers: With Byron Allen

Guest
TV Show
1994

Love Affair

Actor
Terry McKay
Movie
1994

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

Guest
TV Show
1992

Charlie Rose

Guest
TV Show
1991

Guilty by Suspicion

Actor
Ruth Merrill
Movie
1991

Regarding Henry

Actor
Sarah Turner
Movie
1991

BugsyStream

Actor
Virginia Hill
Movie
1991
84%

Postcards From the EdgeStream

Actor
Evelyn Ames
Movie
1990
83%

The GriftersStream

Actor
Myra Langtry
Movie
1990
91%

Valmont

Actor
Merteuil
Movie
1989

The Great Outdoors

Actor
Kate Craig
Movie
1988

Bonnie Lee en cavale

Actor
Movie
1988

WiseguyStream

Guest Star
Karen Leland / Maloy
TV Show
1987

Miami ViceStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1984
71%

Entertainment Tonight

Guest
TV Show
1981

CBS News Sunday Morning

Guest
TV Show
1979

Good Morning America

Guest
TV Show
1975

Saturday Night LiveStream

Host
TV Show
1975

Great PerformancesStream

Guest
TV Show
1972

Sesame StreetStream

Guest
TV Show
1969

TodayStream

Guest
TV Show
1952

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