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Catherine Keener
Also known as: Catherine Ann 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.
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20 creditsPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
as Sally Jackson
Please Give
as Kate
Genova
as Barbara
Synecdoche, New York
as Adele Lack
Hamlet 2
as Brie Marschz
Into the Wild
as Jan Burres
An American Crime
as Gertrude Baniszewski
Friends with Money
as Christine
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
as Trish Piedmont
The Interpreter
as Dot Woods
Capote
as Harper Lee
Death to Smoochy
as Nora Wells
S1m0ne
as Elaine Christian
Being John Malkovich
as Maxine Lund
8MM
as Amy Welles
Out of Sight
as Adele Delisi
If These Walls Could Talk
as Becky
Box of Moonlight
as Floatie Dupre
Living in Oblivion
as Nicole Springer
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Suzanne