Catherine Keener
Biography
Catherine Keener is an American actress who has become known for playing melancholy, dissatisfied, and sympathetic women in independent films while also taking supporting roles in studio movies. Born in Miami and raised in Hialeah, she studied American Studies at Wheaton College and acted in a Wendy Wasserstein play during her junior year. Her first starring film role came in Johnny Suede, which brought critical praise and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She became a regular presence in the early films of Nicole Holofcener and Tom DiCillo. Keener received Academy Award nominations for Being John Malkovich (1999) and for playing author Harper Lee in Capote (2005), plus an Emmy nomination for An American Crime (2007). Her credits include The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Into the Wild (2007), Get Out (2017), and Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), with voice roles in The Croods (2013) and Incredibles 2 (2018). She also starred in the Showtime dramedy Kidding from 2018 to 2020.
67years old
Turns 68 on March 26in 162 days
- Born Miami
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Catherine Ann Keener (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 58
- Career span
- 35 years1989 to 2024
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Early training
Keener took part in her first theatrical production, the Wendy Wasserstein play Uncommon Women and Others, while she was a junior at Wheaton.
First role
Keener made her film debut with a single line in About Last Night... in 1986, and three years afterward she was in Survival Quest.
Catherine Keener movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Nicole Holofcener directed four of these films, Tom DiCillo four and Spike Jonze three. Five actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Maddie Corman's page
Spike Jonze's page
Nicolas Cage's page
All films by Nicole Holofcener
All films by Tom DiCillo
Also three films together7 more actors
- John TurturroWhat Just Happened (2008), Box of Moonlight (1996) and Catchfire (1990)
- Ryan ReynoldsThe Adam Project (2022), The Croods: A New Age (2020) and The Croods (2013)
- Steve CooganJoker: Folie à Deux (2024), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and Hamlet 2 (2008)
- Mark RuffaloThe Adam Project (2022), Begin Again (2013) and Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
- Philip Seymour HoffmanA Late Quartet (2012), Synecdoche, New York (2008) and Capote (2005)
- Chris CooperWhere the Wild Things Are (2009), Capote (2005) and Boys (1996)
- Jena MaloneThe Soloist (2009), Into the Wild (2007) and The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Catherine Keener's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$4.2 billion
42 of the 58 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 58 films: 42 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 6 figure not found.
- 42Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 75% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.2B29.9% of the total
- 2$587M14.1% of the total
- 3$255M6.1% of the total
- 4$226M5.4% of the total
- 5$219M5.3% of the total
- 6$216M5.2% of the total
- 7$208M5.0% of the total
- 8$177M4.3% of the total
$1.0 billionfrom the other 34 films with a worldwide figure, 25% of the total
Awards
Six awards and honors from 2005 to 2006.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2006 | Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress | Capote | Won |
| 2005 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress | Capote | Won |
| 2005 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | Capote | Won |
| 2005 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | Capote | Won |
| 2005 | Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | Capote | Won |
| 2005 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | Capote | Won |
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Official profiles and reference pages.