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Annette Bening

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Annette Bening
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Born Annette Carol Bening
May 29, 1958 (age 56)
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1986–present
Spouse(s) J. Steven White (m. 1984–91)
Warren Beatty (m. 1992–present)
Annette Carol Bening[1] (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. Bening is a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in The Grifters, American Beauty, Being Julia, and The Kids Are All Right, winning Golden Globe Awards for the latter two films. She won a BAFTA and a SAG award for her performance in American Beauty.

Early life

Bening was born in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest of four children. Her mother, Shirley (née Ashley), was a church singer and soloist, and her father, Arnett Grant Bening, was a sales training consultant and insurance salesman.[2][3][4] Her parents, natives of Iowa, were practicing Episcopalians of mostly German and English descent, and conservative Republicans.[5][6] Her sister and two brothers are Jane, Bradley and Byron. The family moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1959, where she spent her early childhood. In 1965, her father took a job with a company in San Diego, California, and they moved there. She began acting in junior high school, playing the lead in The Sound of Music. She graduated in 1975, from Patrick Henry High School where she studied drama.
She then spent a year working as a cook on a charter boat taking fishing parties out on the Pacific Ocean, and scuba diving for recreation. She attended San Diego Mesa College, then completed an academic degree in theatre arts at San Francisco State University.

Career

Film

Bening made her film debut in The Great Outdoors (1988). Her second film appearance was as the Marquise de Merteuil in Valmont (1989), opposite Colin Firth. Her breakthrough role was in The Grifters (1990), which starred John Cusack and Anjelica Huston, and earned Bening an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress. In 1991, she portrayed Virginia Hill in the Barry Levinson-directed biopic of Bugsy, starring Warren Beatty. Also in 1991, she appeared in Regarding Henry with Harrison Ford. In 1994, Bening and Beatty starred in Love Affair, which also featured Katharine Hepburn. In 1995, Bening appeared in The American President, followed by Tim Burton's sci-fi spoof Mars Attacks! (1996). In 1998, she co-starred with Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis in The Siege.
The biggest critical and commercial success of her career thus far was the 1999 film American Beauty, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and was directed by Sam Mendes. For this performance, Bening was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Bening also starred in the films In Dreams (1999) and What Planet Are You From? (2000).
Bening starred in the 2003 western Open Range as Kevin Costner's love interest. In 2004, she played the title role in Being Julia, which earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination as Best Actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award[7] for her portrayal of Jean Harris the 2005 HBO film Mrs. Harris. In 2006, she replaced Julianne Moore to star in the film adaptation of Running with Scissors. In December of that year, Bening hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guests Gwen Stefani and Akon.
In 2008, Bening starred in The Women. The following year she received strong reviews for her performance in the independent film Mother and Child (2009).[8] In 2010, Bening received strong critical acclaim for her performance in The Kids Are All Right, with several reviewers noting that she "deserves an Oscar" for her "sublime" performance.[9][10] For that role, Bening won a second Golden Globe, as well as Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

Theatre

Prior to becoming a film actress, Bening was a member of the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. There, she starred in such productions as Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. Bening also starred in productions of Pygmalion and The Cherry Orchard at the Denver Center Theatre Company during 1985-86. She made her Broadway debut in 1987, garnering a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Coastal Disturbances. In 2009, Bening starred in a new interpretation of the Euripides classic Medea at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.[11] In 2010, she starred in Joanna Murray-Smith’s comedy The Female of the Species at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.[12] It was announced in May 2014 that she will join fellow Academy Award Nominee John Lithgow as Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park as part of the Public Theatre's Free Shakespeare in the Park. It will mark her first New York stage appearance in 20 years.[13][14][15]

Other Work

In 2012, Bening's audiobook recording of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway was released at Audible.com.

Personal life

Bening's first husband was choreographer J. Steven White. They married in 1984, separated in 1986, and divorced in 1991.[16]
Bening married Warren Beatty on March 12, 1992, just over a year after being cast to co-star in Bugsy.[16] They have four children: Stephen (born January 8, 1992), Benjamin (born August 23, 1994), Isabel (born January 11, 1997), and Ella (born April 8, 2000).[16]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Great Outdoors Kate Craig
1989 Valmont Merteuil
1990 Postcards from the Edge Evelyn Ames Cameo
The Grifters Myra Langtry London Film Critics' Circle Award for Newcomer of the Year
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
1991 Guilty by Suspicion Ruth Merrill
Regarding Henry Sarah Turner
Bugsy Virginia Hill Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (Shared with Warren Beatty)
1994 Love Affair Terry McKay
1995 Richard III Queen Elizabeth
The American President Sydney Ellen Wade Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1996 Mars Attacks! Barbara Land
1998 The Siege Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Suspense
1999 In Dreams Claire Cooper
American Beauty Carolyn Burnham American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Drama
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
2000 What Planet Are You From? Susan Anderson
2003 Open Range Sue Barlow
2004 Being Julia Julia Lambert
2005 Mrs. Harris Jean Harris
2006 Running with Scissors Deirdre Burroughs
Saturday Night Live Herself Episodes: Annette Bening / Gwen Stefani & Akon
2008 The Women Sylvie Fowler Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
2009 Mother and Child Karen Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Actress
2010 The Kids Are All Right Dr. Nicole Allgood
2012 Ruby Sparks Gertrude
Ginger & Rosa May Bella
2013 The Face of Love Nikki
Girl Most Likely Zelda
2014 Imagine
Post-Production
2014 The Search

2015 Untitled Warren Beatty project
Filming

Awards


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