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American actress (born 1958)

Annette Bening
Born
Annette Carol Bening

(1958-05-29)May 29, 1958 (age 67)
Education
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
Children4, includingElla
AwardsFull list

Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known forher versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has receivednumerous accolades, including aBAFTA Award, twoScreen Actors Guild Awards and twoGolden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for fiveAcademy Awards, twoTony Awards, and aPrimetime Emmy Award, making her one of few artists nominated for theTriple Crown of Acting without winning.

A graduate ofSan Francisco State University and theAmerican Conservatory Theater, Bening started her career on stage with theColorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and playedLady Macbeth in 1984 at theAmerican Conservatory Theater. She made herBroadway debut in theTina Howe playCoastal Disturbances (1987) for which she received a nomination for theTony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Making her film debut in 1988, she gained further recognition for her role inThe Grifters (1990), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. This acclaim continued throughout the 1990s and 2000s with further Oscar-nominated performances in the comedy-dramasAmerican Beauty (1999) andBeing Julia (2004), which respectively won her theBAFTA andGolden Globe for Best Actress. Bening's performance as thetitle character in the British television filmMrs. Harris (2005) earned her a nomination for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.

In following decades, Bening received two additional Oscar nominations for her leading roles as alesbian mother inThe Kids Are All Right (2010) and swimmerDiana Nyad in theNetflix biographical filmNyad (2023), the former of which also won her a Golden Globe. She returned to Broadway in the revival ofArthur Miller'sAll My Sons (2019) earning another Tony nomination forBest Actress in a Play. Her other roles during this period include in the films20th Century Women (2016),Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017),Captain Marvel (2019) andDeath on the Nile (2022), and the miniseriesApples Never Fall (2024).

Early life and education

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Annette Carol Bening[1] was born on May 29, 1958[2] inTopeka, Kansas,[2] to Shirley Katherine (née Ashley)[3] and Arnett Grant Bening. Her mother was a church singer and soloist, and her father was a sales training consultant and insurance salesman.[4][5] Her parents, originally fromIowa, were practicingEpiscopalians andconservativeRepublicans. She is of mostly German and English descent.[6][7]

The youngest of four children, she has an older sister Jane, and two older brothers Bradley and Byron. The family moved toWichita, Kansas, in 1959, where she spent her early childhood. When Bening was in elementary school, her father relocated the family to San Diego, California, where she spent the remainder of her youth.[8]

She began acting in junior high school, playing the lead inThe Sound of Music.[9] She graduated in 1975 from San Diego'sPatrick Henry High School, where she studied drama.[10][11] 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. Bening attendedSan Diego Mesa College and graduated with a degree inTheatre Arts atSan Francisco State University.[12]

Career

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1986–1999: Initial work, breakthrough and rise to prominence

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Bening in 1999

Bening began her career on stage with theColorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980,[13] and appeared in plays at theSan Diego Repertory Theatre. She was a member of the acting company at theAmerican Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. There, she starred in such productions as Shakespeare'sMacbeth asLady Macbeth. Bening also starred in productions ofPygmalion andThe Cherry Orchard at theDenver Center Theatre Company during the 1985–86 season. She made herBroadway debut in 1987, garnering aTony Award nomination forBest Featured Actress in a Play[14] and receiving aTheatre World Award for her performance as young photographer Holly Dancer inCoastal Disturbances. Bening made her film debut inThe Great Outdoors (1988), starringDan Aykroyd andJohn Candy. Her next role was as the Marquise de Merteuil inValmont (1989) oppositeColin Firth.

Bening achieved her breakthrough with her performance ascon artist Myra Langtry in the neo-noir crime thrillerThe Grifters (1990), for which she earned her first nominations for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress and theBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.[15] In 1991, she portrayedVirginia Hill inBarry Levinson's biopicBugsy, alongsideWarren Beatty. ForBugsy, she received her first nomination for theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. Bening co-starred withHarrison Ford inRegarding Henry. In 1994, Bening and Beatty starred together again, inLove Affair. In 1995, Bening played a leading role as an environmentallobbyist inThe American President withMichael Douglas, a role she followed withTim Burton's sci-fi spoofMars Attacks! (1996), andThe Siege (1998), a thriller withDenzel Washington andBruce Willis.

Bening garnered acclaim for her starring role inSam Mendes' directorial debut film,American Beauty (1999). She starred oppositeKevin Spacey in the dark comedy-drama about a man suffering a mid-life crisis in 90s American suburbia. The film won fiveAcademy Awards, includingBest Picture. For her performance as Carolyn Burnham, a materialistic wife engaging in an affair, Bening won theBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and theScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, in addition to her first nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actress[16] and her second nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.[17]

In 1999, Bening returned to the stage for the first time in 10 years playing the title role inHedda Gabler at theGeffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. TheLos Angeles Times praised her performance saying "Bening uses her vocal instrument to fine effect, without throwing it around... In the movies you don't always hear what Bening can do with that voice, especially when she's playing virtuous, "sensible" types... But Ibsen's antiheroine—thwarted sensualist, a woman wrestling with her inner troll, belle of a ball that never comes—is neither virtuous nor sensible. She's no easy-to-read villain, either, nor a mere vindictive brat, though plenty of actresses have reduced her thus. Bening lays into the venomous sarcasm mighty heavily, but she's cagey enough to avoid reductive extremes."[18]

2000–2014: Established actress

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Bening starred in other films, includingIn Dreams (1999) andWhat Planet Are You From? (2000). Bening played Sue Barlow inOpen Range (2003). She earned critical acclaim for playing the eponymous lead in the comedy-dramaBeing Julia (2004). Her performance in the film earned her firstGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, in addition to her second nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.[19] She received nominations for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for her role ofJean Harris in theHBO filmMrs. Harris (2005).[20] She replacedJulianne Moore and starred in the film adaptation ofRunning with Scissors (2006), for which she earned her third nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.[17] Bening starred inThe Women (2008) remake. In 2009, Bening starred in a new interpretation of theEuripides classicMedea atUCLA's Freud Playhouse.[21] She received positive reviews for her performance in the independent filmMother and Child (2009).[22]

In 2010, she starred inThe Female of the Species,Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy, at theGeffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.[23] Later that year, Bening received critical acclaim for her performance inThe Kids Are All Right; a reviewer said that she "deserves an Oscar" and another praised her "sublime" performance.[24] For her role, Bening won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.[17] She also received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, in addition to her third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.[25]

In 2012, Bening's audiobook recording ofVirginia Woolf'sMrs. Dalloway was released atAudible.com. In 2014, she starred in Shakespeare'sKing Lear at theDelacorte Theater inCentral Park, as part of the Public Theatre's FreeShakespeare in the Park. It marked her first New York stage appearance in twenty years.[26][27] Bening starred inDan Fogelman's 2015 Americancomedy dramaDanny Collins withAl Pacino.

2016–present: Later career

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Olivia Wilde, Bening,Mandy Patinkin,Olivia Cooke,Laia Costa at theTIFF premiere forLife Itself in 2018

In 2016, Bening starred inMike Mills's comedy drama20th Century Women alongsideElle Fanning,Greta Gerwig, andBilly Crudup.[28] Bening played a chain-smoking first-wave feminist struggling to raise her teenage son. Sheila O'Malley ofRoger Ebert.com declared, "Bening has one of the best performances of the year (and one of Bening's personal best as well)".[29] For her performance, she was nominated for theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and theCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, in addition to her fifth nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

The following year, she portrayedGloria Grahame inFilm Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017) alongsideJamie Bell,Vanessa Redgrave, andJulie Walters.Peter Bradshaw critic fromThe Guardian praised her performance declaring, "Bening is excellent as Grahame: imperious, vulnerable, romantic, sexually excited about her younger man, wanly aware of secrets she cannot share with him".[30] She received her third nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film. The following year, she starred as Irina Arkadina inThe Seagull and as Dr. Cait Morris inLife Itself (2018).

In 2019, Bening returned to theBroadway stage after a 32-year absence. She starred in the revival ofArthur Miller'sAll My Sons alongsideTracy Letts at theRoundabout Theatre Company'sAmerican Airlines Theatre. The play opened on April 4, 2019, and closed on June 23, 2019.[31] She was nominated for theTony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance.[32] The following year, she portrayed SenatorDianne Feinstein in the political drama filmThe Report (2019) for which she earned her first nomination for theGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.[17]

Bening joined theMarvel Cinematic Universe playing Dr. Wendy Lawson inCaptain Marvel (2019) alongsideBrie Larson. The film was a financial box-office hit. In 2022, she acted inKenneth Branagh'sDeath on the Nile and the comedyJerry & Marge Go Large oppositeBryan Cranston. That same year, she filmedNyad alongsideJodie Foster, where Bening portrayedlong-distance swimmerDiana Nyad. The film was distributed byNetflix and premiered at the2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[33] Her performance earned high critical acclaim,[34][35][36] and earned her a fourth nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.[37]

In 2023, Bening was elected Chair of the Board of Trustees for theEntertainment Community Fund.[38] She next starred inLiane Moriarty'sApples Never Fall, based on the bestselling thriller which was adaptated byPeacock and also featuresSam Neill. The limited series premiered with all episodes immediately available to stream on March 15, 2024.

Personal life

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While training at theAmerican Conservatory Theater, Bening met actor J. Steven White, marrying him in 1984. They moved to Colorado where White managed theDenver Center for the Performing Arts. They divorced in 1991.[39]

She has been married to actorWarren Beatty since March 3, 1992. They have four children, including actressElla Beatty.[40][41]

Acting credits and accolades

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Main articles:List of Annette Bening performances andList of awards and nominations received by Annette Bening

Bening has received numerous accolades, including aBAFTA Award,[42] twoGolden Globe Awards,[17] and twoScreen Actors Guild Awards.[43] She has also received nominations for aPrimetime Emmy Award[20] and twoTony Awards.[14][32]

She has also received fiveAcademy Award nominations, for the following films:

See also

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References

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  2. ^ab"Annette Bening Biography: Film Actress (1958–)".Biography.com (FYI/A&E Networks).Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. RetrievedFebruary 6, 2017.
  3. ^"Public Record of Shirley Bening".FamilySearch.Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 21, 2015.
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  9. ^Cherney, Kristeen (March 18, 2024)."The Stunning Transformation Of Annette Bening".The List. RetrievedApril 28, 2024.
  10. ^Rochlin, Margy (December 11, 2023) [December 11, 2023]."'I was terrified, to tell you the truth': How Annette Bening became a swimmer for 'Nyad'".Los Angeles Times. RetrievedNovember 19, 2024.
  11. ^McAllister, Toni (November 29, 2016)."$16M Theater Opening at Patrick Henry High, With Help From Annette Bening".Times of San Diego. RetrievedNovember 19, 2024.
  12. ^Zack, Jessica (November 17, 2020)."Annette Bening, S.F. State and ACT alum, can't wait to 'get back into the theater'".San Francisco Chronicle.Archived from the original on February 21, 2022.
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  18. ^Phillips, Michael (March 26, 1999)."'Hedda': A Woman Always on the Verge".Los Angeles Times.Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. RetrievedMay 3, 2020.
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  20. ^ab"Annette Bening - Awards & Nominations".Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2024.
  21. ^"UCLA Live's new season: Annette Bening stars in world premiere".Los Angeles Times. June 3, 2009.Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. RetrievedOctober 7, 2012.
  22. ^Scott, A. O. (May 7, 2010)."In a Melancholy Los Angeles, 'La Ronde' of Motherhood".The New York Times.Archived from the original on November 14, 2011. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2011.
  23. ^"She's So Under the Gun, She Can't Leave Her Desk".The New York Times. March 1, 2010.Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. RetrievedOctober 7, 2012.
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  26. ^Gordon, David (May 20, 2014)."Annette Bening, Jessica Hecht, and More Will Join John Lithgow in Shakespeare in the Park's King Lear".TheaterMania.com.Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2015.
  27. ^"Annette Bening, Jessica Collins, Jessica Hecht Will Be John Lithgow's Daughters in King Lear".Playbill. May 20, 2014. Archived fromthe original on July 30, 2014. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2015.
  28. ^McNary, Dave (May 14, 2015)."Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning Join '20th Century Women'".Variety.Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. RetrievedDecember 11, 2017.
  29. ^"20th Century Women".Rogerebert.com. RetrievedJuly 28, 2023.
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  34. ^Reed, Rex (October 23, 2023)."If There's Any Justice, 'NYAD' Will Be Remembered When Awards Season Rolls Around".Observer. RetrievedJanuary 17, 2024.
  35. ^Travers, Peter (October 20, 2023)."Review: You'll cheer like crazy after seeing 'Nyad'".ABC News. RetrievedJanuary 17, 2024.
  36. ^Maltin, Leonard (December 21, 2023)."My Favorite Films of the Year".Leonardmaltin.com. RetrievedJanuary 17, 2024.
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  38. ^Kilkenny, Katie (June 15, 2023)."Annette Bening Named New Chair of Entertainment Community Fund Board (Exclusive)".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedOctober 12, 2024.
  39. ^Who's Who of American Women. 2004. p. 94.ISBN 9780837904306.
  40. ^"'In real life, people aren't heroic': Annette Bening and Bill Nighy on why marriages implode".the Guardian. August 28, 2020. RetrievedJuly 23, 2022.
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