Nook NotesPick a film
Catherine Keener

Actor

Catherine Keener

Born March 26, 1959 in Miami, Florida, USA71 films

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).

Read more

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.

Start here

The best way into Catherine Keener's work
Into the Wild posterFirst watchInto the Wild20077.8as Jan BurresAfter graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Get Out poster7.6Get Out2017Incredibles 2 poster7.5Incredibles 22018Captain Phillips poster7.5Captain Phillips2013Being John Malkovich poster7.4Being John Malkovich1999The Croods poster6.9The Croods2013The Croods: A New Age poster7.4The Croods: A New Age2020Begin Again poster7.2Begin Again2014The Adam Project poster7.0The Adam Project2022

Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. TBAHow and WhyAlice
  2. 2026Love of Your Life
  3. 2024Joker: Folie à DeuxMaryanne Stewart
  4. 2022The Adam ProjectMaya Sorian
  5. 2021No FutureClaire
  6. 2021Dear Diary: World's First PranksUgga (voice)
  7. 2020The Croods: A New AgeUgga (voice)
  8. 2018Sicario: Day of the SoldadoCynthia Foards
  9. 2018Incredibles 2Evelyn Deavor (voice)
  10. 2018Little Pink HouseSusette Kelo
  11. 2018NostalgiaDonna Beam
  12. 2017November CriminalsFiona
  13. 2017We Don't Belong HereNancy Green
  14. 2017Get OutMissy Armitage
  15. 2016UnlessReta
  16. 2015Elephant SongNurse Susan Peterson
  17. 2015Accidental LovePam Hendrickson
  18. 2014Begin AgainMiriam Hart
  19. 2014War StoryLee
  20. 2013Jackass Presents: Bad GrandpaEllie Zisman
  21. 2013Captain PhillipsAndrea Phillips
  22. 2013Enough SaidMarianne
  23. 2013The CroodsUgga (voice)
  24. 2012A Late QuartetJuliette Gelbart
  25. 2012MaladiesCatherine
  26. 2011Peace, Love & MisunderstandingDiane Hudson
  27. 2011The OrangesPaige Walling
  28. 2010TrustLynn Cameron
  29. 2010CyrusJamie
  30. 2010Please GiveKate
  31. 2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefSally Jackson
  32. 2009Where the Wild Things AreMom
  33. 2009The SoloistMary Weston
  34. 2009GenovaBarbara
  35. 2008Synecdoche, New YorkAdele Lack
  36. 2008What Just HappenedLou Tarnow
  37. 2008Hamlet 2Brie Marschz
  38. 2007Into the WildJan Burres
  39. 2007An American CrimeGertrude Baniszewski
  40. 2006Friends with MoneyChristine
  41. 2005CapoteHarper Lee
  42. 2005The 40 Year-Old VirginTrish Piedmont
  43. 2005The InterpreterDot Woods
  44. 2005The Ballad of Jack and RoseKathleen
  45. 2002Adaptation.Catherine Keener (uncredited)
  46. 2002S1m0neElaine Christian
  47. 2002Full FrontalLee
  48. 2002Lovely & AmazingMichelle Marks
  49. 2002Death to SmoochyNora Wells
  50. 1999Being John MalkovichMaxine Lund
  51. 1999SimpaticoCecilia
  52. 19998MMAmy Welles
  53. 1998Your Friends & NeighborsTerri
  54. 1998Out of SightAdele Delisi
  55. 1998The Real BlondeMary
  56. 1996If These Walls Could TalkBecky
  57. 1996Box of MoonlightFloatie Dupre
  58. 1996Walking and TalkingAmelia
  59. 1996BoysJilly
  60. 1996The Destiny of Marty FineLena
  61. 1996Heroine of HellMagda
  62. 1995Living in OblivionNicole Springer
  63. 1994Journeys NorthMagda
  64. 1993The Cemetery ClubEsther's Daughter (uncredited)
  65. 1992The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagSuzanne
  66. 1991Johnny SuedeYvonne
  67. 1991SwitchSteve's Secretary (Beth)
  68. 1990CatchfireTrucker's Girl
  69. 1989Survival QuestCheryl
  70. 1986The Abduction of Allison TateLinda Kellogg
  71. 1986About Last Night...Cocktail Waitress