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Catherine 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.
As actor
Joker: Folie à Deux
Polar Bear
The Adam Project
No Future
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
The Croods: A New Age
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
Nostalgia
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Incredibles 2
Little Pink House
We Don't Belong Here
November Criminals
Get Out
Unless
Elephant Song
Accidental Love
Begin Again
War Story
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
The Croods
Captain Phillips
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Enough Said
A Late Quartet
Maladies
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
The Oranges