Catherine Keener Biography, Facts, Movies & TV Shows

Publish date: 2024-10-09

Catherine Keener is an American actress best known for her work in Being John Malkovich (1999) where she played the character of MaxineLund, the love interest of her colleague Craig Schwartz (played by John Cusack), to whom she however did not not returned his affection for her. Her excellent portrayal of the character Maxine in this film, as well as that of Nelle Harper Lee in Capote (2005), earned her two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.

Apart from these, there is still a lot to learn about the actress. The paragraphs below have done this justice.

Catherine Keener – Biography

The actress’ full name is Catherine Ann Keener, and she was born on March 23, 1959, in Miami, Florida. Catherine was born in a family of 5 children as the 3rd child. His parents are Evelyn (née Jamiel) and Jim Keener. She is of Irish descent on her father’s side and Lebanese on her mother’s side.

Catherine was raised alongside her siblings as a Faithful Catholic in Hialeah, a Florida town where she also attended Bishop Edward Pace High School, Miami Gardens, Florida. After high school, Ann enrolled at Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, where she majored in American Studies and also enrolled in a theater program. As a junior in college, she had her first theatrical performance in Rare Women and Others, a Wendy Wasserstein production. Catherine Keener then obtained her Bachelor of Arts in 1983.

Movies and TV series

The Miami, Florida-born actress began her screen career in 1986. She had roles in a television and film series. Catherine played the role of waitress in the episode: “The house of the rising flan” of LA Law. She also acted as another waitress (more specifically a cocktail waitress) in the movie About Last Night… Ann ended the 80s with more roles in TV shows like Ohara, Knightwatch, CBS Summer Playhouse and the movie Quest for Survival

Over the next decade, Catherine Keener made her van debut as a truck driver. Catching Fire (1990). This was followed by her starring in films like Switch, Johnny Suede, Thelma & Louise, The Gun in Betty Lou’s Purse, and Seinfeld (a TV series). Ann then expanded her acting portfolio playing various characters in movies like The Graveyard Club, Living in Oblivion, Walk and Talk, Boys, Moonlight Box, The Real Blonde, Out of Sight, Your Friends and neighbors, Simpatico and of course his Oscar recognized role in Being John Malkovich. In this same era, the actress starred in various television works likeHeroine of Hell and If These Walls Could Talk

As the millennium dawned, Catherine Keener continued her acting career with roles in Adorable and Adorable (a cameo role as herself), Full Frontal, Death to Smoochy, Simone, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, L performer, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Capote (her role as Oscar-nominated Nelle Harper Lee). In the latter half of the decade, Keener landed roles in Friends with Money (2006), Synecdoche, New York, Genova, The Soloist, Where’s the Wild Things and Quadruple of Please Give, Cyrus, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and The Trust All in 2010. At that time, she did not star in any television projects.

From 2011 to our last update, Being star John Malkovich and Capote starred in films like Oranges, Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, Diseases (all 2011), A Late Quartet (2012), The Croods Are Enough, Captain Phillips, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa in 2013. The Elephant Song, War Story and Elephant Song Trio in 2014 , Accidental Love (2015) and Unless (2016). In 2017, the talented actress played various roles in Get Out, Little Pink House, We Don’t Belong Here, and November Criminals. The following year she was Donna Beam in Nostalgia, the voice of Evelyn Deavor/Screenslaver in The Incredibles and Cynthia Foards in Sicario: Day of the Soldado

His television works during this decade include How and Why (2014, as Alice), Mary Dorman in 5 episodes of Show Me a Hero (2015), Kase in 5 episodes of Forever (2018) and Dierdre in 10 episodes of Joke (2018–present).

Other Facts About Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener may be a single woman at the moment.

Before, she was married to Dermot Mulroney whom she first met on the set of Survival Quest in 1989. Things were looking good between them and they started dating. They married in the presence of their parents and parents in 1990. During their marriage, they welcomed a son born in 1999, whom they named Clyde. However, by 2005, their marriage had already begun to deteriorate following their separation. They filed for divorce in June 2007, and on December 19, 2007, their divorce was complete.

Following the end of her first marriage, the actress reportedly entered into a relationship with Benicio Del Toro in 2008. But the following year, apparently, they broke up.

With a career spanning over 3 decades, Catherine Keener has managed to amass a net worth of around $8 million.

The actress stands at a height of 1.50 m or 5 feet 8 inches. She has light brown hair. Her other body stats/measurements, such as her weight, bust, height, and height, have not been publicly revealed.

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