Annette Bening

About Annette Bening

Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles on stage and screen she has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and four Academy Awards. She received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.

Bening began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater. She made her Broadway debut in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances (1987) for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination. She played the title role in the Geffen Playhouse production of Hedda Gabbler (1999). She returned to Broadway in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2019) earning another Tony nomination this time for Best Actress in a Play.

She has received four Academy Award nominations for her roles in The Grifters (1990), American Beauty (1999), Being Julia (2004), and The Kids Are All Right (2010). Her other notable film include Valmont (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Bugsy (1991), Richard III (1995), The American President (1995), Ginger & Rosa (2012), 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), The Seagull (2018), and The Report (2019). She played the roles of Supreme Intelligence and Mar-Vell / Wendy Lawson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel (2019). She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Mrs. Harris (2005).

She serves as Vice Chair on the board of trustees for The Actors Fund. She has been married to actor Warren Beatty since 1992.