Annette
Bening (born May 29, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas, USA) is
an American actress.Bening's family moved to San Diego,
California in 1965. In junior high, she played the lead
in The Sound of Music. She finished high school in three
years and attended San Diego Mesa College. She completed
her drama degree at San Francisco State University.
Bening then studied at San Francisco's American Conservatory
Theater, and joined its acting company. In 1985, she
moved to New York where she was nominated for a Tony
Award for her debut performance in Coastal Disturbances.
However, she endured a five-year struggle before breaking
into film.
Her first film was Manhunt for Claude
Dallas, a made-for-TV movie which came out in 1986.
Her first major feature film role was in The Great
Outdoors (1988). She garnered an Academy Award nomination
for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Grifters
(1990) and Best Actress in a Leading Role for American
Beauty (1999).
In 1991, Bening was offered a role
as the Catwoman in the movie Batman Returns (1992).
However, she chose to be pregnant, and the role went
to Michelle Pfeiffer.
Bening met actor Warren Beatty on
the set of the film Bugsy (1991) and the two started
a secret romance. On March 12, 1992, she married Beatty.
The couple has four children.
In 2005, Bening won the Golden Globe
for best actress in a comedy playing a 1930s stage
actress in a mid-career crisis in Being Julia (2004).
Bening played a real-estate agent
in three different movies: American Beauty, Regarding
Henry and What Planet Are You From?
Filmography
Being Julia (2004)
Open Range (2003)
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
American Beauty (1999)
In Dreams (1999)
The Siege (1998)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Richard III (1995)
The American President (1995)
Love Affair (1994)
Bugsy (1991)
Regarding Henry (1991)
The Grifters (1990)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Valmont (1989)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986) (TV)
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