Annette Carol Bening (Topeka, Kansas, May 29, 1958) is an American actress, nominated four times for the Oscars, and winner of two Golden Globes, a Bafta Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Biography
As a child, she moved with her family to San Diego, California. There she began to be interested in acting, taking dance classes and performing some plays in her school's theater. She studied at the University of San Francisco, and paid her tuition by working as a cook on a chartered yacht.
After completing his studies, Bening performed at the San Francisco Theater Conservatory and after some time moved to New York, in order to deepen his theatrical knowledge and experience. On the New York stage she had considerable success, to the point of being nominated for a Tony Award. Despite this, Ella Bening forced herself to continue in the theater before trying to move on to film, which she did after five years.
His first film in Hollywood went virtually unnoticed and although he already stood out in the second, it was his fourth, The Grifters, that made Bening known to the general public, after having garnered favorable reviews. Since then she has taken part in numerous films, some of which were notable box office hits, such as The American President , with Michael Douglas, or American Beauty , with Kevin Spacey. Although she has risen to fame for a few years now through her marriage to Warren Beatty, her talent for playing both dramatic and comedic roles has made her a sought-after actress in the world of the big screen.
Bening was married to choreographer James Steven White from 1984 to 1991. She married actor Warren Beatty for the second time in 1992, with whom she has four children.
Filmography
- The Report (2019)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- The Seagull (2018)
- Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
- 20th Century Women (2017)
- Danny Collins (2015)
- The Face of Love (2013)
- Girl Most Likely (2012)
- The Kids Are All Right (2010)
- Mother and Child (2010)
- The Women (2008)
- Running with Scissors (Recipes of my life(2006)
- Mrs. Harris (2005)
- Knowing Julia (2004)
- Open Range (2003)
- What planet are you from? (2000)
- American Beauty (1999)
- In Dreams (1999)
- The Siege (State of siege, Against the enemy) (1998) of Edward Zwick
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- The American President (1995)
- Richard III (1995)
- Love Affair (1994)
- Bugsy (1991)
- Regarding Henry (1991)
- Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
- The Grifters (1990)
- Postcards from the edge (1990)
- Valmont (1989)
- The Great Outdoors (1988)
Awards and nominations
Oscar
Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
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1990 | Best cast actress | The Grifters | Nominated
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1999 | Best actress | American Beauty | Nominated
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2004 | Being Julia | Nominated
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2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated
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Golden Globes
Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
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1991 | Best actress - Drama | Bugsy | Nominated
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1995 | Best actress - Comedy or musical | The American President | Nominated
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1999 | Best actress - Drama | American Beauty | Nominated
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2004 | Best actress - Comedy or musical | Being Julia | Winner
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2005 | Best actress - Miniserie or Telefilme | Mrs. Harris | Nominated
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2006 | Best actress - Comedy or musical | Running with Scissors | Nominated
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2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Winner
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2016 | 20th Century Women | Nominated
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BAFTA
Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
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1990 | Best cast actress | The Grifters | Nominated
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1999 | Best actress | American Beauty | Winner
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2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated
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2017 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Nominated
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Actors Guild
Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
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1999 | Better cast | American Beauty | Winner
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Best actress | Winner
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2004 | Being Julia | Nominated
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2006 | Best actress - Miniserie or Telefilme | Mrs. Harris | Nominated
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2010 | Best actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated
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Film Review
Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
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1999 | Best actress | American Beauty | Nominated
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2004 | Being Julia | Nominated
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2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated
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2016 | 20th Century Women | Nominated
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Independent Spirit
Year | Category | Movie | Outcome
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2016 | Best actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated
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Satellite
Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
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1999 | Best actress - Drama | American Beauty | Nominated
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2002 | Best cast actress - Drama | Open Range | Nominated
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2004 | Best actress - Comedia or Musical | Being Julia | Winner
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2006 | Running with Scissors | Nominated
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2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated
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San Sebastian International Film Festival
Year | Category | Outcome |
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2004 | Donostia Award | Winner
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