Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

1959-03-26 Miami, Florida, USA 82 Credits

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Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 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 Th...

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Joker: Folie à Deux

Joker: Folie à Deux

2024

as Maryanne Stewart

5.4
Acting

While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

Polar Bear

Polar Bear

2022

as Narrator (voice)

7.2
Acting

A new mother’s memories of her own youth prepare her to navigate motherhood in the increasingly challenging world that polar bears face today.

The Adam Project

The Adam Project

2022

as Maya Sorian

7.0
Acting

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.

No Future

No Future

2021

as Claire

5.4
Acting

After the tragic overdose of his estranged friend, Will, a recovering addict, returns home, where he is reunited with Claire, his friend's grieving mo...

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

2021

as Ugga (voice)

6.5
Acting

Eep reveals how a comical accident led her and Dawn to discover the joys of tricking their families and set about performing "the world's first pranks...

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age

2020

as Ugga (voice)

7.5
Acting

Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they ...

Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding

Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding

2018

as Self

Acting

Go behind the scenes with the cast of Kidding and meet the family behind the magic, The Pickles. Starring Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Catherine Keener...

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2018

as Cynthia Foards

6.9
Acting

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

Incredibles 2

Incredibles 2

2018

as Evelyn Deavor (voice)

7.5
Acting

Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three child...

Little Pink House

Little Pink House

2018

as Susette Kelo

6.0
Acting

A Connecticut nurse finds herself at the center of a political firestorm and a Supreme Court case centering on eminent domain.

Nostalgia

Nostalgia

2018

as Donna Beam

5.4
Acting

A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.

November Criminals

November Criminals

2017

as Fiona

5.3
Acting

When Addison investigates the murder of his friend Kevin with the help of Phoebe, they discover that the truth is darker than they had ever imagined.

We Don't Belong Here

We Don't Belong Here

2017

as Nancy Green

5.6
Acting

A matriarch of a dysfunctional family is pushed to her tipping point by the disappearance of her son.

Get Out

Get Out

2017

as Missy Armitage

7.6
Acting

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as ner...

Unless

Unless

2016

as Reta

4.8
Acting

A writer struggles with her daughter's decision to drop out of college and live on the streets.

Elephant Song

Elephant Song

2015

as Nurse Susan Peterson

7.1
Acting

A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.

Accidental Love

Accidental Love

2015

as Rep. Pam Hendrickson

4.3
Acting

A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC. Sparks fly when sh...

Begin Again

Begin Again

2014

as Miriam Hart

7.2
Acting

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, not...

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5

2014

as Ellie / Self

5.8
Acting

Bad Grandpa .5 gives you a whole new perspective on the world of Irving Zisman with bonus scenes and pranks also featuring Spike Jonze as "Gloria" and...

War Story

War Story

2014

as Lee

4.2
Acting

Lee is a world-weary American woman who arrives in an Italian city. Her tangles with hotel staff, incessant smoking and her disregard of the persisten...

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

2013

as Ellie Zisman

6.1
Acting

86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

2013

as Andrea Phillips

7.5
Acting

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship...

Enough Said

Enough Said

2013

as Marianne

6.7
Acting

Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a rest...

The Croods

The Croods

2013

as Ugga (voice)

6.9
Acting

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and fei...

Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet

Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet

2013

as Self

2.0
Acting

Featurette on the making of A Late Quartet (2012).

Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home

Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home

2012

as Narrator

6.4
Acting

Los Angeles' Skid Row is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. And we found, inside that community, the remarkable and...

A Late Quartet

A Late Quartet

2012

as Juliette Gelbart

6.7
Acting

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the bal...

Maladies

Maladies

2012

as Catherine

5.3
Acting

A former soap star appears to have a narrator stuck in his head. As he moves in with his sister and works to restart his creative career, he tries to ...

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

2012

as Self

Acting

A behind the scenes look at the making of Being John Malkovich, condensed from hours of footage during production.

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011

as Diane Hudson

5.9
Acting

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husba...

The Oranges

The Oranges

2011

as Paige Walling

5.5
Acting

A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

Trust

Trust

2010

as Lynn Cameron

6.6
Acting

A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone...

Cyrus

Cyrus

2010

as Jamie

5.9
Acting

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, onl...

Please Give

Please Give

2010

as Kate

6.2
Acting

In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010

as Sally Jackson

6.2
Acting

Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must ma...

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

as Mom

6.5
Acting

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

Associate Producer

6.5
Producing

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...

Collaborators

2009

as Herself

Acting

A portrait of Spike Jonze and his longtime moviemaking partnerships.

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

2009

as Herself

8.0
Acting

A loving look at one of the most cherished and controversial figures in children's literature, Maurice Sendak. In this deeply moving tribute, spend ti...

The Soloist

The Soloist

2009

as Mary Weston

6.7
Acting

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

Genova

Genova

2009

as Barbara

5.6
Acting

A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genoa changes all three of them ...

Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008

as Adele Lack

7.6
Acting

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as ...

What Just Happened

What Just Happened

2008

as Lou Tarnow

5.4
Acting

During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete...

Hamlet 2

Hamlet 2

2008

as Brie Marschz

5.9
Acting

Failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher Dana Marschz rallies his Tucson students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical ...

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

2007

as Jan Burres

7.8
Acting

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savi...

An American Crime

An American Crime

2007

as Gertrude Baniszewski

7.3
Acting

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

God Grew Tired of Us

God Grew Tired of Us

2006

Producer

7.2
Producing

Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Abul Pach and Panther Bior -- as they try to come to...

Friends with Money

Friends with Money

2006

as Christine

5.1
Acting

As she reaches her mid-thirties and quits her lucrative job, singleton Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her suc...

Making Capote: Concept to Script

Making Capote: Concept to Script

2006

as Self

6.5
Acting

Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).

Capote

Capote

2005

as Harper Lee

7.0
Acting

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

The 40 Year Old Virgin

The 40 Year Old Virgin

2005

as Trish Piedmont

6.4
Acting

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn...

The Interpreter

The Interpreter

2005

as Dot Woods

6.3
Acting

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to i...

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

2005

as Kathleen

6.1
Acting

Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an isolated island. While Jack fights against develope...

Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002

as Catherine Keener (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting amb...

Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes

2002

as Self

Acting

Bloopers and Outakes featured on the Death to Smoochy DVD.

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

2002

as Self

Acting

A short documentary about the making of Danny Devito’s film Death to Smoochy.

S1m0ne

S1m0ne

2002

as Elaine Christian

6.0
Acting

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the prod...

Full Frontal

Full Frontal

2002

as Lee

4.6
Acting

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.

Lovely & Amazing

Lovely & Amazing

2002

as Michelle Marks

6.1
Acting

An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their ...

Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

2002

as Nora Wells

5.9
Acting

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by s...

Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich

1999

as Maxine Lund

7.4
Acting

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who ...

Simpatico

Simpatico

1999

as Cecilia

4.9
Acting

As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an of...

8MM

8MM

1999

as Amy Welles

6.5
Acting

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the he...

Your Friends & Neighbors

Your Friends & Neighbors

1998

as Terri

5.8
Acting

Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfie...

Out of Sight

Out of Sight

1998

as Adele Delisi

6.7
Acting

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the ri...

The Real Blonde

The Real Blonde

1998

as Mary

5.5
Acting

An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.

If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

as Becky

6.7
Acting

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a...

Box of Moonlight

Box of Moonlight

1996

as Floatie Dupre

6.8
Acting

Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business tri...

Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

1996

as Amelia

6.1
Acting

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

Boys

Boys

1996

as Jilly

5.3
Acting

Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid ...

The Destiny of Marty Fine

The Destiny of Marty Fine

1996

as Lena

1.0
Acting

Marty Fine is a small-time man with a big-time dream. One night, the ex-middleweight fighter sees something he shouldn't have - a mob hit. An old gang...

Heroine of Hell

Heroine of Hell

1996

as Magda

1.0
Acting

A passionate artist creates in order to release her strong pent up emotions. Themes of justice and retribution especially influence her. One night she...

Living in Oblivion

Living in Oblivion

1995

as Nicole Springer

7.2
Acting

Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalom...

The Cemetery Club

The Cemetery Club

1993

as Esther's Daughter (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

1992

as Suzanne

5.1
Acting

A Southern librarian puts excitement in her life with a found murder weapon and a false confession.

Johnny Suede

Johnny Suede

1991

as Yvonne

5.2
Acting

A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.

Switch

Switch

1991

as Steve's Secretary (Beth)

5.9
Acting

Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to...

Catchfire

Catchfire

1990

as Trucker's Girl

5.3
Acting

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to ge...

Survival Quest

Survival Quest

1989

as Cheryl

5.4
Acting

A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a pa...

The Abduction of Allison Tate

The Abduction of Allison Tate

1986

as Linda Kellogg

Acting

When wealthy real estate developer Richard Tate seizes land belonging to a Native American tribe for his next construction project, a group of young m...

About Last Night...

About Last Night...

1986

as Cocktail Waitress

6.0
Acting

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

About Last Night...

About Last Night...

1986

Casting Assistant

6.0

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.