Annette Bening

Actor

American actress Annette Bening (born May 29, 1958) is a highly esteemed figure in Hollywood, celebrated for her intelligence and versatility across four decades on stage and screen. After beginning her career in theater and earning a Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in Coastal Disturbances (1987), she made a significant film breakthrough as a con artist in The Grifters (1990), which garnered her first of five Academy Award nominations. Bening's career is marked by critically acclaimed performances in major films such as American Beauty (1999), which won her a BAFTA, and her Golden Globe-winning roles in Being Julia (2004) and The Kids Are All Right (2010). Known for portraying complex, professional women, she has continued to earn top-tier recognition into the 2020s, most recently for her portrayal of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad in the biopic Nyad (2023). Since 1992, she has been married to fellow actor and director Warren Beatty.