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Birth Name: Annette Carol Bening

Age: 62, born 29 May 1958

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 7"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Warren Beatty

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Description: Annette Bening was born on May 29, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest of four children. Her family moved to California when she was young, and she grew up there. She graduated from San Francisco State University and began her acting career with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, eventually moving to New York where she acted on the stage (including a Tony-award nomination in 1987 for her work in the Broadway play "Coastal Disturbances") and got her first film roles, in a few TV movies.As is so often the case, her first big-screen role was in a forgettable movie, this one the 1988 Dan Aykroyd vehicle T Annette Bening was born on May 29, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest of four children. Her family moved to California when she was young, and she grew up there. She graduated from San Francisco State University and began her acting career with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, eventually moving to New York where she acted on the stage (including a Tony-award nomination in 1987 for her work in the Broadway play "Coastal Disturbances") and got her first film roles, in a few TV movies.As is so often the case, her first big-screen role was in a forgettable movie, this one the 1988 Dan Aykroyd vehicle The Great Outdoors (1988). However, her next work on-screen was in Milos Forman's Valmont (1989), a film adaptation of de Laclos's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." Unfortunately, de Laclos's story had also just served as the source of a more Hollywoodized and successful movie version, Dangerous Liaisons (1988), which had been released the previous year, and Forman's treatment went little noticed.Bening's career turned an important corner the following year when she co-starred with Anjelica Huston and John Cusack in Stephen Frears's powerful, entertaining screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel The Grifters (1990), and her artful turn as a con artist gained her the first of several Academy award nominations. On the strength of this performance Warren Beatty cast Bening as Virginia Hill, Bugsy Siegel's fiery actress moll, in his Bugsy (1991), the story of Siegel's founding of Las Vegas. Although the movie itself did not fare well, it resulted in a relationship with Beatty which led to Bening's pregnancy and then her marriage to Beatty in 1992 - it was the second marriage for Bening, who had been separated from her first husband since 1986 but did not finalize her divorce until 1991. The couple then collaborated on the extravagant flop Love Affair (1994), though the next year her career rebounded with her turn as Queen Elizabeth in the highly-regarded 1995 production of Richard III (1995). Notable performances have since included an obsessive, pushy real estate agent in American Beauty (1999), and as the eponymous character in István Szabó's screen adaptation of the Maugham novel Being Julia (2004) - both were duly noted by the Academy, with Oscar nominations.Bening has great poise and screen presence, and at her best can turn in a very strong performance. Although her resume often features long stretches of mediocre productions before the next good part turns up, when it does, it proves worth the wait. Bening has four children with Beatty. ... (more)

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Cinematic Faces of the 90's [Female Edition] (164 person items)

" Noteworthy roles of the 90's: The Grifters (1990, Stephen Frears) | Regarding Henry (1991, Mike Nichols) | Bugsy (1991, Barry Levinson) | Richard III (1995, Richard Loncraine) | The American President (1995, Rob Reiner) | Mars Attacks! (1996, Tim Burton) | The Siege (1998, Edward Zwick) | In Dreams (1999, Neil Jordan) | American Beauty (1999, Sam Mendes). Annette Bening made her Hollywood breakout in The Grifters (1990), in which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Act"

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Independent Spirit Awards: Best Female Lead (153 person items)

"2010 - Nominee for The Kids Are All Right Annette Bening - Best Female Lead as Nicole "Nic" Allgood 2016 - Nominee for 20th Century Women Annette Bening - Best Female Lead as Dorothea Fields"

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" Starred in: The Kids Are All Right (2010, dir: Lisa Cholodenko)"

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" Starred in: 20 Century Women (2016, dir: Mike Mills)"

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"Annette has 4 children:• Kathlyn Beatty• Benjamin MacLean Beatty• Isabel Beatty• Ella Beatty"

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[Screen World's] Promising New Actors of 1990 (12 person items)

"Born: 29 May 1958. Then Now The Year 1990: The Grifters (1990, dir: Stephen Frears) Postcards from the Edge (1990, dir: Mike Nichols) Mostly known for: Valmont (1989) The Grifters (1990) Bugsy (1991) Regarding Henry (1991) Richard III (1995) Mars Attacks! (1996) The Siege (1998) American Beauty (1999) Open Range (2003) The Kids Are All Right (2010) 20th Century Women (2016) Captain Marvel (2019) "

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"4 Nominations2011: Best actress nominee for 'The Kids Are All Right' 2005: Best actress nominee for 'Being Julia' 2000: Best actress nominee for 'American Beauty' 1991: Best supporting actress nominee for 'The Grifters'"

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