41 Facts About Annette Bening

Annette Carol Bening was born on May 29,1958 and is an American actress.

Annette Bening received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.

Annette Bening made her Broadway debut in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination.

Annette Bening played the title role in the Geffen Playhouse production of Hedda Gabbler.

Annette Bening returned to Broadway in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons earning another Tony nomination this time for Best Actress in a Play.

Annette Bening has received four Academy Award nominations for her roles in The Grifters, American Beauty, Being Julia, and The Kids Are All Right.

Annette Bening was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Mrs Harris.

Annette Bening serves as Vice Chair on the board of trustees for The Actors Fund.

Annette Bening has been married to actor Warren Beatty since 1992.

Annette Bening was born in Topeka, Kansas, to Shirley Katherine and Arnett Grant Annette Bening.

Annette Bening's mother was a church singer and soloist, and her father was a sales training consultant and insurance salesman.

Annette Bening began acting in junior high school, playing the lead in The Sound of Music.

Annette Bening graduated in 1975 from San Diego's Patrick Henry High School, where she studied drama.

Annette Bening then spent a year working as a cook on a charter boat taking fishing parties out on the Pacific Ocean, and scuba diving for recreation.

Annette Bening attended San Diego Mesa College and graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts at San Francisco State University.

Annette Bening began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and appeared in plays at the San Diego Repertory Theatre.

Annette Bening was a member of the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program.

Annette Bening made her Broadway debut in 1987, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play and receiving a Theatre World Award for her performance in Coastal Disturbances.

Annette Bening made her film debut in The Great Outdoors, starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy.

Annette Bening made her breakout role in The Grifters, in which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Annette Bening starred in Sam Mendes' directorial debut film American Beauty.

In 1999, Annette Bening returned to the stage for the first time in 10 years playing the title role in Hedda Gabler at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

Annette Bening lays into the venomous sarcasm mighty heavily, but she's cagey enough to avoid reductive extremes.

Annette Bening played the title role in Being Julia, in which she won a Golden Globe, NBR Best Actress, was a runner-up for NYFCC and was nominated by SAG and for the Academy Award for her performance.

Annette Bening was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her role of Jean Harris the 2005 HBO film Mrs Harris.

Annette Bening replaced Julianne Moore and starred in the film adaptation of Running with Scissors, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe.

In 2009, Annette Bening starred in a new interpretation of the Euripides classic Medea at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Annette Bening received positive reviews for her performance in the independent film Mother and Child.

Later that year, Annette Bening received critical acclaim for her performance in The Kids Are All Right; a reviewer said that she "deserves an Oscar" and another praised her "sublime" performance.

Annette Bening was nominated for a SAG award, a BAFTA award, and for the Academy Award for the performance.

In 2012, Annette Bening's audiobook recording of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway was released at Audible.

Annette Bening starred in Dan Fogelman's 2015 American comedy drama, Danny Collins, with Al Pacino.

In 2016, Annette Bening starred in Mike Mills's comedy drama 20th Century Women alongside Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Billy Crudup.

Annette Bening earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance In 2017, she appeared in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Gloria Grahame alongside Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters.

Annette Bening was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance.

In 2019, Annette Bening returned to the Broadway stage after a 32-year absence.

Annette Bening starred in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons alongside Tracy Letts at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre.

Annette Bening was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Annette Bening serves as Vice Chair on the board of trustees for The Actors Fund.

Annette Bening married James Steven White, a choreographer, on May 26,1984.

Annette Bening has been married to actor Warren Beatty since March 3,1992.