Catherine Ann Keener was born on March 23, 1959 in Miami, Florida, USA. She is an Academy Award-nominated American actress.

She has worked steadily ever since, often in supporting roles in independently produced films such as Living in Oblivion (1995), Walking and Talking (1996) and Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998).

Keener was nominated for an Oscar as best supporting actress for her performance as sneaky and sexy Maxine in Being John Malkovich, and earned her second Oscar nomination for portraying writer Harper Lee in Capote (2005).

He also starred in Lovely and Amazing (2001), The Interpreter (2005), The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) and An American Crime (2007).

Since 1991, Keener has been married to fellow actor Dermot Mulroney. The couple lives in Los Angeles with their son, Clyde.

Filmography

• Genova (2007)
• Synecdoche, New York (2007)
• Where the Wild Things Are (2008)
• What Just Happened? (2008)
• Into the Wild (2007)
• An American Crime (2007)
• Friends with Money (2006)
• Capote (2005)
• The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
• The Interpreter (2005)
• The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
• S1m0ne (2002)
• Full Frontal (2002)
• Death to Smoochy (2002)
• Lovely & Amazing (2001)
• American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich 'Dance of Despair & Disillusionment' (2000)
• Simpatico (1999)
• Being John Malkovich (1999)
• 8MM (1999)
• Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
• Out of Sight (1998)
• The Real Blonde (1997)
• If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
• Box of Moon Light (1996)
• Boys (1996)
• Heroine of Hell (1996)
• Walking and Talking (1996)
• The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996)
• Living in Oblivion (1995)
• Journeys North (1994)
• The Cemetery Club (1993)
• The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
• "Seinfeld" (1 episode, 1992)
• Johnny Suede (1991)
• Switch (1991)
• Arduous Moon (1990)
• Catchfire (1990)
• Survival Quest (1989)
• "CBS Summer Playhouse" (1 episode, 1989)
• "Knightwatch" (1 episode, 1989)
• "Ohara" (1987)
• "L.A. Law" (1 episode, 1986)
• The Alan King Show (1986)
• About Last Night... (1986)
• The Education of Allison Tate (1986)

Awards

• Boston Film Critics Best Supporting Actress "Capote" 2005
• Los Angeles Film Critics Best Supporting Actress "Capote", "Ballad of Jack and Rose", "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and The Interpreter" 2005
• Toronto Film Critics Best Supporting Actress "Capote" 2005
• Florida Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress "Being John Malkovich" 1999
• Golden Satellite Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) "Being John Malkovich" 1999
• New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress "Being John Malkovich" 1999
• Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress "Being John Malkovich" 1999