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Catherine Keener Biography

Catherine Keener ranks with Parker Posey as one of the queens of 1990s American independent cinema. A muse for director Tom Di Cillo (Johnny Suede, Living in Oblivion, Box of Moonlight, The Real Blonde), she is married to one of her peers, the also-underrated Dermot Mulroney. Keener graduated from Wheaton College in 1983 and in 1986 she landed her first film role, a small part in About Last Night. She appeared in a string of independent films throughout the 1990s, in addition to all the aforementioned Di Cillo titles; she had the lead, opposite Anne Heche, in the acclaimed Walking and Talking (1996), written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, a role which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2000, Keener received an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in Being John Malkovich. Appearing in Simpatico and giving birth to a baby boy the same year, the tireless actress continued to turn up in such quirky films as Death to Smoochy, Full Frontal, Simone, and eccentric director Spike Jonze, follow-up to Being John Malkovich, Adaptation (all 2002).

Catherine Keener Filmography

40 Year-Old Virgin, The (2006)
Capote (2004) .... Nelle Harper Lee
Interpreter, The (2005)
Ballad of Jack and Rose, The (2005) .... Kathleen
S1m0ne (2002) .... Elaine Christian
Full Frontal (2002) .... Lee
Death to Smoochy (2002) .... Nora Wells
... aka Tötet Smoochy (2003) (Germany)
Lovely & Amazing (2001) .... Michelle Marks
American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich 'Dance of Despair & Disillusionment' (2000) (V) (uncredited) .... Maxine
Simpatico (1999) .... Cecilia
... aka Simpatico (1999) (France)
Being John Malkovich (1999) .... Maxine Lund
8MM (1999) .... Amy Welles
... aka 8mm - Acht Millimeter (1999) (Germany)
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) .... Terri
Out of Sight (1998) .... Adele Delisi
Real Blonde, The (1997) .... Mary
Destiny of Marty Fine, The (1996) .... Lena
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV) .... Becky (segment "1952")
Box of Moon Light (1996) .... Floatie Dupre
Boys (1996) .... Jilly
Heroine of Hell (1996) (TV) .... Magda
Walking and Talking (1996) .... Amelia
Living in Oblivion (1995) .... Nicole Springer
Journeys North (1994) (TV) .... Magda
Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, The (1992) .... Suzanne
Johnny Suede (1991) .... Yvonne
Switch (1991) .... Steve's Secretary
... aka Blake Edwards' Switch (1991) (USA: complete title)
Catchfire (1990) .... Trucker's girl
... aka Backtrack (1990) (USA: TV title (director's cut))
... aka Catchfire (1990) (Australia)
... aka Do It the Hard Way (1990)
Survival Quest (1989) .... Cheryl
"Ohara" (1987) TV Series .... Lt. Cricket Sideris (1987)
Education of Allison Tate, The (1986) .... Linda Kellogg
... aka Abduction of Allison Tate, The (1986)
About Last Night... (1986) .... Cocktail Waitress

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