Annette Carol Bening born May 29 1958 is an American actress In a career spanning more than four decades she has received many accolades including a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globes as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award two Tony Awards and five Academy Awards Bening began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980 and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater She made her Broadway debut in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances 1987 for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play She played the title role in a Geffen Playhouse production of Hedda Gabler 1999 She returned to Broadway in the revival of Arthur Millers All My Sons 2019 earning another Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Play Bening won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for playing a materialistic wife in American Beauty 1999 and received nominations for five Academy Awards for her roles in The Grifters 1990 American Beauty Being Julia 2004 The Kids Are All Right 2010 and Nyad 2023 She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing the title role in the television film Mrs Harris 2005 Her other notable films include Postcards from the Edge 1990 Bugsy 1991 Richard III 1995 The American President 1995 20th Century Women 2016 Film Stars Dont Die in Liverpool 2017 The Seagull 2018 The Report 2019 Captain Marvel 2019 and Death on the Nile 2022 Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette Bening licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia