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Catherine Ann Keener Wiki Biography

Catherine Ann Keener was born on 23 March 1959, in Miami, Florida USA, of Irish and Lebanese descent, and is an actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated performances in “Being John Malkovich” and “Capote”. She’s also appeared in numerous other films including “Into the Wild”, but all of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Catherine Keener? As of mid-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $8 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. She’s known for being the muse of director Nicole Holofcenter, having appeared in every one of her works. She also found critical success in “Get Out”. As she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.

Catherine Keener Net Worth $8 million

Catherine attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School and after matriculating, went to Wheaton College, majoring in English and history while a part of a Theatre course. She did her first theatre production in the college in the play “Uncommon Women and Others”. She graduated in 1983.

Keener’s first roles were in the television series “Ohara” which aired from 1987 to 1988, having made her film debut in “About Last Night…” the previous year. She struggled with finding work but eventually started to hit her stride after “Survival Quest” in 1989. She made a guest appearance in an episode of “Seinfeld” and then starred in “Johnny Suede” alongside Brad Pitt who was relatively unknown at the time – her net worth would start to increase significantly and she got her first Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in the film. She was then cast in “Living in Oblivion” before having another Independent Spirit Award nomination for her part in “Walking and Talking”.

In 2000, Catherine got her first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actress in “Being John Malkovich”. She continued to work for Holofcener in “Lovely and Amazing” gaining her third Independent Spirit Award nomination. More opportunities opened up for her, and she then co-starred with Edward Norton in “Burn This”, and had the part of “Simone” alongside Al Pacino. In 2005, she starred with Daniel Day-Lewis in “The Ballad of Jack and Rose” before playing Steve Carell’s love interest in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”. In the same year, she earned numerous awards for her role in “Capote”, including a second Oscar nomination. Her net worth continued to build thanks to these successes.

In 2007, Keener became a part of “Into the Wild”, a critically acclaimed adaption of the book of the same name. The following year, she was then cast in the television movie “An American Crime” which got her an Emmy Award nomination, and in 2012 she appeared in “A Late Quartet” before playing as Percy Jackson’s mother in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”. In 2015, she starred in the miniseries “Show Me a Hero” which is also based on a book. A few of her latest projects include the independent film “Unless”, and the podcast series “Homecoming”, still adding to her net worth.

For her personal life, it is known that Catherine married actor Dermot Mulroney in 1990 and they have a son, but divorced in 2007.



Full Name Catherine Keener
Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth March 23, 1959
Place Of Birth Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Profession Actress, Producer, Casting Department
Education Wheaton College, Monsignor Edward Pace High School
Nationality American
Spouse Dermot Mulroney (m. 1990–2007)
Children Clyde Mulroney
Parents Evelyn Keener, Jim Keener
Siblings Elizabeth Keener, Michael Keener
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001416/
Awards Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical, Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Suppo…
Nominations Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Perfor…
Movies Being John Malkovich, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Capote, Captain Phillips, Into the Wild, Enough Said, The Croods, Where the Wild Things Are, A Late Quartet, Please Give, Begin Again, Synecdoche, New York, An American Crime, Walking and Talking, The Interpreter, Lovely and Amazing, Friends with Money, …
TV Shows Show Me a Hero, Ohara
Trademark
1 Often works with Nicole Holofcener and Spike Jonze
Quote
1 Well, the day I got nominated, I had jury duty, a D.U.I. case. The morning the nominations were announced, I reported to jury duty as scheduled. That was good; it gave me perspective. If you start feeling too important, it’s always good to go sit in a jury for a D.U.I. charge.
2 Luck favors the prepared.
3 Well, for one thing, I like being a supporting actress. I like to come and go in the film. The interesting characters are very few if you want to be the lead, and they depend on you being beautiful. Since I’m not interested in those parts, the pressure’s off, in a way. I’m not cast for my physicality. I find that playing so many characters in so many films is a way to be in the moment.
4 [on her harshest rejection]: “One director said I just wasn’t sexy. It was hard, really hard. I left town for two months with my tail between my legs. But you have to kind of go, okay, maybe I’m not their idea of [sexy], but hell, I can have sex!”
Fact
1 Played Harvey Keitel’s wife in a deleted scene in Thelma & Louise (1991), now available for viewing on the special edition DVD extras.
2 Gave birth to her only child at age 40, a son Clyde Mulroney on June 21, 1999. Child’s father is her ex-husband, Dermot Mulroney.
3 Catherine shielded a surprised Jennifer Aniston from a reporter on Today (1952). The pair appeared to talk about a movie that they were filming, Friends with Money (2006), when the questions started to turn personal on Aniston. The reporter was warned before taping, that all personal topics were “off limits”, yet when the interview started, the reporter asked about Jennifer’s wedding plans with actor Vince Vaughn. Catherine stepped in, and told the reporter to “back off” and stick to the topic at hand.
4 Good friends with actress Jennifer Aniston.
5 Catherine was devastated when famed author Harper Lee, whom she played in Capote (2005), refused to speak with her before filming. The author, who had been celebrated author Truman Capote’s best friend since childhood, refused to cooperate with the making of the film. Lee did contact Keener after filming, to tell her that she enjoyed the film.
6 Had two movies pushed back from late 2008 to a release in 2009. Both The Soloist (2009) and Where the Wild Things Are (2009).
7 Has worked with director/producer Spike Jonze four times and director Nicole Holofcener four times.
8 Her father is of English, German, and Scottish descent. Her mother is of Lebanese ancestry. Catherine’s patrilineal line traces back to Peter Keiner, a German immigrant whose surname was later changed.
9 Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997.
10 Older sister of Elizabeth Keener.
11 Has been close friends with Brad Pitt since they both starred in 1991’s Johnny Suede (1991) together, and they often attend each other’s movie premieres.
12 Ex-sister-in-law of Kieran Mulroney, Sean Mulroney, Conor and Moira Mulroney.
13 Grew up in Hialeah, Florida.
14 Graduated from Immaculate Conception in Hialeah, Florida
15 Graduated from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts in 1983.
16 Attended a Catholic high school, Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami, Florida.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
The Croods 2 2018 pre-production Ugga (voice)
Get Out 2017 completed Missy
Captain Dad 2017 pre-production
Soldado 2017/II filming
We Don’t Belong Here 2017 completed Nancy Green
Little Pink House 2016/I post-production Susette Kelo
November Criminals 2016 post-production Fiona
Unless 2016 Reta
Show Me a Hero 2015 TV Mini-Series Mary Dorman
Accidental Love 2015 Rep. Pam Hendrickson
How and Why 2014 TV Movie Alice
Elephant Song 2014 Nurse Susan Peterson
Bad Grandpa .5 2014 Video Ellie
War Story 2014/I Lee
Bad Grandpa 2013 Ellie
Captain Phillips 2013 Andrea Phillips
Begin Again 2013/II Miriam
Enough Said 2013 Marianne
The Croods 2013 Ugga (voice)
A Late Quartet 2012 Juliette Gelbart
Maladies 2012 Catherine
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding 2011 Diane Hudson
The Oranges 2011 Paige
Trust 2010/I Lynn
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2010 Sally Jackson
Cyrus 2010/I Jamie
Please Give 2010 Kate
Where the Wild Things Are 2009 Mom
The Soloist 2009 Mary Weston
A Summer in Genoa 2008 Barbara
Synecdoche, New York 2008 Adele Lack
Hamlet 2 2008 Brie Marschz
What Just Happened 2008 Lou Tarnow
Solstice 2007/I Short
Into the Wild 2007 Jan Burres
An American Crime 2007 Gertrude Baniszewski
Friends with Money 2006 Christine
Capote 2005 Nelle Harper Lee
The 40-Year-Old Virgin 2005 Trish
The Interpreter 2005 Dot Woods
The Ballad of Jack and Rose 2005 Kathleen
S1m0ne 2002 Elaine Christian
Full Frontal 2002 Lee
Death to Smoochy 2002 Nora Wells
Lovely & Amazing 2001 Michelle Marks
American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich ‘Dance of Despair & Disillusionment’ 2000 Video short Maxine (uncredited)
Simpatico 1999 Cecilia
Being John Malkovich 1999 Maxine Lund
8MM 1999 Amy Welles
Your Friends & Neighbors 1998 Terri
Out of Sight 1998 Adele
The Real Blonde 1997 Mary
If These Walls Could Talk 1996 TV Movie Becky Donnelly (segment “1952”)
Box of Moon Light 1996 Floatie Dupre
Boys 1996 Jilly
Heroine of Hell 1996 TV Movie Magda
The Destiny of Marty Fine 1996 Lena
Walking and Talking 1996 Amelia
Living in Oblivion 1995 Nicole Springer
Journeys North 1994 TV Movie Magda
The Cemetery Club 1993 Esther’s Daughter (uncredited)
The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag 1992 Suzanne
Seinfeld 1992 TV Series Nina
Johnny Suede 1991 Yvonne
Switch 1991 Steve’s Secretary
Catchfire 1990 Trucker’s Girl
Arduous Moon 1990 Short
CBS Summer Playhouse 1989 TV Series Jan Engle
Knightwatch 1988-1989 TV Series Rebecca
Survival Quest 1988 Cheryl
Ohara 1987 TV Series Lt. Cricket Sideris
The Education of Allison Tate 1986 Linda Kellogg
L.A. Law 1986 TV Series Waitress
The Alan King Show 1986 TV Movie Abby
About Last Night… 1986 Cocktail Waitress

Producer

Title Year Status Character
War Story 2014/I producer
Where the Wild Things Are 2009 associate producer
God Grew Tired of Us 2006 Documentary co-producer

Casting Department

Title Year Status Character
About Last Night… 1986 casting assistant

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding 2011 performer: “The Weight”

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Janis: Little Girl Blue 2015 Documentary special thanks
Her 2013 thanks
Behind the Scenes of Please Give 2010 Video documentary short special thanks
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak 2009 TV Short documentary thanks
Where the Day Takes You 1991 special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself – Presenter
The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards 2011 TV Special Herself
Behind the Scenes of Please Give 2010 Video documentary short Herself / Kate
Please Give: Outtakes 2010 Video short Herself / Kate (uncredited)
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home 2010 Documentary Narrator
The 7PM Project 2009 TV Series Herself
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2009 TV Series Herself – Guest
Collaborators 2009 Documentary short Herself
Made in Hollywood 2009 TV Series Herself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2008-2009 TV Series Herself – Guest
HBO First Look 2005-2009 TV Series documentary Herself
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak 2009 TV Short documentary Herself
The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards 2009 TV Special Herself
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2009 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards 2008 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2006 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2006 TV Series Herself – Guest
Making Capote: Concept to Script 2006 Video documentary short Herself – ‘Nelle Harper Lee’
The 78th Annual Academy Awards 2006 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2006 Independent Spirit Awards 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself
Late Show with David Letterman 2002-2006 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself
12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2006 TV Special Herself
Corazón de… 2006 TV Series Herself
The 11th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself
The Daily Show 2005 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards 2003 TV Movie documentary Herself
Cartaz Cultural 2003 TV Series Herself
Adaptation. 2002 Herself (uncredited)
Comedy Central Canned Ham 2002 TV Series Herself
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards 2000 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Suporting Role
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2000 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1996 TV Series Herself – Guest

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2010 TV Series Herself – Guest
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia 2007 TV Short documentary Herself
La imagen de tu vida 2006 TV Series Herself
Truman Capote: Answered Prayers 2006 Video documentary short Nelle Harper Lee (uncredited)
Cinema mil 2005 TV Series Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2011 Robert Altman Award Independent Spirit Awards Please Give (2010)
2009 Robert Altman Award Independent Spirit Awards Synecdoche, New York (2008)
2008 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Performance Synecdoche, New York (2008)
2006 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2005 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2005 DFWFCA Award Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2005 LAFCA Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2005 TFCA Award Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Performance, Female Capote (2005)
2000 Gertrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards
2000 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 FFCC Award Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 Golden Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 SEFCA Award Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
1999 KCFCC Award Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
1999 NYFCC Award New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actress Show Me a Hero (2015)
2015 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Show Me a Hero (2015)
2014 BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film The Croods (2013)
2013 Movies for Grownups Award AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Best Supporting Actress A Late Quartet (2012)
2010 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Actress Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
2010 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Performance Please Give (2010)
2010 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Please Give (2010)
2009 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television An American Crime (2007)
2008 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie An American Crime (2007)
2008 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Into the Wild (2007)
2008 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Supporting Actress Into the Wild (2007)
2008 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Ensemble Cast Into the Wild (2007)
2008 HFCS Award Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actress Into the Wild (2007)
2008 IOMA Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) Best Supporting Actress (Miglior attrice non protagonista) Into the Wild (2007)
2008 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress Into the Wild (2007)
2008 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Into the Wild (2007)
2008 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Into the Wild (2007)
2007 DFCS Award Detroit Film Critic Society, US Best Supporting Actress Into the Wild (2007)
2007 VVFP Award Village Voice Film Poll Best Supporting Actress Into the Wild (2007)
2006 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Capote (2005)
2006 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Capote (2005)
2006 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2006 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2006 DFCC Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2006 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2006 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2006 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Capote (2005)
2006 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Capote (2005)
2006 VFCC Award Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2005 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Capote (2005)
2005 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Cast Ensemble Capote (2005)
2005 SLFCA Award St. Louis Film Critics Association, US Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2005 VVFP Award Village Voice Film Poll Best Supporting Performance Capote (2005)
2005 WAFCA Award Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
2003 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Actress Lovely & Amazing (2001)
2003 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead Lovely & Amazing (2001)
2003 Golden Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Lovely & Amazing (2001)
2000 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 Sierra Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Being John Malkovich (1999)
2000 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture Being John Malkovich (1999)
1999 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Being John Malkovich (1999)
1999 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Cast Ensemble Being John Malkovich (1999)
1997 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Actress Walking and Talking (1996)
1997 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead Walking and Talking (1996)
1993 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead Johnny Suede (1991)

2nd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2005 NYFCC Award New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Capote (2005)
1999 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Being John Malkovich (1999)

3rd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2006 NSFC Award National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA Best Supporting Actress The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

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