Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated actress Catherine Keener was a solid force in American independent cinema,... (Learn more)
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Catherine Keener’s Milestones
| After college, moved to NYC to work as an intern at the Hughes-Moss casting agency | |
| Enrolled in a theater course her sophomore year at Wheaton College | |
| Moved to Los Angeles and worked as an assistant to casting director Gail Eisenstadt | |
| 1986 | Cast by Eisenstadt in film debut, "About Last Night" |
| 1986 | TV debut, "The Alan King Show" (CBS) |
| 1987 - 1988 | Series debut as regular, "Ohara" (ABC) |
| 1989 | First film with future husband, Dermot Mulroney, "Survival Quest" |
| 1989 | TV-movie debut, "Curse of the Corn People" (CBS) |
| 1991 | First film with writer/director Tom DiCillo, "Johnny Suede"; acted opposite Brad Pitt |
| 1992 | Appeared as an artist on an episode of "Seinfeld" (NBC) called "The Letter" |
| 1994 | Re-teamed with DiCillo for the 17-minute comedy short, "Scene Six, Take One" |
| 1995 | First lead in a feature, Tom DiCillo's "Living in Oblivion" (a feature length version of "Scene Six, Take One") |
| 1996 | Appeared in "If These Walls Could Talk" (HBO), as Demi Moore's judgmental sister-in-law |
| 1996 | Re-teamed with DiCillo for "Box of Moonlight" |
| 1996 | Starred opposite Anne Heche in Nicole Holofcener's feature directorial debut, "Walking and Talking" |
| 1997 | Fifth film with DiCillo, "The Real Blonde" |
| 1998 | Had a cameo as George Clooney's former mistress in "Out of Sight" |
| 1998 | Played Ben Stiller's significant other who flirts with lesbianism in Neil LaBute's "Your Friends & Neighbors" |
| 1999 | Earned critical praise as Maxine, the bitchy co-worker of John Cusack in Spike Jonze's "Being John Malkovich"; earned first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1999 | Played Nick Nolte's girlfriend in Matthew Warchus' screen adaptation of Sam Shepard's stage play "Simpatico" |
| 2001 | Starred in the critically acclaimed "Lovely and Amazing"; the second feature by writer/director, Nicole Holofcener |
| 2002 | Appeared in Steven Soderbergh's ensemble film "Full Frontal" |
| 2002 | Co-starred with Edward Norton in the Off-Broadway revival of "Burn This" |
| 2005 | Cast as Steve Carell's love interest in Judd Apatow's "40-Year-Old Virgin" |
| 2005 | Co-starred with Daniel Day-Lewis in "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" |
| 2005 | Portrayed writer, Harper Lee, opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman in the drama "Capote"; earned Oscar and SAG nominations for Supporting Actress |
| 2006 | Co-starred with Joan Cusack, Jennifer Aniston and Frances McDormand in Nicole Holofcener's "Friends with Money" |
| 2007 | Played Jan Burres in Sean Penn's adaptation of the non-fiction book, "Into the Wild"; earned a SAG nomination for Supporting Actress |
| 2007 | Portrayed Gertrude Baniszewski, the seemingly ordinary housewife who imprisoned and tortured a beautiful teenager in Tommy O'Haver's "An American Crime"; earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a TV-movie |
| 2008 | Co-starred in Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, "Synecdoche, New York" |
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