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2 | ->''"I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it."'' |
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4 | Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American actress. |
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6 | She is a five-time Oscar nominee for her roles in ''Film/TheGrifters'', ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', ''Being Julia'', and ''Film/TheKidsAreAllRight'', winning Golden Globe Awards for the latter two films, as well as ''Nyad'', and she won a UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} and a SAG award for her performance in ''American Beauty''. |
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8 | However, it's entirely possible that her greatest achievement was [[LadykillerInLove capturing the heart of]] the notorious playboy Creator/WarrenBeatty, whom she married in 1992. |
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10 | !! Selected filmography: |
11 | * ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors'' (1988) as Kate Craig |
12 | * ''Film/{{Valmont}}'' (1989) as the Marquise de Merteuil |
13 | * ''Film/TheGrifters'' (1990) as Myra Langtry |
14 | * ''Film/PostcardsFromTheEdge'' (1990) as Evelyn Ames |
15 | * ''Film/RegardingHenry'' (1991) as Sarah Turner |
16 | * ''Film/{{Bugsy}}'' (1991) as Virginia Hill |
17 | * ''Film/RichardIII'' (1995) as Queen Elizabeth |
18 | * ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'' (1995) as Sydney Ellen Wade |
19 | * ''Film/MarsAttacks'' (1996) as Barbara Land |
20 | * ''Film/TheSiege'' (1998) as Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger |
21 | * ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' (1999) as Carolyn Burnham |
22 | * ''WesternAnimation/LibertysKids'' (2002 -- 2003) as Abigail Adams (voice) |
23 | * ''Series/TheSopranos'' (2004) {{as herself}} (episode: "The Test Dream") |
24 | * ''Film/OpenRange'' (2003) as Sue Barlow |
25 | * ''Film/MotherAndChild'' (2009) as Karen |
26 | * ''Film/TheKidsAreAllRight'' (2010) as Dr. Nicole Allgood |
27 | * ''Film/RubySparks'' (2012) as Gertrude Weir-Fields |
28 | * ''Film/TwentiethCenturyWomen'' (2016) as Dorothea Fields |
29 | * ''Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool'' (2017) as Creator/GloriaGrahame |
30 | * ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' (2019) as the Supreme Intellgence [[spoiler:& [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Mar-Vell / Dr. Wendy Lawson]]]] |
31 | * ''Film/{{Georgetown}}'' (2019) as Amanda Breht |
32 | * ''Film/TheReport'' (2019) as Senator Dianne Feinstein |
33 | * ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2022}}'' (2022) as Euphemia |
34 | * ''Nyad'' (2023) as Diana Nyad |
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36 | !!Tropes |
37 | * ProductionPosse: Has appeared in three different Creator/MikeNichols films. They are ''Postcards from the Edge'' in 1990 [[TheCameo in a bit part]], ''Regarding Henry'' in 1991 and ''What Planet Are You From?'' in 2000. |
38 | * UrbanLegends: Many believed that she is the muse/inspiration for the Creator/ColumbiaPictures logo. In fact, it is one of Hollywood's most popular myths (the true model is Jenny Joseph, although ''Film/WhatPlanetAreYouFrom'' references the myth by putting Bening's face on the Torch Lady at the start of the film). |
39 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
40 | ** She was originally cast to play ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' but was pregnant by the time the film went into production and had to drop out. She was replaced by Creator/MichellePfeiffer. |
41 | ** She was hired to play the romantic lead in the sitcom ''Just In Time''. After the first table read, the producers fired her saying they "wanted to move the character in a new direction". |
42 | ** Turned down Creator/RobinWright's role in ''The Playboys'' in 1992. Ironically, 17 years later, Wright turned down the role of Bening's daughter in ''Mother and Child'' in 2009. |
43 | ** In 2001 she was in talks to star in a {{biopic}} of Creator/JudyGarland titled "Rainbow's End," but the film never came to be. |
44 | ** Replaced Creator/JulianneMoore for the role of Deidre Burroughs in ''Running with Scissors '' and in ''Imagine''. She and Moore would costar in ''Film/TheKidsAreAllRight''. |
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