Annette Bening

[RoseMary]

I didn't see a thread about her.

Date of Birth

29 May 1958, Topeka, Kansas, USA


Birth Name

Annette Francine Bening


Height

5' 8½" (1.74 m)


Mini Biography

Annette Bening was born on May 29, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest of four children. Her family moved to California when she was young, and she grew up there. She graduated from San Francisco State University and began her acting career with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, eventually moving to New York where she acted on the stage (including a Tony-award nomination in 1987 for her work in the Broadway play "Coastal Disturbances") and got her first film roles, in a few TV movies.

As is so often the case, her first big-screen role was in a forgettable movie, this one the 1988 Dan Aykroyd vehicle The Great Outdoors (1988). However, her next work on-screen was in Milos Forman's Valmont (1989), a film adaptation of de Laclos's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." Unfortunately, de Laclos's story had also just served as the source of a more Hollywoodized and successful movie version, Dangerous Liaisons (1988), which had been released the previous year, and Foreman's treatment went little noticed.

Bening's career turned an important corner the following year when she co-starred with Anjelica Huston and John Cusack in Stephen Frears's powerful, entertaining screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel The Grifters (1990), and her artful turn as a con artist gained her the first of several Academy award nominations. On the strength of this performance Warren Beatty cast Bening as Virginia Hill, Bugsy Siegel's fiery actress moll, in his Bugsy (1991), the story of Siegel's founding of Las Vegas. Although the movie itself did not fare well, it resulted in a relationship with Beatty which led to Bening's pregnancy and then her marriage to Beatty in 1992 - it was the second marriage for Bening, who had been separated from her first husband since 1986 but did not finalize her divorce until 1991. The couple then collaborated on the extravagant flop Love Affair (1994), though the next year her career rebounded with her turn as Queen Elizabeth in the highly-regarded 1995 production of Richard III (1995). Notable performances have since included an obsessive, pushy real estate agent in American Beauty (1999), and as the eponymous character in István Szabó's screen adaptation of the Maugham novel Being Julia (2004) - both were duly noted by the Academy, with Oscar nominations.

Bening has great poise and screen presence, and at her best can turn in a very strong performance. Although her resume often features long stretches of mediocre productions before the next good part turns up, when it does, it proves worth the wait. Bening has four children with Beatty.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Larry-115


Spouse

Warren Beatty(12 March 1992 - present) 4 children

J. Steven White(26 May 1984 - 1991) (divorced)

IMDB.

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening at the AFI Life Achievement Awards for Warren Beatty - CU.

 

[RoseMary]

1. Dirty Tricks (2010) (in production) .... Helen Thomas
2. The Villa Golitsyn (2010) (in production)
3. A Woman of No Importance (2009) (pre-production)
4. The Women (2008/I) (completed) .... Sylvia Fowler
5. "Saturday Night Live" .... Host / ... (1 episode, 2006)
   ... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
   ... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
   ... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
   ... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
   ... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
   - Annette Bening/Gwen Stefani (2006) TV episode .... Host/Various
6. Running with Scissors (2006) .... Deirdre Burroughs
7. Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV) .... Jean Harris
8. Being Julia (2004) .... Julia Lambert
   ... aka Csodálatos Júlia (Hungary)
9. Open Range (2003) .... Sue Barlow
10. "Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776" (2002) TV series .... Abigail Adams (unknown episodes)
11. What Planet Are You From? (2000) .... Susan Anderson
12. American Beauty (1999) .... Carolyn Burnham
13. In Dreams (1999) .... Claire Cooper
14. The Siege (1998/I) .... Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
15. Mars Attacks! (1996) .... Barbara Land
16. The American President (1995) .... Sydney Ellen Wade
17. Richard III (1995) .... Queen Elizabeth
18. Love Affair (1994) .... Terry McKay
19. Bugsy (1991) .... Virginia Hill
20. Regarding Henry (1991) .... Sarah Turner
21. Guilty by Suspicion (1991) .... Ruth Merrill
    ... aka Liste noire, La (France)
22. The Grifters (1990) .... Myra Langtry
23. Postcards from the Edge (1990) .... Evelyn Ames
24. Valmont (1989) .... Merteuil
25. The Great Outdoors (1988) .... Kate Craig
26. Hostage (1988) (TV) .... Jill
    ... aka Against Her Will
27. "Wiseguy" .... Karen Leland (1 episode, 1987)
    - One on One (1987) TV episode .... Karen Leland
28. "Miami Vice" .... Vicky (1 episode, 1987)
    - Red Tape (1987) TV episode .... Vicky
29. Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986) (TV) .... Ann Tillman

IMDB.

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening @ American Cinematophers 22nd Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards in Hollywood, January 26 - CU.

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening & Warren Beatty

http://netnessie.livejournal.com/

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening - unknown photoshoot - CU.

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening @ 2nd Annual "A Fine Romance" Fundraiser, November 18 - CU.

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening @ Saint John's Health Center Caritas Gala, October 14 - CU.

 

[valentinavee]

She looked great in The Women

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening arrives at AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas (June 11) - celebutopia.

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening attends The Actors Fund Launch for a New Campaign: Responding to Essential and Evolving Needs (June 22) - celebutopia.

 

[alicia753]

Love her

 

[aycotqone]

She's never looked more beautiful than when she was in Bugsy.

 

[RoseMary]

Annette Bening at the Los Angeles Farmer's Market 14.6.10 - celebutopia.

 

[Mirik]

Studio Cine Live Decembre 2010 ebook30

 

[Not Plain Jane]

^ that picture of her is lovely; i wonder when it was taken; she hasn't had long hair for a while right?

 

[alicia753]

isopix.be

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Annette Bening at Bristol Farms on the phone on January 3, 2011.

 

[alicia753]

gossip rocks forum

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[Erin]

The New York Times' take on Annette style-wise and what she may wear tomorrow night to the Golden Globes:

Annette Bening has worn so many black gowns and tuxedos by Giorgio Armani over the years, at least since 1992, that they begin to blur together. There was a little bit of intrigue back in 2000, when Ms. Bening was nominated for an Oscar for her role in “American Beauty” and was nine months pregnant. But she wore a custom gown by Armani. When she was nominated again, for “Being Julia” in 2005, she really shook things up. She wore Armani Privé.

Armani Privé

Golden Globes: Best Dress Guess

 

[HeatherAnne]

Congrats to her on her Golden Globes win! She wore Tom Ford.

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