Catherine Keener
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Keener at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 2014
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Catherine Ann Keener March 23, 1959 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College (1983) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) | Dermot Mulroney (1990–2007) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Elizabeth Keener (sister) |
Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 1959) is an American actress. She has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Maxine Lund in Being John Malkovich (1999) and Harper Lee in Capote (2005). Keener also appeared in the films Into the Wild (2007) and Synecdoche, New York (2008), which were well received by critics. Keener is also the noted muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in every work of hers to date.
Keener was born in Miami, Florida in 1959 (though some sources say 1960), the third of five children of Evelyn (née Jamiel) and Jim Keener, a manager of an automotive store. She is of Irish descent on her father's side and of Lebanese descent on her mother's. Keener was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools. She attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School.
Keener's sister, Elizabeth Keener, is also an actress.
Keener attended Wheaton College, in Norton, Massachusetts. Keener majored in English and history, enrolling in a theater course. Her first theatrical production was the Wendy Wasserstein play Uncommon Women and Others, during her junior year at Wheaton. She graduated with her B.A. from Wheaton College in 1983.
Keener had a supporting role as Lt. Cricket Sideris in the television series Ohara about an Asian-American detective. The series ran from January 1987 to May 1988.
Her first film appearance was one line in About Last Night... (1986). Although she struggled professionally over the next few years, one low-quality project had an unexpected dividend: Keener met her future husband, actor Dermot Mulroney in 1987 while working on Survival Quest (1989), after Mulroney became stuck while attempting to scale a cliff.
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