American actress Catherine Ann Keener was born on March 23, 1959. She was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as Harper Lee in Capote and Maxine Lund in Being John Malkovich (2005).
Additionally, Keener starred in the critically acclaimed movies Into the Wild (2007) and Synecdoche, New York (2008). Keener has also been Nicole Holofcener’s well-known muse; she has appeared in each of her films to date.
Catherine Keener siblings: Meet Elizabeth Keener, Michael Keener
Elizabeth Keener, Keener’s sister, is a professional actress. For many years, her brother Michael served as a priest at St. Peter and Paul in Miami.
Keener played Lt. Cricket Sideris, a supporting character in the television drama Ohara, which followed an Asian-American detective. From January 1987 through May 1988, the show aired.
Show Me a Hero, a six-episode HBO miniseries starring Keener, is based on Lisa Belkin’s nonfiction book of the same name from 1999.
It will debut in August of that year. Keener played the lead role in the independent movie Unless in 2016.
