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Birth Name: Annette Bening

Birth Date: 1958-05-29

Birth Place: Topeka, Shawnee County, United States

Details

Alternate Names: ანეტ ბენინგი, Аннетт Бенінг

Physical Characteristics: N/A

Career

First Appearances:

  • Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986) as Ann Tillman

Most Important Roles:

  • American Beauty (1999) as Carolyn Burnham
  • Mars Attacks! (1996) as Barbara Land
  • Open Range (2003) as Sue Barlow
  • Bugsy (1991) as Virginia Hill
  • The Great Outdoors (1988) as Kate Craig
  • What Planet Are You From? (2000) as Susan Anderson
  • Regarding Henry (1991) as Sarah Turner
  • A Night at the Academy Museum (2021) as Self
  • Guilty by Suspicion (1991) as Ruth Merrill
  • Postcards from the Edge (1990) as Evelyn Ames

Career Highlights:

  • American Beauty (1999)
  • Mars Attacks! (1996)
  • Open Range (2003)
  • Bugsy (1991)
  • The Great Outdoors (1988)
  • What Planet Are You From? (2000)
  • Regarding Henry (1991)
  • A Night at the Academy Museum (2021)
  • Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
  • Postcards from the Edge (1990)

Awards

Awards:

  • Donostia Award (2004)
  • Theatre World Award (1987)
  • Crystal Award (2011)
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2006)
  • Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (2024)
  • Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (2024)

Full Biography

Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has received many accolades, including a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globes as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and five Academy Awards.

Bening began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater. She made her Broadway debut in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances (1987) for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She played the title role in a Geffen Playhouse production of Hedda Gabler (1999). She returned to Broadway in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2019) earning another Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Play.

Bening won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for playing a materialistic wife in American Beauty (1999), and received nominations for five Academy Awards for her roles in The Grifters (1990), American Beauty, Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010), and Nyad (2023). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing the title role in the television film Mrs. Harris (2005). Her other notable films include Postcards from the Edge (1990), Bugsy (1991), Richard III (1995), The American President (1995), 20th Century Women (2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), The Seagull (2018), The Report (2019), Captain Marvel (2019), and Death on the Nile (2022).

Annette Bening


About the Movie: Grifters (1990)

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Release Year: 1990

Nation: Canada, United States

Alternative Title: The Grifters, Ambiciones prohibidas, De oplichters, Измамниците, Os Imorais, Ærlige svindlere, Los timadores, Huijarit, Svindlarna, Les arnaqueurs, Oi kleftes, Prevaranti, Svindlerek, Rischiose abitudini, The Grifters - Fikserne, Naciagacze, Anatomia do Golpe, Varalice, Кидалы, Yasak Iliskiler

Director: Stephen Frears

Writer: Donald E. Westlake, Jim Thompson

Production & Genre

Producer(s): Producer: Jim Painter, Martin Scorsese, Robert A. Harris
Co-Producer: Peggy Rajski
Executive Producer: Barbara De Fina

Companies: Cineplex-Odeon Films

Genre: Drama, Film Based On A Novel, Thriller

Awards & Similar

Awards:

  • Nominated for 4 Oscars. 10 wins & 21 nominations total

Similar:

  • Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription (1980)
  • Snow Treasure (1968)
  • Smart Money (1931)
  • Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
  • Varg Veum - Buried Dogs (2008)

Keywords

Story

Grifters (1990) revolves around a small-time conman whose loyalties are torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play. The film begins with Lily, the mother, working for a bookie at the horse track, placing bets to change the odds. When her son, Roy, gets hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job gone wrong, Lily's maternal instincts kick in, causing her own job to go awry. Each of them faces the consequences of their grifts as the story unfolds.

Summary

Directed by Stephen Frears, Grifters (1990) is a neo-noir thriller based on a novel or book. Set against the backdrop of Los Angeles and California's horse track scene, the film explores the dynamics of family bonds, loyalty, and the consequences of living on the fringes of society as con artists. Despite limited plot details in the provided sources, Grifters is noted for its exploration of complex relationships and moral ambiguity.