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Annette Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American
actor|actress.

She was born in Topeka, Kansas|Topeka, Kansas, the
daughter of Arnett Grant Bening (born 1926) and
Shirley (born 1930). Her sister and two brothers
are Jane Bening (born 1953), Bradley Bening (born
1955) and Byron Bening (born 1957). Her father
worked for an insurance company. The family moved
to Wichita, Kansas|Wichita in 1959, where she
spent her early childhood.

In 1965, Annette's father took a job with a
company in San Diego, California|San Diego,
California, and they moved there. She began acting
in junior high school, playing the lead in The
Sound of Music. She studied drama at Patrick Henry
High School and graduated in three years.

She then spent a year working as a cook on a
charter boat taking fishing parties out on the
Pacific Ocean|Pacific, and scuba diving for
recreation. She attended San Diego Mesa College,
then completed a academic degree|degree in theatre
arts at San Francisco State University. Bening
then joined the acting company at the American
Conservatory Theater in San Francisco,
California|San Francisco.

In 1985, she and her first husband, Steven White,
moved to Denver, Colorado|Denver to work at the
Colorado Shakespeare Festival. They separated the
following year. Bening moved to New York City|New
York, where she debuted on Broadway
theatre|Broadway in the role as Holly Dancer in
Coastal Disturbances (1987).

Bening was nominated for a Tony Award for her
performance in Coastal Disturbances, and won a
Clarence Derwent Award for Outstanding Debut
Performance. However, she endured a five-year
struggle before breaking into film|motion
pictures.

Her debut was the made-for-TV movie Manhunt for
Claude Dallas (1986 in television|1986). Her first
major role in a theatrical feature was in The
Great Outdoors (1988 movie)|The Great Outdoors
(1988 in film|1988), playing Kate Craig opposite
Dan Aykroyd, with co-stars John Candy and
Stephanie Faracy. Her next role was as the
Marquise de Merteuil in Valmont (movie)|Valmont
(1989 in film|1989) opposite Colin Firth. Bening's
next major feature, Stephen Frears's The Grifters
(film)|The Grifters (1990 in film|1990) starring
Angelica Huston and John Cusack, met with critical
acclaim. She received an Academy Award nomination
for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best
Actress in a Supporting Role for The Grifters.

She and Warren Beatty met on the set of Bugsy
(1991 in film|1991), in which she played Virginia
Hill, and the two began a secret romance.

She has had two husbands, choreographer J. Steven
White (married 1984-divorced 1991) and actor
Warren Beatty (married 1992-present). She and
Beatty have four children, Kathlyn Elizabeth
Beatty (born 1992), Benjamin McLaine Beatty (born
1994), Isabel Ira Ashley Beatty (born 1997) and
Ella Corinne Beatty (born 2000).

Bening was paid $3,000,000 to play the dual roles
of Elise Kraft and Sharon Bridger in The Siege
(1998 in film|1998) co-starring Denzel Washington
and Bruce Willis.

She received Academy Award|Oscar nominations for
Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress in a
Leading Role for American Beauty (1999
movie)|American Beauty (1999 in film|1999) and for
Being Julia (2004 in film|2004). Bening won a
Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy for
Being Julia, in which she played a 1930s
theatre|stage actress in a mid-career crisis.

She has also done voice work for animation, such
as that of Abigail Adams in the television
program|TV series Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776 (2002
in television|2002).

Annette Bening lives with her husband and family
in Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles.

==Filmography==
*The Great Outdoors (1988 movie)|The Great
Outdoors (1988 in film|1988) ... Kate Craig
*Valmont (movie)|Valmont (1989 in film|1989) ...
Merteuil
*Postcards from the Edge (1990 in film|1990) ...
Evelyn Ames
*The Grifters (film)|The Grifters (1990 in
film|1990) ... Myra Langtry
*Guilty by Suspicion (1991 in film|1991) ... Ruth
Merrill
*Regarding Henry (1991 in film|1991) ... Sarah
Turner
*Bugsy (1991 in film|1991) ... Virginia Hill
*Love Affair (1994 in film|1994) ... Terry McKay
*Richard III (1995 movie)|Richard III (1995 in
film|1995) ... Queen Elizabeth
*The American President (1995 in film|1995) ...
Sydney Ellen Wade
*Mars Attacks! (1996 in film|1996) ... Barbara
Land
*The Siege (1998 in film|1998) ... Elise
Kraft/Sharon Bridger
*In Dreams (movie)|In Dreams (1999 in film|1999)
... Claire Cooper
*American Beauty (1999 movie)|American Beauty
(1999 in film|1999) ... Carolyn Burnham
*What Planet Are You From? (2000 in film|2000) ...
Susan Anderson
*Open Range (2003 in film|2003) ... Sue Barlow
*Being Julia (2004 in film|2004) ... Julia Lambert

==Trivia==
*Bening was offered the role as Catwoman in Batman
Returns (1992 in film|1992), but after she became
pregnancy|pregnant, the role went to Michelle
Pfeiffer.
*Bening played a real-estate agent in three different movies:
Regarding Henry, American Beauty and What Planet
Are You From?.
*She has appeared in three different Mike Nichols
movies, Postcards from the Edge, Regarding Henry
and What Planet Are You From?

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000906|name=Annette Bening
*ibdb name|id=31741|name=Annette Bening