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Annette Bening
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The youngest of four children born in Topeka, Kansas, Annette Bening was raised in San Diego and studied at the local college, completing her drama degree at San Francisco State University. Following graduation, she studied at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, and joined its acting company. After appearing in summer Shakespeare festivals and regional productions, she relocated to New York to pursue an acting career. It was there she appeared on Second Stage and then Broadway, for which she earned a Tony nomination for "Coastal Disturbances" in 1987.
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Although some of her recognition may stem from her 1992 marriage to Warren Beatty, Annette Bening has established herself as an actress capable of far more than domesticating one of Hollywood's most notorious playboys. After winning raves for her role in 1990's The Grifters, Bening turned in a series of strong performances in films ranging from The American President to Richard III to American Beauty. Born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 29, 1958, Bening moved with her family to San Diego, California when she was very young. It was there that she began to pursue her career, first as a dancer in various productions at a local college. Eventually graduating from San Francisco University (an education she paid for by working as a cook on a charter boat), Bening acted with San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre before moving to New York to further her stage experience. Her career in New York had its auspicious moments, such as winning a Tony Award nomination and a Clarence Derwent Award for Outstanding Debut Performance for her performance in Coastal Disturbances, but Bening endured a five-year struggle before breaking into film.
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Annette Bening began on the stage in San Francisco and New York. She was nominated for a Tony for her performance in Coastal Disturbance (1987), then moved into films. Her breakthrough role in The Grifters (1990, starring John Cusack) earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1992 she married Warren Beatty and together they have four children. In 2000 Bening was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in American Beauty (1999, starring Kevin Spacey. Her other films include Tim Burton's Mars Attacks (1996), Open Range (2003, starring Kevin Costner) and Being Julia (2004, with Jeremy Irons).
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Annette Bening is recognized by cinema audiences worldwide for her skill and versatility in both comic and dramatic roles. She starred in the highly acclaimed American Beauty opposite Kevin Spacey, for which she received both an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Actress/Drama category. For the same role she won a Screen Actor's Guild Award and a BAFTA. Among her other screen credits are Neil Jordan's In Dreams, The Siege opposite Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis, The Grifters for which she received an Academy Award nomination and was named Best Supporting Actress by the National Board of Review, The American President opposite Michael Douglas for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, Barry Levinson's Bugsy for which she ... received a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination, Mike Nichols' Regarding Henry with Harrison Ford, Guilty by Suspicion opposite Robert DeNiro, Milos Foreman's Valmont and the Mike Nichols comedy What Planet Are You From? Her supporting roles include Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! and Ian McKellen's adaptation of Richard III.
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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 raised her there. She graduated from San Francisco 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.
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Annette Carol Bening, the youngest of four children, was born on May 29, 1958, in Topeka, Kansas, to Arnett and Shirley Bening. An early move to San Diego introduced Bening to acting, which she found to be more interesting than her parents' chosen professions in music and insurance. When the acting bug bit hard, Bening started performing in school plays and continued to do so throughout her formative years.
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