1999
Being John Malkovich
Maxine
FLM.REDCATHERINE
KEENER
แคเธอรีน คีเนอร์
An independent-film voice across genres
From Being John Malkovich and Capote to Love of Your Life.
Miami, Florida, USA
A career of distinctive screen characters
Catherine Keener is an American actor born on 26 March 1959 in Miami, Florida. Her film career includes independent productions, comedy, drama and horror.
Her early independent films include Living in Oblivion and Walking and Talking. In Being John Malkovich (1999), her performance earned an Academy Award nomination for supporting actress.
Keener received a second supporting actress Oscar nomination for portraying author Harper Lee in Capote (2005). Her collaborations with filmmaker Nicole Holofcener also include Walking and Talking and Friends with Money.
In Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017), she plays Missy Armitage. She later appears as Ruth in the romantic drama Love of Your Life (2026), joining a story about Maya and the relationships that reshape her life.
The list below shows films currently available on FLM.RED, not her complete filmography.
Selected performances
2005
Capote
Harper Lee
2026
Love of Your Life
Ruth
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Sony Pictures Classics — biography and nominations
- Sony Pictures Classics — Capote production notes
- Rotten Tomatoes — Love of Your Life credits
- IMDb — filmography
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.