“I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I was in a Repertory Company. My hero was Eva Le Gallienne, who was a great theater actress at the turn of the century who created her own company, and she wrote these hilarious autobiographies at the time.”

American actress

Annette Bening is an American actress with a career spanning more than four decades. She is known for work on screen and stage, and for the range she has brought to both. Bening has received a BAFTA Award, two Actor Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. She has also been nominated for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, placing her among the few performers nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting without winning it.