Catherine Ann Keener was born on 23 March 1959, in Miami, Florida USA, of Irish and Lebanese descent, and is an actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated performances in “Being John Malkovich” and “Capote”. She’s also appeared in numerous other films including “Into the Wild”, but all of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Catherine Keener? As of mid-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $8 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. She’s known for being the muse of director Nicole Holofcenter, having appeared in every one of her works. She also found critical success in “Get Out”. As she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.
Catherine Keener Net Worth $8 million
Catherine attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School and after matriculating, went to Wheaton College, majoring in English and history while a part of a Theatre course. She did her first theatre production in the college in the play “Uncommon Women and Others”. She graduated in 1983.
Keener’s first roles were in the television series “Ohara” which aired from 1987 to 1988, having made her film debut in “About Last Night…” the previous year. She struggled with finding work but eventually started to hit her stride after “Survival Quest” in 1989. She made a guest appearance in an episode of “Seinfeld” and then starred in “Johnny Suede” alongside Brad Pitt who was relatively unknown at the time – her net worth would start to increase significantly and she got her first Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in the film. She was then cast in “Living in Oblivion” before having another Independent Spirit Award nomination for her part in “Walking and Talking”.
In 2000, Catherine got her first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actress in “Being John Malkovich”. She continued to work for Holofcener in “Lovely and Amazing” gaining her third Independent Spirit Award nomination. More opportunities opened up for her, and she then co-starred with Edward Norton in “Burn This”, and had the part of “Simone” alongside Al Pacino. In 2005, she starred with Daniel Day-Lewis in “The Ballad of Jack and Rose” before playing Steve Carell’s love interest in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”. In the same year, she earned numerous awards for her role in “Capote”, including a second Oscar nomination. Her net worth continued to build thanks to these successes.
In 2007, Keener became a part of “Into the Wild”, a critically acclaimed adaption of the book of the same name. The following year, she was then cast in the television movie “An American Crime” which got her an Emmy Award nomination, and in 2012 she appeared in “A Late Quartet” before playing as Percy Jackson’s mother in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”. In 2015, she starred in the miniseries “Show Me a Hero” which is also based on a book. A few of her latest projects include the independent film “Unless”, and the podcast series “Homecoming”, still adding to her net worth.
For her personal life, it is known that Catherine married actor Dermot Mulroney in 1990 and they have a son, but divorced in 2007.
Full Name
Catherine Keener
Net Worth
$8 Million
Date Of Birth
March 23, 1959
Place Of Birth
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Profession
Actress, Producer, Casting Department
Education
Wheaton College, Monsignor Edward Pace High School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Dermot Mulroney (m. 1990–2007)
Children
Clyde Mulroney
Parents
Evelyn Keener, Jim Keener
Siblings
Elizabeth Keener, Michael Keener
IMDB
Awards
Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical, Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Suppo...
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Perfor...
Movies
Being John Malkovich, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Capote, Captain Phillips, Into the Wild, Enough Said, The Croods, Where the Wild Things Are, A Late Quartet, Please Give, Begin Again, Synecdoche, New York, An American Crime, Walking and Talking, The Interpreter, Lovely and Amazing, Friends with Money, ...
TV Shows
Show Me a Hero, Ohara
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Well, the day I got nominated, I had jury duty, a D.U.I. case. The morning the nominations were announced, I reported to jury duty as scheduled. That was good; it gave me perspective. If you start feeling too important, it's always good to go sit in a jury for a D.U.I. charge.
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Luck favors the prepared.
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Well, for one thing, I like being a supporting actress. I like to come and go in the film. The interesting characters are very few if you want to be the lead, and they depend on you being beautiful. Since I'm not interested in those parts, the pressure's off, in a way. I'm not cast for my physicality. I find that playing so many characters in so many films is a way to be in the moment.
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[on her harshest rejection]: "One director said I just wasn't sexy. It was hard, really hard. I left town for two months with my tail between my legs. But you have to kind of go, okay, maybe I'm not their idea of [sexy], but hell, I can have sex!"
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Fact
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Played Harvey Keitel's wife in a deleted scene in Thelma & Louise (1991), now available for viewing on the special edition DVD extras.
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Gave birth to her only child at age 40, a son Clyde Mulroney on June 21, 1999. Child's father is her ex-husband, Dermot Mulroney.
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Catherine shielded a surprised Jennifer Aniston from a reporter on Today (1952). The pair appeared to talk about a movie that they were filming, Friends with Money (2006), when the questions started to turn personal on Aniston. The reporter was warned before taping, that all personal topics were "off limits", yet when the interview started, the reporter asked about Jennifer's wedding plans with actor Vince Vaughn. Catherine stepped in, and told the reporter to "back off" and stick to the topic at hand.
Catherine was devastated when famed author Harper Lee, whom she played in Capote (2005), refused to speak with her before filming. The author, who had been celebrated author Truman Capote's best friend since childhood, refused to cooperate with the making of the film. Lee did contact Keener after filming, to tell her that she enjoyed the film.
Her father is of English, German, and Scottish descent. Her mother is of Lebanese ancestry. Catherine's patrilineal line traces back to Peter Keiner, a German immigrant whose surname was later changed.
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Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997.
Has been close friends with Brad Pitt since they both starred in 1991's Johnny Suede (1991) together, and they often attend each other's movie premieres.
