theOscarSite Facts:
Birthplace:
  • Miami, FL
Quote:
  • "I don't do a lot of press and stuff like that, only because -- ugh, let's face it, who wants to? I'm not in big movies, but the movies that I am in now all have big stars in them, so they have to do more press than I do. That's part of my grand plan. It's a much more preferable life for me. You want your private life to remain private. And I'm guarded anyway. I've told you too much already!" -- The Miami Herald, October 31, 1999
Education:
  • Attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami, FL
  • Wheaton College, Norton, MA; B.A., English and History, 1983
  • New York University, New York City; participated in a summer-long intensive filmmaking class
Factoid:
  • Keener earned her Screen Actors Guild card as a cocktail waitress in ABOUT LAST NIGHT... (1986), exhorting Rob Lowe and Jim Belushi to "Go! Go! Go!" in their drinking contest
Significant Other(s):
  • Husband: Dermot Mulroney, actor; born 1963; married 1991 (filed for divorce)
Family:
  • Father: manager of a Western Auto store
  • Sister: Elizabeth Keener, actress
  • Siblings: 3 more
  • Son: Clyde Mulroney; born June 1999; father, Dermot Mulroney
Feature Film
Credits:
  • Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
    The Soloist (2008)
    Synecdoche, New York (2008)
    Genova (2008)
    Hamlet 2 (2008)
    What Just Happened? (2008)
    Into the Wild (2007)
    An American Crime (2007)
    Friends with Money (2006)
    Capote (2005)
    The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
    The Interpreter (2005)
    The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
    Adaptation (2002)
    S1m0ne (2002)
    Full Frontal (2002)
    Death to Smoochy (2002)
    Lovely & Amazing (2001)
    Simpatico (2000)
  • 8mm (1999)
    Being John Malkovich (1999)
    The Real Blonde (1998)
    Out of Sight (1998)
    Your Friends and Neighbors (1998)
    Walking and Talking (1996)
    Box of Moonlight (1996)
    Heroine of Hell (1996)
    The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996)
    Boys (1996)
    Living in Oblivion (1995)
    The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
    Switch (1991)
    Johnny Suede (1991)
    Survival Quest (1989)
    The Education of Allson Tate (1986)
    About Last Night... (1986)
Academy Awards®:
  •  Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 1999: BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
  •  Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 2005: CAPOTE

  • 2 nominations