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Annette Bening High School Yearbook Photo & Education

Annette Bening 1975 junior yearbook portrait

Annette Bening

Actress

Birthdate: May 29, 1958

High School: Patrick Henry High School

Yearbooks: 1974 | 1975

Yearbook photos of Annette Bening from Patrick Henry High School

  

Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an actress. She graduated from Patrick Henry High School, in San Diego, CA, as a junior in 1975. Bening got her start on stage in 1980 and debuted on Broadway in 1987. Her first big-screen appearance was the following year, in The Great Outdoors. She received her first Academy Award nomination for her co-starring role in 1990’s The Grifters and her second for 1999’s American Beauty. Other work of note includes the films Bugsy (1991), The American President (1995), Being Julia (2004), and The Kids Are All Right (2010) and the television movie Mrs. Harris (2005). More recently, Bening starred in the critically-acclaimed film 20th Century Women (2016). She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.

Awards (partial list):

  • BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for American Beauty. 2000
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for American Beauty. 2000
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Being Julia. 2005
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Kids Are All Right. 2011

Source: Wikipedia

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