annette bening

After her family moved from Kansas to San Diego, California while she was still very young, Annette at first began to pursue a career in dancing, and appeared in several productions in college. After graduating from SFU, Annette began acting with the American Conservatory Theatre, and from there went on to try her luck in New York. Though she was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Clarence Derwent Award for Outstanding Debut Performance, Annette still had a rough five years in the city before finally breaking into the movies in 1988 as Dan Aykroyd's wife in the comedy "The Great Outdoors." She appeared in a few more films before her star-making turn in 1990's "The Grifters," for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, a New York Film Critics Circle award, and a British Academy award.

It was this role that brought her the attention Warren Beatty, who cast her as his love interest in 1991's "Buggsy," and though it was a box office disappointment, it did win her a Golden Globe nomination. Annette continued to appear in movies that, though some were received better than others, brought her more and more respect as an actress, including "Love Story" (again alongside her now-husband Warren Beatty), "The American President" and "American Beauty" with Kevin Spacey.

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