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BAFTA to Host Annette Bening Career Retrospective

19 September 2017
EE British Academy Film Awards in 2012BAFTA/IAN DERRY

‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures: Annette Bening’ in partnership with Audi will take place on Thursday 12 October

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced today that BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated actress Annette Bening will discuss her craft and career at a special ‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures’ event at The Savoy Hotel in London, on Thursday 12 October. Public tickets will be available to book from 12.30pm on Friday 22 September at www.bafta.org/whats-on/.

‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures’ is a long-running series of onstage interviews in which some of the film world’s leading talent share insights into the experiences that helped them hone and develop their craft. The series has hosted such figures as Kenneth Branagh, Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, David Fincher, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Sam Mendes, Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet and Jeremy Irons.

After starting her acting career on stage, Annette Bening’s breakthrough role on screen came in 1990, when she starred in neo-noir crime drama The Grifters, receiving BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Actress in a Supporting Role.

In 1999, Bening starred opposite Kevin Spacey in the critically acclaimed film American Beauty, for which she won the BAFTA for Leading Actress in 2000. Bening also received two Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her performance. In 2004, Bening received her third Oscar nomination for her title role in Being Julia.

In 2010, Bening starred alongside Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in Focus Features’ critical and commercial sensation The Kids Are All Right. Her performance earned her both BAFTA and Oscar nominations, as well as a Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Circle Award.

Annette Bening’s other film credits include Danny Collins (2015), The Search (2014), The Face Of Love (2013), Girl Most Likely (2012), Ginger & Rosa (2012), Ruby Sparks (2012), Mother And Child (2009), The Women (2008), Running With Scissors (2006), Mrs. Harris (2005), In Dreams (1999), The Siege (1998), The American President (1995), Mars Attacks! (1996), Richard III (1995), Love Affair (1994), Bugsy (1991), Regarding Henry (1991), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Valmont (1989), and The Great Outdoors (1988).

Her latest work on screen includes Mike Mills’ Oscar-nominated 20th Century Women (2016), Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply (2016) and Michael Mayer’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull (2017). Annette Bening’s most recent project, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, received its world premiere earlier this year at the Telluride Film Festival, and will be released in the UK on November 17th through Lionsgate UK.

Event details:

BAFTA A Life in Pictures: Annette Bening
Thursday 12 October at the Savoy Hotel, London

18.30 Champagne Taittinger Reception
19.10 Event Begins
20.30 Event Ends

Recordings of previous events in the A Life in Pictures series are available on BAFTA Guru, BAFTA’s online learning channel (www.bafta.org/guru).

For further information, please contact:

Kerry McGlone at freuds
T: +44 (0) 20 3003 6648
E: [email protected]

Eleanor Pickering at BAFTA
T: +44 (0) 20 7292 5863
E: [email protected]

For images, logos, accreditation, transcripts and more, visit www.bafta.org/press.

About BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a world-leading independent arts charity that brings the very best work in film, games and television to public attention and supports the growth of creative talent in the UK and internationally. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – which includes workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the UK, USA and Asia – BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.

About Audi

As the Official Car Partner for BAFTA, Audi supports all the Academy’s major events, including the EE British Academy Film Awards and the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards ceremonies to ensure VIP guests arrive at the red carpet with style and elegance.

In 2016 Audi sales in the UK increased by around six per cent year-on-year to 177,304 cars. To maintain this strong performance the brand has embarked upon an investment programme that will channel a total of €24 billion into new model development and innovative technologies by 2019. Audi lives up to its corporate responsibility and has strategically established the principle of sustainability for its products and processes. The long-term goal is CO2-neutral mobility. This philosophy also applies to the brand’s sports car racing activities, in which Audi made history in 2012 by winning the Le Mans 24-hour race using pioneering hybrid diesel technology in the R18 e-tron quattro. It went on to repeat the performance in the 2013 and 2014 races, taking the total number of Audi victories there to 13.