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 events.bafta.org/.
‘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.
