How old was Annette Bening in the movie American Beauty?

Annette Bening was 40 in American Beauty when she played the character 'Carolyn Burnham'.

That was over 25 years ago in 1999.

Today she is 65, and has starred in 58 movies in total, 37 of those since American Beauty was released.

How old do you think she looks in the movie?

In American Beauty, I think Annette Bening looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Sam Mendes has worked with Annette Bening just once in her career.
  • Annette Bening's first movie was as 'Ann Tillman' in Manhunt for Claude Dallas, released in 1986 when she was 27
  • American Beauty scores 8.03 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of American Beauty

Annette Bening's other movies