Annette Bening

Annette Bening accepts the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, for her role in "The Kids Are All Right," during the Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Annette Bening, left, and Julianne Moore are shown in a scene from "The Kids are All Right." Bening earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a tough but loving lesbian mom in the film. It's the actress' fourth Academy Award nomination.

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Actress Annette Bening attends the 20th anniversary of The Gotham Independent Film awards in New York, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010.

Actress Annette Bening and actor Warren Beatty arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actress Annette Bening and actor Warren Beatty arrive at the Noche De Ninos benefit gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Saturday, May 9, 2009.

Annette Bening arrives at Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008.

Actress Annette Bening and her husband, actor Warren Beatty arrive at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's 4th Annual Gala Event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 24, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif,

Actress Annette Bening receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Nov. 10, 2006 in Hollywood, Calif.

Annette Bening and husband Warren Beatty arrive at the premiere of HBO Film's "Mrs. Harris" at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2006. Bening recently received a 2006 Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie for her work on "Mrs. Harris."

Annette Bening speaks at the Cure Autism Now's 10th Anniversary Gala at the Beverly Regent Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 6, 2005. She has received Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "American Beauty" (2000), "Being Julia" (2004) and "The Kids are All Right" (2011). She also earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for "The Grifters" (1990).

Warren Beatty and his wife, Annette Bening, talk to reporters outside a campaign stop by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Anaheim, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2005. The couple was leading a get-out-the vote effort as they followed a bus tour by Schwarzenegger's campaign, protesting against his reform propositions. The couple have been married since 1992 and they have four children.

Director Phyllis Nagy and Annette Bening arrive on the red carpet for the TIFF gala screening of the film "Mrs. Harris" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on Sept. 16, 2005. Bening's first major role in a movie was in "The Great Outdoors" (1988) playing Kate Craig opposite Dan Aykroyd and John Candy.

Annette Bening poses with the award she won for best actress in a leading role - musical or comedy - in "Being Julia" during the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 16, 2005. Before becoming a movie star, she was an established Shakespearean actress.

Annette Bening presents during the 77th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2005. In 2005, the actress appeared as herself on HBO's "The Sopranos."

Morgan Freeman and Annette Bening present during the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on Feb. 5, 2005.

Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening hold the awards they won during the sixth Annual Screen Actor's Guild Awards in Los Angeles on March 12, 2000. Spacey won Best Actor and Bening Best Actress for their roles in the Oscar-winning film "American Beauty."