Hopkins, Bening & Garcia Team Up for 'Hemingway and Fuentes'

Annette Bening, an American Conservatory Theater-trained stage actress, Bening recently completed a run as Medea at the Freud Playhouse at UCLA.  Bening debuted off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre (McGinn-Cazale Theatre) in the role of 'Holly Dancer' in Tina Howe's widely acclaimed Coastal Disturbances (1986) opposite Tim Daly which then transferred to Broadway. For this she was nominated for a Tony Award and won the Theater World Award. She has appeared in Hedda Gabler at the Geffen Playhouse, and as Ranyevskaya in the Mark Taper Forum's The Cherry Orchard.  Bening saw her Hollywood fame blossom with each portrayal of an unlikable yet unforgettable character in The Grifters (Oscar nomination), Bugsy, American Beauty, Being Julia, Mrs. Harris, Running With Scissors, and more. . Her television debut was with the made-for-TV movie Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986).