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Diane Keaton

  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Birthday: January 5, 1946

Multi-faceted performer, director and producer Diane Keaton got her start as a favorite actress - as well as off-screen girlfriend - of filmmaker Woody Allen, earning a Best Actress Academy Award for her breakout performance in "Annie Hall" (1977). Allen's films established Keaton's persona as an intelligent but self-effacing bundle of nerves whose comic talent lay in her offbeat characterizations, rather than punch-line deliveries. While generally remembered for comedies, including surprisingly successful middle-age offerings…more

Career Milestones

  • 2010

    Played a morning show anchor in the comedy, "Morning Glory"

  • 2008

    Co-starred alongside Liv Tyler and Dax Shepard in "Smother"

  • 2008

    Co-starred with Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes in "Mad Money"

  • 2007

    Played an overbearing, yet well-intentioned, mother in the comedy, "Because I Said So"

  • 2005

    Cast as Sybil Stone, the matriarch in "The Family Stone"; written and directed by Thomas Bezucha

Awards

  • 2004

    Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)

  • 2003

    National Board of Review Award: Best Actress

  • 1997

    Women in Film Crystal Award:

  • 1996

    National Board of Review Award: Best Acting by an Ensemble

  • 1978

    Academy Award: Best Actress