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of director Stephen Frears who cast her as a young hustler in his stylish film noir The Grifters, for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination for her role as a flirtatious, unapologetic con artist. She is known for playing complex characters who refuse to fit into societal norms or expectations. Whether playing an adulterous housewife in American Beauty, a bohemian single-mother in 20th Century Women, a larger-than-life actress in Being Julia, or a well-meaning yet overbearing lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right, Bening’s performances are layered and nuanced. Bening joins us to discuss her career and her new film in which she plays the aging film actress Gloria Grahame. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/