Keener also appeared in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Into the Wild (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), and Get Out (2017), which were all well received by critics. Keener is the muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in each of Holofcener\'s first five films. She also appeared in each of director Tom DiCillo\'s first four films, and three films directed by Spike Jonze.\n', '

Keener was born on March 23, 1959 in Miami, Florida, the third of five children of Evelyn (née Jamiel) and Jim Keener, a manager of a mattress store in Hialeah, Florida. She is of Irish descent on her father\'s side and of Lebanese descent on her mother\'s. Keener was raised in Hialeah as a Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools. She attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School.\n', '

Keener\'s sister, Elizabeth Keener, is also an actress and a real estate agent working for Sotheby\'s in Los Angeles.\n', '

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