Libertariandude says on 20/Mar/10
The correct spelling is Bening, with just one N.

Jen says on 19/Feb/10
People magazine once listed her at 5'7" in one of their "50 Most Beautiful People" issues.

Mr. R says on 3/Oct/08
I saw Annette last night at the AFI salute. She is about 5-7 minus heels. She is also VERY gorgeous!

Chris says on 17/Jul/07
I think this is a bit generous. I remember her being a good bit shorter than Peter Gallagher in American Beauty. 5'7.5" is probably more like it.

Anonymous says on 2/Nov/06
She is a hair taller than Ellen Degenerous and the exact same heights as Paltrow in Running with Scissors. She is 5'7"-5'8". Probably a bit shorter than 5'8".

Rackon says on 2/Nov/06
The reason I think Benning gets "downsized" sometimes is because she's so slender. From my one encounter with Angelica Houston I'd say she's every bit of 5'10", maybe more (I'm 5'11"). Although she's slim too, Houston's much broader in the shoulders than Benning - Benning is tiny boned. That would account for why Houston seems taller than Benning in The Grifters. (It also has to do with the characterisations - it's quite apporpriate that Houston's Lilly dominates.)I think it's actually only a couple inches difference in height. I've never met Benning in person however. But I can believe that she's close to 5'8".

The Grifters is one of my favorite films BTW.

George H says on 7/Aug/06
Nope, from my personal observation 5'8" is correct. She was in approx. 2 inch heels which made her about 1 inch taller than my wife who's 5'9" in bare feet. Go to Getty Images and fill in Annette Bening with Kevin Bacon. Then you'll find a few pix in which she's in same height shoes as Bacon and they're about the same height. In the same pics is Cynthia Nixon in 2 or 2.5 inch heels. She's shorter than the both of them!

paleface says on 14/Jan/06
I seem to remember her saying she was 5'7 in an interview around the time 'Bugsy' came out.

[Editor Rob: this might be possible...]

Anonymous says on 25/Jun/05
Annette Benning 5'8" and Angelica Houston 5'9"? Impossible! Have you ever seen the movie the Grifters? The heights the three stars in that movie often recieve are John Cusack 6'2", Angelica Houston 5'10" and Annette Benning 5'7". Annette looks about 3 inches shorter than Angelica in that movie, and they're are alot of full frame shots.

[Editor Rob: Huston looks to have lost some height to me which I mentioned...but I agree the difference did look noticeable back in Grifters...maybe I overestimate benning]