LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Annette Bening has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board, according to Variety. The Academy Award-nominated actress has been elected to represent the actors branch, and was among 14 individuals voted to the board of governors.

Eight of the governors were re-elected to the board, five of the remaining fourteen had been elected at one point, but had been off the board for at least one year, and Bening was the sole first-timer.