Glenn Close
Acting
Glenda Veronica Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Grammy Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
Close received eight Academy Award nominations for playing a feminist mother in The World According to Garp (1982), a baby boomer in The Big Chill (1983), a love interest in The Natural (1984), a psychotic ex-lover in Fatal Attraction (1987), a cunning aristocrat in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), an English butler in Albert Nobbs (2011), a troubled wife in The Wife (2017), and an eccentric grandmother in Hillbilly Elegy (2020). Her other films include Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Paper (1994), and Mars Attacks! (1996), Air Force One (1997), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Close also portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its 2000 sequel and voiced Kala in Tarzan (1999).
In television, Close received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role in the film Something About Amelia (1984) and later won three—Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Margarethe Cammermeyer in the NBC film Serving in Silence (1995) and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice consecutively for playing Patty Hewes in Damages (2007–2012).
On stage, Close made her Broadway debut in the play Love for Love (1974). She later won three Tony Awards, two for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in the plays The Real Thing (1983) and Death and the Maiden (1992), and one for Best Actress in a Musical for the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). She was Tony-nominated for Barnum (1980). She returned to the Broadway stage in a 2014 revival of A Delicate Balance. In 2016, she returned to Sunset Boulevard on the West End stage, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical nomination.
Close is the president of Trillium Productions and co-founder of the website FetchDog. She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians. She is vocal on issues such as women's rights, same-sex marriage, and mental health. Married three times, she has one daughter, Annie Starke, from her relationship with producer John Starke.
Media of
Glenn Close
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Filmography of
Glenn Close
Drusilla Sickle
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Martha Delacroix
... 2025
Frieda Pilkington (voice)
... 2025
Self - (archive footage)
... 2025
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Grandmother
... 2025
Ginny
... 2025
Cath Munger
... 2024
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Alberta Jackson
... 2024
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King of Diamonds
... 2023
Self (archive footage)
... 2023
Dr. Eve Scott
... 2021
Self (archive footage)
... 2021
... 2021
"Dance a Little Closer" Performer
... 2021
Deb
... 2021
Chief (voice)
... 2021
Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
... 2020
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Self (archive footage)
... 2020
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Narrator (voice)
... 2019
Segment: "Night Shift"
... 2018
Joan Castleman
... 2018
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Helen Baxter
... 2017
Eve Wilde
... 2017
Lady Edith de Haviland
... 2017
Nicolette Cayman
... 2017
Dr. Caroline Caldwell
... 2016
Alodi (uncredited)
... 2016
Marcia Zarrow
... 2016
Nonnie Hopkins
... 2015
Nova Prime
... 2014
Arlene Bloom
... 2014
Gram
... 2014
Self (archive footage)
... 2013
Self
... 2013
Self
... 2012
(archive footage)
... 2012
Albert Nobbs
... 2011
Gertrude (archive footage)
... 2011
Narrator (voice)
... 2011
Granny (voice)
... 2011
... 2009
Self - Hostess
... 2009
Narrator (voice)
... 2008
Mrs. Wittenborn
... 2007
Narrator
... 2007
Granny (voice)
... 2005
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Maggie
... 2005
Diana
... 2005
Kala (voice)
... 2005
Carrie Johnson
... 2005
Self (archive footage)
... 2005
Claire Wellington
... 2004
Karen Moore
... 2004
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
... 2003
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Narrator
... 2003
Olivia Pace
... 2003
Cornelia Engelbrecht
... 2003
Esther Gold
... 2002
... 2002
Nellie Forbush
... 2001
Arvella Whipple
... 2001
Glenn Close
... 2000
Adult Sophie (voice)
... 2000
Cruella de Vil
... 2000
Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
... 2000
Sarah Witting
... 1999
Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1999
Kala (voice)
... 1999
Camille Dixon
... 1999
... 1999
Self - Host
... 1999
Self - Performer
... 1998
Glenn Close
... 1997
Kathryn Bennett
... 1997
Janet
... 1997
Adrienne Pargiter
... 1997
Marsha Dale
... 1996
Cruella de Vil
... 1996
... 1996
Mrs. Farraday
... 1996
Diary Readings (voice)
... 1995
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
... 1995
Alicia Clark
... 1994
Ferula Trueba
... 1993
Sarah Witting
... 1993
Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
... 1992
... 1992
Karin Anderson
... 1991
Gutless
... 1991
Sarah Wheaton
... 1991
Gertrude
... 1990
Self - Host / Narrator
... 1990
Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
... 1990
... 1990
... 1989
Linda Spector
... 1989
... 1989
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
... 1988
Narrator (voice)
... 1988
Sara Everton
... 1988
(archive footage)
... 1988
Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
... 1987
Narrator (voice)
... 1987
Self
... 1986
Teddy Barnes
... 1985
Jan / Maxie
... 1985
Iris Gaines
... 1984
Ruth Hillerman
... 1984
Gail Bennett
... 1984
Sarah Cooper
... 1983
Jenny Fields
... 1982
Princess Alexandra
... 1982
Jessica
... 1979
Rebecca Kuehn
... 1979
Neighbor
... 1975
Marie
Narrator
Norma Desmond
