Glenn Close
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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.
Known for
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La bola negra (2026)
as Isabelle Durand
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Martha Delacroix
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
as Nova Prime
Tarzan (1999)
as Kala (voice)
Back in Action (2025)
as Ginny
Warcraft (2016)
as Alodi (uncredited)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026)
as Drusilla Sickle
101 Dalmatians (1996)
as Cruella de Vil
Heart of Stone (2023)
as King of Diamonds
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Marsha Dale
Swan Song (2021)
as Dr. Eve Scott
102 Dalmatians (2000)
as Cruella de Vil
Air Force One (1997)
as Kathryn Bennett
Animal Farm (2026)
as Frieda Pilkington (voice)
Hook (1991)
as Gutless
Fatal Attraction (1987)
as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
What Happened to Monday (2017)
as Nicolette Cayman
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
as Dr. Caroline Caldwell
Brothers (2024)
as Cath Munger
Crooked House (2017)
as Lady Edith de Haviland
The Deliverance (2024)
as Alberta Jackson
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
as Mamaw
Hoodwinked! (2005)
as Granny (voice)
Father Figures (2017)
as Helen Baxter
The Stepford Wives (2004)
as Claire Wellington
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Tarzan II (2005)
as Kala (voice)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
as Ferula Trueba
The Wife (2017)
as Joan Castleman
The Natural (1984)
as Iris Gaines
Albert Nobbs (2011)
as Albert Nobbs
In & Out (1997)
as Glenn Close (uncredited)
The Paper (1994)
as Alicia Clark
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2011)
as Granny (voice)
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (1993)
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
as Self
The Big Chill (1983)
as Sarah Cooper
Four Good Days (2021)
as Deb
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
Jagged Edge (1985)
as Teddy Barnes
The Wilde Wedding (2017)
as Eve Wilde
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
as Nonnie Hopkins
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
The World According to Garp (1982)
as Jenny Fields
Le Divorce (2003)
as Olivia Pace
Mary Reilly (1996)
as Mrs. Farraday
The Chumscrubber (2005)
as Carrie Johnson
Nine Lives (2005)
as Maggie
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as Self
Love, Marilyn (2013)
as Self
Anesthesia (2016)
as Marcia Zarrow
The Lion in Winter (2003)
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Paradise Road (1997)
as Adrienne Pargiter
The Summer Book (2025)
as Grandmother
5 to 7 (2014)
as Arlene Bloom
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
The Safety of Objects (2002)
as Esther Gold
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Evening (2007)
as Mrs. Wittenborn
Low Down (2014)
as Gram
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
as Self
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
In the Gloaming (1997)
as Janet
Hamlet (1990)
as Gertrude
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999)
as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
537 Votes (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
as Camille Dixon
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Roy Cohn
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Immediate Family (1989)
as Linda Spector
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
as Sarah Wheaton
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998)
as Self - Performer
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
as Glenn Close
Baba Yaga (2021)
as Chief (voice)
Diamonds on the Silver Screen (—)
as Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
as Self
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
as Sarah Witting
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins (1999)
as Self
Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
as Self
Show of Titles (2021)
as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2009)
as Self
Brush with Fate (2003)
as Cornelia Engelbrecht
Something About Amelia (1984)
as Gail Bennett
Encore (—)
as Marie
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992)
as Self
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
as Arvella Whipple
Casting By (2012)
as Self
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
as Self
Meeting Venus (1991)
as Karin Anderson
Let's Dance (2018)
as Segment: "Night Shift"
South Pacific (2001)
as Nellie Forbush
A Look Through His Lens (2024)
as Self
Maxie (1985)
as Jan / Maxie
The Rules of the Game (1975)
as Neighbor
Baby (2000)
as Adult Sophie (Voice)
Strip Search (2004)
as Karen Moore
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated (1989)
as Self
The Big Chill: A Reunion (1999)
as Self
Too Far to Go (1979)
as Rebecca Kuehn
Heights (2005)
as Diana
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' (2004)
as Self
The Stone Boy (1984)
as Ruth Hillerman
Blast 'Em (1992)
as Self (uncredited)
What I Want My Words to Do to You (2003)
as Self
The Midnight Library (—)
as Mrs.Elm
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force (2025)
as Self
The Elephant Man (1982)
as Princess Alexandra
Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
as Diary Readings (voice)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar (2018)
as Self
Sunset Boulevard (—)
as Norma Desmond
Skylark (1993)
as Sarah Witting
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Gertrude (archive footage)
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back (2002)
as Self
Stones for Ibarra (1988)
as Sara Everton
Lincoln (1992)
as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
The Lavender Scare (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation (2025)
as Self
Gabon The Last Eden (2007)
as Narrator
Electric Blue 29 (1988)
as (archive footage)
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
as Self - Host
The Green Fog (2018)
Actor
Orphan Train (1979)
as Jessica
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys? (1987)
as Self - Narrator
Gates of the Arctic (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Cruella de Vil
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries (2009)
as Self - Hostess
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
Not My Life (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
In Search of the Jaguar (2003)
as Narrator
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale (1987)
as Narrator (voice)
An Amazin' Era (1986)
as Self
The Plague Monkeys (—)
as Narrator
The Divine Garbo (1990)
as Self - Host / Narrator