Glenn Close
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Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer. In a career spanning five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for eight Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. She received the Academy Honorary Award in 2026. Close gained early recognition for her work on the stage, with her Broadway debut in the play Love for Love (1974), before going on to win 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, the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). She received her first Academy Award nomination for her film debut in The World According to Garp (1982), and her first Emmy nomination in 1984 for the television film Something About Amelia. Close's career further progressed throughout the 1980s and 1990s with several acclaimed film performances, including The Big Chill (1983), The Natural (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Paper (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Air Force One (1997). During this period, she also portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its 2000 sequel 102 Dalmatians, and voiced Kala in Tarzan (1999). Close won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995), followed by two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Patty Hewes in Damages (2007–2012). In film, Close gained continued recognition in the 21st century for her roles in Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2017), Hillbilly Elegy (2020), and Wake Up Dead Man (2025). Close is the president of Trillium Productions and co-founder of the website FetchDog. She has made political donations supporting 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenn Close, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
La bola negra (2026)
as Isabelle Durand
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Martha Delacroix
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026)
as Drusilla Sickle
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
as Nova Prime
Back in Action (2025)
as Ginny
Tarzan (1999)
as Kala (voice)
Warcraft (2016)
as Alodi (uncredited)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
as Cruella de Vil
Hoodwinked! (2005)
as Granny (voice)
Hook (1991)
as Gutless
What Happened to Monday (2017)
as Nicolette Cayman
The Stepford Wives (2004)
as Claire Wellington
Fatal Attraction (1987)
as Alex Forrest
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Marsha Dale
Heart of Stone (2023)
as King of Diamonds
Air Force One (1997)
as Kathryn Bennett
102 Dalmatians (2000)
as Cruella de Vil
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
as Mamaw
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
as Dr. Caroline Caldwell
The Wilde Wedding (2017)
as Eve Wilde
Swan Song (2021)
as Dr. Eve Scott
Crooked House (2017)
as Lady Edith de Haviland
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2011)
as Granny (voice)
The Natural (1984)
as Iris Gaines
The Deliverance (2024)
as Alberta Jackson
Tarzan II (2005)
as Kala (voice)
Father Figures (2017)
as Helen Baxter
Anesthesia (2016)
as Marcia Zarrow
Animal Farm (2026)
as Frieda Pilkington (voice)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
as Ferula Trueba
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Brothers (2024)
as Cath Munger
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
as Glenn Close
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (1993)
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Four Good Days (2021)
as Deb
Encore (—)
as Marie
In & Out (1997)
as Glenn Close (uncredited)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
The Wife (2017)
as Joan Castleman
Baba Yaga (2021)
as Chief (voice)
The Big Chill (1983)
as Sarah Cooper
The Paper (1994)
as Alicia Clark
537 Votes (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
as Self
Blast 'Em (1992)
as Self (uncredited)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Show of Titles (2021)
as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
as Nonnie Hopkins
Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
as Self
Jagged Edge (1985)
as Teddy Barnes
Hamlet (1990)
as Gertrude
Le Divorce (2003)
as Olivia Pace
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
as Self
The World According to Garp (1982)
as Jenny Fields
In the Gloaming (1997)
as Janet
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
Albert Nobbs (2011)
as Albert Nobbs
Let's Dance (2018)
as Segment: "Night Shift"
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999)
as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Something About Amelia (1984)
as Gail Bennett
5 to 7 (2014)
as Arlene Bloom
Nine Lives (2005)
as Maggie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Diamonds on the Silver Screen (—)
as Self
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Reilly (1996)
as Mrs. Farraday
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins (1999)
as Self
Evening (2007)
as Mrs. Wittenborn
The Summer Book (2025)
as Grandmother
The Safety of Objects (2002)
as Esther Gold
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as Self
Strip Search (2004)
as Karen Moore
The Lion in Winter (2003)
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Love, Marilyn (2013)
as Self
The Lavender Scare (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Low Down (2014)
as Gram
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back (2002)
as Self
Paradise Road (1997)
as Adrienne Pargiter
The Stone Boy (1984)
as Ruth Hillerman
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Chumscrubber (2005)
as Carrie Johnson
Too Far to Go (1979)
as Rebecca Kuehn
Casting By (2012)
as Self
Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
as Diary Readings (voice)
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
as Camille Dixon
Meeting Venus (1991)
as Karin Anderson
Immediate Family (1989)
as Linda Spector
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
as Arvella Whipple
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Midnight Library (—)
as Mrs.Elm
The Green Fog (2018)
Actor
Heights (2005)
as Diana
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
as Sarah Wheaton
A Look Through His Lens (2024)
as Self
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
as Sarah Witting
Maxie (1985)
as Jan / Maxie
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998)
as Self - Performer
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Gertrude (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
as Self
South Pacific (2001)
as Nellie Forbush
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2009)
as Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
as Self
The Big Chill: A Reunion (1999)
as Self
Skylark (1993)
as Sarah Witting
What I Want My Words to Do to You (2003)
as Self
The Elephant Man (1982)
as Princess Alexandra
In Search of the Jaguar (2003)
as Narrator
Electric Blue 29 (1988)
as (archive footage)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
Baby (2000)
as Adult Sophie (Voice)
The Rules of the Game (1975)
as Neighbor
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992)
as Self
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated (1989)
as Self
Stones for Ibarra (1988)
as Sara Everton
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar (2018)
as Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Roy Cohn
Brush with Fate (2003)
as Cornelia Engelbrecht
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation (2025)
as Self
Lincoln (1992)
as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys? (1987)
as Self - Narrator
Gabon The Last Eden (2007)
as Narrator
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
as Self - Host
The Plague Monkeys (—)
as Narrator
The Divine Garbo (1990)
as Self - Host / Narrator
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' (2004)
as Self
Gates of the Arctic (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Not My Life (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Sunset Boulevard (—)
as Norma Desmond
Orphan Train (1979)
as Jessica
An Amazin' Era (1986)
as Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Cruella de Vil
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale (1987)
as Narrator (voice)
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries (2009)
as Self - Hostess