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