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