Glenn Close
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…
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1947-03-19 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Known for
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) — Nova Prime
- The Simpsons (1989) — Mona Simpson (voice)
- Cruella (2021) — Producer
- Warcraft (2016) — Alodi (uncredited)
- Tarzan (1999) — Kala (voice)
- What Happened to Monday (2017) — Nicolette Cayman
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — Marsha Dale
- Hook (1991) — Gutless
- Family Guy (1999) — Glenn Close (voice)
- 101 Dalmatians (1996) — Cruella de Vil
- Air Force One (1997) — Kathryn Bennett
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) — Martha Delacroix
- The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) — Dr. Caroline Caldwell
- Hoodwinked! (2005) — Granny (voice)
- Heart of Stone (2023) — King of Diamonds
- Fatal Attraction (1987) — Alex Forrest