Glenn Close

Acting

Born Mar 19, 1947 (age 79) · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Guardians of the Galaxy2014
as ⁨Nova Prime⁩
Warcraft2016
as ⁨Alodi (uncredited)⁩
Tarzan1999
as ⁨Kala (voice)⁩
What Happened to Monday2017
as ⁨Nicolette Cayman⁩
Mars Attacks!1996
as ⁨Marsha Dale⁩
Hook1991
as ⁨Gutless⁩
101 Dalmatians1996
as ⁨Cruella de Vil⁩
Air Force One1997
as ⁨Kathryn Bennett⁩
as ⁨Martha Delacroix⁩
as ⁨Dr. Caroline Caldwell⁩
as ⁨Granny (voice)⁩
as ⁨King of Diamonds⁩
as ⁨Alex Forrest⁩
as ⁨Ginny⁩
as ⁨Cruella de Vil⁩
as ⁨Claire Wellington⁩
as ⁨Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil⁩
as ⁨Kala (voice)⁩
as ⁨Joan Castleman⁩
as ⁨Mamaw⁩
as ⁨Lady Edith de Haviland⁩
as ⁨Glenn Close (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Ferula Trueba⁩
as ⁨Helen Baxter⁩
as ⁨Iris Gaines⁩
as ⁨Sarah Cooper⁩
as ⁨Dr. Eve Scott⁩
as ⁨Alberta Jackson⁩
as ⁨Granny (voice)⁩
as ⁨Albert Nobbs⁩ · Screenplay · Producer
as ⁨Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Gertrude⁩
as ⁨Arlene Bloom⁩
as ⁨Jenny Fields⁩
as ⁨Sunny von Bülow / Narrator⁩
as ⁨Cath Munger⁩
as ⁨Mrs. Farraday⁩
as ⁨Teddy Barnes⁩
as ⁨Deb⁩
as ⁨Nonnie Hopkins⁩
as ⁨Alicia Clark⁩
as ⁨Carrie Johnson⁩
as ⁨Camille Dixon⁩
as ⁨Mrs. Wittenborn⁩
as ⁨Olivia Pace⁩
as ⁨Marcia Zarrow⁩
as ⁨Frieda Pilkington (voice)⁩
as ⁨Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")⁩
as ⁨Isabelle Durand⁩
as ⁨Maggie⁩
as ⁨Adrienne Pargiter⁩
as ⁨(archive footage)⁩
as ⁨Eve Wilde⁩ · Executive producer
as ⁨Gram⁩
as ⁨Esther Gold⁩
as ⁨Karen Moore⁩
as ⁨Drusilla Sickle⁩
Out Wed, Nov 18

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Guardians of the Galaxy2014
as ⁨Nova Prime⁩
Warcraft2016
as ⁨Alodi (uncredited)⁩
Tarzan1999
as ⁨Kala (voice)⁩
What Happened to Monday2017
as ⁨Nicolette Cayman⁩
Mars Attacks!1996
as ⁨Marsha Dale⁩
Hook1991
as ⁨Gutless⁩
101 Dalmatians1996
as ⁨Cruella de Vil⁩
Air Force One1997
as ⁨Kathryn Bennett⁩
as ⁨Martha Delacroix⁩
as ⁨Dr. Caroline Caldwell⁩
as ⁨Granny (voice)⁩
as ⁨King of Diamonds⁩
as ⁨Alex Forrest⁩
as ⁨Ginny⁩
as ⁨Cruella de Vil⁩
as ⁨Claire Wellington⁩
as ⁨Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil⁩
as ⁨Kala (voice)⁩
as ⁨Joan Castleman⁩
as ⁨Mamaw⁩
as ⁨Lady Edith de Haviland⁩
as ⁨Glenn Close (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Ferula Trueba⁩
as ⁨Helen Baxter⁩
as ⁨Iris Gaines⁩
as ⁨Sarah Cooper⁩
as ⁨Dr. Eve Scott⁩
as ⁨Alberta Jackson⁩
as ⁨Granny (voice)⁩
as ⁨Albert Nobbs⁩ · Screenplay · Producer
as ⁨Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Gertrude⁩
as ⁨Arlene Bloom⁩
as ⁨Jenny Fields⁩
as ⁨Sunny von Bülow / Narrator⁩
as ⁨Cath Munger⁩
as ⁨Mrs. Farraday⁩
as ⁨Teddy Barnes⁩
as ⁨Deb⁩
as ⁨Nonnie Hopkins⁩
as ⁨Alicia Clark⁩
as ⁨Carrie Johnson⁩
as ⁨Camille Dixon⁩
as ⁨Mrs. Wittenborn⁩
as ⁨Olivia Pace⁩
as ⁨Marcia Zarrow⁩
as ⁨Frieda Pilkington (voice)⁩
as ⁨Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")⁩
as ⁨Isabelle Durand⁩
as ⁨Maggie⁩
as ⁨Adrienne Pargiter⁩
as ⁨(archive footage)⁩
as ⁨Eve Wilde⁩ · Executive producer
as ⁨Gram⁩
as ⁨Esther Gold⁩
as ⁨Karen Moore⁩
as ⁨Drusilla Sickle⁩
Out Wed, Nov 18