Acting
Glenn Close
EN, ES, FR, XX cinema · 139 credits
Born
19 March 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also known as Glenda Veronica 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 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
Filmography
Encore
Encore
as Marie
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond, Producer
The Midnight Library
as Mrs.Elm
Animal Farm
as Frieda Pilkington (voice)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Drusilla Sickle
LA BOLA NEGRA
as Isabelle Durand
The Summer Book
as Grandmother, Producer
Back in Action
as Ginny
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Martha Delacroix
The Deliverance
as Alberta Jackson
Brothers
as Cath Munger
Heart of Stone
as King of Diamonds
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
Baba Yaga
as Chief (voice)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
Swan Song
as Dr. Eve Scott
Show of Titles
as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
Cruella
Producer
537 Votes
as Self (archive footage)
Hillbilly Elegy
as Mamaw
The Lavender Scare
as Narrator (voice)
Let's Dance
as Segment: "Night Shift"
The Wife
as Joan Castleman
Father Figures
as Helen Baxter
Crooked House
as Lady Edith de Haviland
What Happened to Monday
as Nicolette Cayman
The Wilde Wedding
as Eve Wilde, Executive Producer
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
Anesthesia
as Marcia Zarrow
The Girl with All the Gifts
as Dr. Caroline Caldwell
Warcraft
as Alodi (uncredited)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Nonnie Hopkins
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Nova Prime
Low Down
as Gram
5 to 7
as Arlene Bloom
Love, Marilyn
as Self
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Casting By
as Self
Albert Nobbs
as Albert Nobbs, Screenplay, Producer, Lyricist
Discovering Hamlet
as Gertrude (archive footage)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
as Granny (voice)
Not My Life
as Narrator (voice)
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
2009
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
as Self - Hostess
Gates of the Arctic
as Narrator (voice)
Evening
as Mrs. Wittenborn
Gabon The Last Eden
as Narrator
Hoodwinked!
as Granny (voice)
The Chumscrubber
as Carrie Johnson
Heights
as Diana
Nine Lives
as Maggie
Tarzan II
as Kala (voice)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Stepford Wives
as Claire Wellington
Strip Search
as Karen Moore
Le Divorce
as Olivia Pace
The Lion in Winter
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Brush with Fate
as Cornelia Engelbrecht
The Safety of Objects
as Esther Gold
South Pacific
as Nellie Forbush, Executive Producer
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Arvella Whipple, Executive Producer
102 Dalmatians
as Cruella de Vil
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Welcome to Hollywood
as Glenn Close
Baby
as Adult Sophie (Voice), Executive Producer
Cookie's Fortune
as Camille Dixon
Tarzan
as Kala (voice)
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as Sarah Witting
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lady with the Torch
as Self - Host
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
as Self - Performer
Air Force One
as Kathryn Bennett
In the Gloaming
as Janet
Paradise Road
as Adrienne Pargiter
In & Out
as Glenn Close (uncredited)
Mars Attacks!
as Marsha Dale
101 Dalmatians
as Cruella de Vil
Mary Reilly
as Mrs. Farraday
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, Executive Producer
Anne Frank Remembered
as Diary Readings (voice)
Journey
Executive Producer
The Paper
as Alicia Clark
The House of the Spirits
as Ferula Trueba
Skylark
as Sarah Witting, Executive Producer
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Lincoln
1992
Lincoln
as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
Hook
as Gutless
Sarah, Plain and Tall
as Sarah Wheaton, Executive Producer
Meeting Venus
as Karin Anderson
Hamlet
as Gertrude
Reversal of Fortune
as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
The Divine Garbo
as Self - Host / Narrator
Immediate Family
as Linda Spector
Dangerous Liaisons
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Narrator (voice)
Stones for Ibarra
as Sara Everton
Electric Blue 29
as (archive footage)
Fatal Attraction
as Alex Forrest
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
1987
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
as Narrator (voice)
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
1987
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
as Self - Narrator
Jagged Edge
as Teddy Barnes
Maxie
as Jan / Maxie
The Natural
as Iris Gaines
The Stone Boy
as Ruth Hillerman
Something About Amelia
as Gail Bennett
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Chill
as Sarah Cooper
The World According to Garp
as Jenny Fields
The Elephant Man
as Princess Alexandra
Orphan Train
as Jessica
Too Far to Go
as Rebecca Kuehn
The Rules of the Game
as Neighbor