Glenn Close
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
Mona Simpson (voice)
1989
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Family Guy
Glenn Close (voice)
1999
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The West Wing
Evelyn Baker Lang
1999
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter/Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
Series
Will & Grace
Fannie Lieber
1998
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
Great Performances
Neighbor
1971
Series
Great Performances
Self - Host
1971
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Audience Member
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Performer / Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self (archive footage)
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Hillary Clinton
1956
Series
The Shield
Captain Monica Rawling
2002
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
American Experience
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
Damages
Patty Hewes
2007
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Ellen
Glenn Close
1994
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Film
Animal Farm
Frieda Pilkington (voice)
2026
Series
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Dangerous Liaisons
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
1988
Series
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Tehran
Marjan Montazeri
2020
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Martha Delacroix
2025
Series
C à vous
Self
2009
Series
Desus & Mero
Self
2019
Film
Guardians of the Galaxy
Nova Prime
2014
Film
Tarzan
Kala (voice)
1999
Film
Warcraft
Alodi (uncredited)
2016
Series
Celebrity IOU
Self
2020
Series
Marcians
Self - Interviewee
2017
Series
Hollywood Squares
Self
2025
Film
101 Dalmatians
Cruella de Vil
1996
Series
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Mother (voice)
2018
Film
Mars Attacks!
Marsha Dale
1996
Film
Hoodwinked!
Granny (voice)
2005
Series
All's Fair
Dina Standish
2025
Film
Hook
Gutless
1991
Film
What Happened to Monday
Nicolette Cayman
2017
Please Turn the Page
Self
1977
Film
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Drusilla Sickle
2026
Film
Air Force One
Kathryn Bennett
1997
Series
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited)
2022
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Film
Tarzan II
Kala (voice)
2005
Film
Back in Action
Ginny
2025
Film
Heart of Stone
King of Diamonds
2023
Film
Hillbilly Elegy
Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
2020
Film
Fatal Attraction
Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
1987
Film
Crooked House
Lady Edith de Haviland
2017
Film
The Girl with All the Gifts
Dr. Caroline Caldwell
2016
Film
The Black Ball
Isabelle Durand
2026
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sara Everton
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah Wheaton
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cornelia Englebrecht
1951
Film
102 Dalmatians
Cruella de Vil
2000
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
Granny (voice)
2011
Film
The House of the Spirits
Ferula Trueba
1993
Film
Brothers
Cath Munger
2024
Film
The Stepford Wives
Claire Wellington
2004
Film
In & Out
Glenn Close
1997
Film
The Paper
Alicia Clark
1994
Film
Swan Song
Dr. Eve Scott
2021
Film
The Deliverance
Alberta Jackson
2024
Film
The Big Chill
Sarah Cooper
1983
Film
The Wilde Wedding
Eve Wilde
2017
Film
Father Figures
Helen Baxter
2017
Film
Hamlet
Gertrude
1990
Film
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Series
This Morning
Self - Guest
1988
Film
The Natural
Iris Gaines
1984
Film
The Wife
Joan Castleman
2017
Film
Evening
Mrs. Wittenborn
2007
Film
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
1984
Film
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
2024
Series
MADtv
Self
1995
Film
Jagged Edge
Teddy Barnes
1985
Film
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs
2011
Series
Sea Oak
Aunt Bernie
2017
Film
The World According to Garp
Jenny Fields
1982
Film
Reversal of Fortune
Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
1990
Film
Anesthesia
Marcia Zarrow
2016
Film
Welcome to Hollywood
Glenn Close
2000
Film
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
1989
Film
Nine Lives
Maggie
2005
Film
Le Divorce
Olivia Pace
2003
Encore
Marie
Film
The Safety of Objects
Esther Gold
2002
Film
The Summer Book
Grandmother
2025
Film
5 to 7
Arlene Bloom
2014
Film
Heights
Diana
2005
Film
Four Good Days
Deb
2021
Film
Paradise Road
Adrienne Pargiter
1997
Film
Strip Search
Karen Moore
2004
Film
Mary Reilly
Mrs. Farraday
1996
Film
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
2000
Film
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Love, Marilyn
Self
2013
Standing By
Film
Casting By
Self
2012
Film
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Nonnie Hopkins
2015
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Show of Titles
"Dance a Little Closer" Performer
2021
Film
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
2017
Film
The Chumscrubber
Carrie Johnson
2005
Film
Cookie's Fortune
Camille Dixon
1999
Film
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Film
Maxie
Jan / Maxie
1985
Film
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
1995
A Look Through His Lens
Self
2024
Film
Immediate Family
Linda Spector
1989
Film
Meeting Venus
Karin Anderson
1991
Film
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Film
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Cruella de Vil
2020
Film
Too Far to Go
Rebecca Kuehn
1979
Film
537 Votes
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
The Lion in Winter
Eleanor of Aquitaine
2003
Film
Baba Yaga
Chief (voice)
2021
Film
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
1993
Film
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
1990
Film
Discovering Hamlet
Gertrude (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Stone Boy
Ruth Hillerman
1984
Film
Low Down
Gram
2014
Film
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Sarah Witting
1999
Film
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self
1996
Film
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
South Pacific
Nellie Forbush
2001
Film
Skylark
Sarah Witting
1993
Film
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
Self
2002
Film
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah Wheaton
1991
Film
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Arvella Whipple
2001
Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
1992
Film
Electric Blue 29
(archive footage)
1988
Film
In the Gloaming
Janet
1997
Film
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self
1992
Film
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Self - Performer
1998
Film
Baby
Adult Sophie (Voice)
2000
Film
The Big Chill: A Reunion
Self
1999
Film
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
Self
2025
Film
Anne Frank Remembered
Diary Readings (voice)
1995
Film
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Roy Cohn
2020
Film
Sunset Boulevard
Norma Desmond
Film
The Rules of the Game
Neighbor
1975
Film
Let's Dance
Segment: "Night Shift"
2018
Film
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Self
2009
Film
Something About Amelia
Gail Bennett
1984
Film
Orphan Train
Jessica
1979
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
Self
2004
Maud
Maud Oldcastle
Film
Brush with Fate
Cornelia Engelbrecht
2003
Film
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self
2005
Film
Stones for Ibarra
Sara Everton
1988
Film
The Lavender Scare
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
The Divine Garbo
Self - Host / Narrator
1990
Film
The Elephant Man
Princess Alexandra
1982
Film
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Narrator (voice)
1988
Film
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Self
2003
Film
Gabon The Last Eden
Narrator
2007
Film
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
Self
2018
Film
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
Self
1989
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
Narrator (voice)
1987
Film
An Amazin' Era
Self
1986
Film
Gates of the Arctic
Narrator (voice)
2008
Film
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
Self
1999
Film
The Lady with the Torch
Self - Host
1999
Film
Not My Life
Narrator (voice)
2011
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
Self - Hostess
2009
In Search of the Jaguar
Narrator
2003
Film
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force
Self - (archive footage)
2025
The Plague Monkeys
Narrator
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
Self - Narrator
1987