Glenn Close
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Midnight Library TBA
as Mrs.Elm
- Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Diamonds on the Silver Screen TBA
as Self
Sunset Boulevard TBA
as Norma Desmond, Producer
- The Plague Monkeys
The Plague Monkeys TBA
as Narrator
- Encore
Encore TBA
as Marie
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping 2026
as Drusilla Sickle
La Bola Negra 2026
as Isabelle Durand
Animal Farm 2026
as Frieda Pilkington (voice)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025
as Martha Delacroix
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation 2025
as Self
The Summer Book 2025
as Grandmother, Producer
Back in Action 2025
as Ginny
Brothers 2024
as Cath Munger
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024
as Self
The Deliverance 2024
as Alberta Jackson
- A Look Through His Lens
A Look Through His Lens 2024
as Self
Heart of Stone 2023
as King of Diamonds
Tom Hanks: The Nomad 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Swan Song 2021
as Dr. Eve Scott
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021
as Self
Show of Titles 2021
as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
Cruella 2021
Producer
Four Good Days 2021
as Deb
Baba Yaga 2021
as Chief (voice)
Hillbilly Elegy 2020
as Mamaw
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover 2020
as Cruella de Vil
537 Votes 2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America 2020
as Roy Cohn
The Lavender Scare 2019
as Narrator (voice)
Let's Dance 2018
as Segment: "Night Shift"
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar 2018
as Self
The Green Fog 2018
Actor
Father Figures 2017
as Helen Baxter
The Wilde Wedding 2017
as Eve Wilde, Executive Producer
Crooked House 2017
as Lady Edith de Haviland
What Happened to Monday 2017
as Nicolette Cayman
The Wife 2017
as Joan Castleman
The Girl with All the Gifts 2016
as Dr. Caroline Caldwell
Warcraft 2016
as Alodi (uncredited)
Anesthesia 2016
as Marcia Zarrow
The Great Gilly Hopkins 2015
as Nonnie Hopkins
Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
as Nova Prime
5 to 7 2014
as Arlene Bloom
Low Down 2014
as Gram
Love, Marilyn 2013
as Self
Casting By 2012
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
as (archive footage)
Albert Nobbs 2011
as Albert Nobbs, Screenplay, Producer, Lyricist
Discovering Hamlet 2011
as Gertrude (archive footage)
Not My Life 2011
as Narrator (voice)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil 2011
as Granny (voice)
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story 2009
as Self
- Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries 2009
as Self - Hostess
Gates of the Arctic 2008
as Narrator (voice)
Evening 2007
as Mrs. Wittenborn
Gabon The Last Eden 2007
as Narrator
Hoodwinked! 2005
as Granny (voice)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains 2005
as Self
Nine Lives 2005
as Maggie
Heights 2005
as Diana
Tarzan II 2005
as Kala (voice)
The Chumscrubber 2005
as Carrie Johnson
The Stepford Wives 2004
as Claire Wellington
Strip Search 2004
as Karen Moore
- Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' 2004
as Self
The Lion in Winter 2003
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
What I Want My Words to Do to You 2003
as Self
In Search of the Jaguar 2003
as Narrator
Le Divorce 2003
as Olivia Pace
Brush with Fate 2003
as Cornelia Engelbrecht
The Safety of Objects 2002
as Esther Gold
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back 2002
as Self
South Pacific 2001
as Nellie Forbush, Executive Producer
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple 2001
as Arvella Whipple, Executive Producer
Welcome to Hollywood 2000
as Glenn Close
Baby 2000
as Adult Sophie (Voice), Executive Producer
102 Dalmatians 2000
as Cruella de Vil
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her 2000
as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End 1999
as Sarah Witting
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler 1999
as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 1999
as Self
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins 1999
as Self
Tarzan 1999
as Kala (voice)
Cookie's Fortune 1999
as Camille Dixon
The Big Chill: A Reunion 1999
as Self
The Lady with the Torch 1999
as Self - Host
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration 1998
as Self - Performer
In & Out 1997
as Glenn Close (uncredited)
Air Force One 1997
as Kathryn Bennett
In the Gloaming 1997
as Janet
Paradise Road 1997
as Adrienne Pargiter
Mars Attacks! 1996
as Marsha Dale
101 Dalmatians 1996
as Cruella de Vil
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful 1996
as Self
Mary Reilly 1996
as Mrs. Farraday
Journey 1995
Executive Producer
Anne Frank Remembered 1995
as Diary Readings (voice)
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story 1995
as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, Executive Producer
The Paper 1994
as Alicia Clark
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration 1993
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
The House of the Spirits 1993
as Ferula Trueba
Skylark 1993
as Sarah Witting, Executive Producer
- Lincoln
Lincoln 1992
as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
Blast 'Em 1992
as Self (uncredited)
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall 1992
as Self
Meeting Venus 1991
as Karin Anderson
Hook 1991
as Gutless
Sarah, Plain and Tall 1991
as Sarah Wheaton, Executive Producer
Hamlet 1990
as Gertrude
The Divine Garbo 1990
as Self - Host / Narrator
Reversal of Fortune 1990
as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music 1990
as Self
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated 1989
as Self
Immediate Family 1989
as Linda Spector
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary 1989
as Self
Dangerous Liaisons 1988
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1988
as Narrator (voice)
Stones for Ibarra 1988
as Sara Everton
Electric Blue 29 1988
as (archive footage)
Fatal Attraction 1987
as Alex Forrest
- Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys? 1987
as Self - Narrator
- Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale 1987
as Narrator (voice)
An Amazin' Era 1986
as Self
Jagged Edge 1985
as Teddy Barnes
Maxie 1985
as Jan / Maxie
The Natural 1984
as Iris Gaines
The Stone Boy 1984
as Ruth Hillerman
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984
as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
Something About Amelia 1984
as Gail Bennett
The Big Chill 1983
as Sarah Cooper
The World According to Garp 1982
as Jenny Fields
The Elephant Man 1982
as Princess Alexandra
Orphan Train 1979
as Jessica
Too Far to Go 1979
as Rebecca Kuehn
The Rules of the Game 1975
as Neighbor
Credits from TMDB.