Glenn Close
Biography
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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Simpsons
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Family Guy
1999
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
The West Wing
1999
Leute heute
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Simpsons
as Mona Simpson (voice) · 1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 2014
Family Guy
as Glenn Close (voice) · 1999
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The View
as Self · 1997
The West Wing
as Evelyn Baker Lang · 1999
Leute heute
as Self · 1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self · 2014
Great Performances
as Neighbor · 1971
Great Performances
as Self - Host · 1971
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
Will & Grace
as Fannie Lieber · 1998
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter/Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Tony Awards
as Self - Host · 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Audience Member · 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner · 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Host / Performer / Winner · 1956
Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage) · 1956
Tony Awards
as Hillary Clinton · 1956
The Shield
as Captain Monica Rawling · 2002
American Experience
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1988
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2009
Damages
as Patty Hewes · 2007
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 1981
C à vous
as Self · 2009
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Ellen
as Glenn Close · 1994
Finding Your Roots
as Self · 2012
Pebble Mill
as Self · 1991
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Desus & Mero
as Self · 2019
La bola negra
as Isabelle Durand · 2026
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Martha Delacroix · 2025
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Nova Prime · 2014
Tarzan
as Kala (voice) · 1999
All's Fair
as Dina Standish · 2025
Tehran
as Marjan Montazeri · 2020
101 Dalmatians
as Cruella de Vil · 1996
Marcians
as Self - Interviewee · 2017
Hollywood Squares
as Self · 2025
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Drusilla Sickle · 2026
Back in Action
as Ginny · 2025
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
as Mother (voice) · 2018
Celebrity IOU
as Self · 2020
Warcraft
as Alodi (uncredited) · 2016
102 Dalmatians
as Cruella de Vil · 2000
Mars Attacks!
as Marsha Dale · 1996
Heart of Stone
as King of Diamonds · 2023
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
as The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited) · 2022
Fatal Attraction
as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest · 1987
Hook
as Gutless · 1991
Swan Song
as Dr. Eve Scott · 2021
Air Force One
as Kathryn Bennett · 1997
Please Turn the Page
as Self · 1977
Crooked House
as Lady Edith de Haviland · 2017
What Happened to Monday
as Nicolette Cayman · 2017
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
Animal Farm
as Frieda Pilkington (voice) · 2026
Hoodwinked!
as Granny (voice) · 2005
Brothers
as Cath Munger · 2024
The Deliverance
as Alberta Jackson · 2024
The Girl with All the Gifts
as Dr. Caroline Caldwell · 2016
The Stepford Wives
as Claire Wellington · 2004
Dangerous Liaisons
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil · 1988
Father Figures
as Helen Baxter · 2017
Hillbilly Elegy
as Mamaw · 2020
Tarzan II
as Kala (voice) · 2005
The House of the Spirits
as Ferula Trueba · 1993
The Natural
as Iris Gaines · 1984
The Wife
as Joan Castleman · 2017
This Morning
as Self - Guest · 1988
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
as Granny (voice) · 2011
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sara Everton · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sarah Wheaton · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sarah · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cornelia Englebrecht · 1951
In & Out
as Glenn Close (uncredited) · 1997
The Big Chill
as Sarah Cooper · 1983
The Paper
as Alicia Clark · 1994
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited) · 1984
Albert Nobbs
as Albert Nobbs · 2011
The World According to Garp
as Jenny Fields · 1982
Four Good Days
as Deb · 2021
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
as Self · 2024
The Wilde Wedding
as Eve Wilde · 2017
MADtv
as Self · 1995
Jagged Edge
as Teddy Barnes · 1985
Reversal of Fortune
as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator · 1990
Le Divorce
as Olivia Pace · 2003
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage) · 2012
The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Nonnie Hopkins · 2015
5 to 7
as Arlene Bloom · 2014
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") · 1993
Nine Lives
as Maggie · 2005
Mary Reilly
as Mrs. Farraday · 1996
Sea Oak
as Aunt Bernie · 2017
The Chumscrubber
as Carrie Johnson · 2005
Hamlet
as Gertrude · 1990
The Summer Book
as Grandmother · 2025
Love, Marilyn
as Self · 2013
The Safety of Objects
as Esther Gold · 2002
Paradise Road
as Adrienne Pargiter · 1997
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self · 1999
Anesthesia
as Marcia Zarrow · 2016
Evening
as Mrs. Wittenborn · 2007
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage) · 2013
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") · 2000
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force
as Self · 2025
The Lion in Winter
as Eleanor of Aquitaine · 2003
Cookie's Fortune
as Camille Dixon · 1999
In the Gloaming
as Janet · 1997
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1999
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self · 2021
Show of Titles
as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer · 2021
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
537 Votes
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Welcome to Hollywood
as Glenn Close · 2000
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
Low Down
as Gram · 2014
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer · 1995
Casting By
as Self · 2012
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self · 1989
Sarah, Plain and Tall
as Sarah Wheaton · 1991
Immediate Family
as Linda Spector · 1989
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
as Self
Maud
as Maud Oldcastle
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Baba Yaga
as Chief (voice) · 2021
Something About Amelia
as Gail Bennett · 1984
Meeting Venus
as Karin Anderson · 1991
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
as Self - Performer · 1998
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self · 2005
A Look Through His Lens
as Self · 2024
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
as Self · 2009
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as Sarah Witting · 1999
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
as Self · 1999
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Arvella Whipple · 2001
Heights
as Diana · 2005
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self · 1996
Strip Search
as Karen Moore · 2004
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self · 1990
South Pacific
as Nellie Forbush · 2001
The Big Chill: A Reunion
as Self · 1999
Encore
as Marie
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Roy Cohn · 2020
Standing By
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
as Self · 1992
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
as Self · 2002
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond
Anne Frank Remembered
as Diary Readings (voice) · 1995
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
as Self · 1989
Let's Dance
as Segment: "Night Shift" · 2018
Skylark
as Sarah Witting · 1993
The Stone Boy
as Ruth Hillerman · 1984
The Midnight Library
as Mrs.Elm
Brush with Fate
as Cornelia Engelbrecht · 2003
The Lavender Scare
as Narrator (voice) · 2019
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
as Self · 2018
Discovering Hamlet
as Gertrude (archive footage) · 2011
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
as Self · 2004
Orphan Train
as Jessica · 1979
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self · 2003
The Elephant Man
as Princess Alexandra · 1982
The Rules of the Game
as Neighbor · 1975
Lincoln
as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) · 1992
Maxie
as Jan / Maxie · 1985
Too Far to Go
as Rebecca Kuehn · 1979
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited) · 1992
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Narrator (voice) · 1988
The Green Fog
· 2018
Gates of the Arctic
as Narrator (voice) · 2008
Stones for Ibarra
as Sara Everton · 1988
The Lady with the Torch
as Self - Host · 1999
In Search of the Jaguar
as Narrator · 2003
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Cruella de Vil · 2020
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
as Self · 2025
Gabon The Last Eden
as Narrator · 2007
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
as Self - Narrator · 1987
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
as Narrator (voice) · 1987
Not My Life
as Narrator (voice) · 2011
Baby
as Adult Sophie (Voice) · 2000
The Plague Monkeys
as Narrator
Electric Blue 29
as (archive footage) · 1988
An Amazin' Era
as Self · 1986
The Divine Garbo
as Self - Host / Narrator · 1990
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
as Self - Hostess · 2009