Glenn Close

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

184

Gender

Female

Birthday

1947-03-19 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Glenn Close

Biography

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.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The View

    The View

  • Tehran

    Tehran

  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

    Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • The Shield

    The Shield

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Damages

    Damages

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • Guardians of the Galaxy

    Guardians of the Galaxy

  • All's Fair

    All's Fair

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • Desus & Mero

    Desus & Mero

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia

  • Reversal of Fortune

    Reversal of Fortune

  • C à vous

    C à vous

  • Hoodwinked!

    Hoodwinked!

  • Dangerous Liaisons

    Dangerous Liaisons

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • Hook

    Hook

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Evening

    Evening

  • The House of the Spirits

    The House of the Spirits

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Marcians

    Marcians

  • 101 Dalmatians

    101 Dalmatians

  • Warcraft

    Warcraft

  • Crooked House

    Crooked House

  • 3Below: Tales of Arcadia

    3Below: Tales of Arcadia

  • The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

    The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

  • Hollywood Squares

    Hollywood Squares

  • Back in Action

    Back in Action

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • Baby

    Baby

  • Maxie

    Maxie

  • Celebrity IOU

    Celebrity IOU

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Paradise Road

    Paradise Road

  • In the Gloaming

    In the Gloaming

  • 102 Dalmatians

    102 Dalmatians

  • Encore

    Encore

  • The Stone Boy

    The Stone Boy

  • The Wilde Wedding

    The Wilde Wedding

  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

  • The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

    The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

  • Air Force One

    Air Force One

  • The Chumscrubber

    The Chumscrubber

  • Fatal Attraction

    Fatal Attraction

  • Anne Frank Remembered

    Anne Frank Remembered

  • Heart of Stone

    Heart of Stone

  • What Happened to Monday

    What Happened to Monday

  • Tarzan II

    Tarzan II

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • An Amazin' Era

    An Amazin' Era

  • Six by Sondheim

    Six by Sondheim

  • Albert Nobbs

    Albert Nobbs

  • The Girl with All the Gifts

    The Girl with All the Gifts

  • The Stepford Wives

    The Stepford Wives

  • The Deliverance

    The Deliverance

  • Skylark

    Skylark

  • Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

  • The Natural

    The Natural

  • In & Out

    In & Out

  • Baba Yaga

    Baba Yaga

  • Let's Dance

    Let's Dance

  • Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

    Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

  • Hillbilly Elegy

    Hillbilly Elegy

  • The Paper

    The Paper

  • Swan Song

    Swan Song

  • Meeting Venus

    Meeting Venus

  • The Big Chill

    The Big Chill

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

  • Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

    Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

  • In Search of the Jaguar

    In Search of the Jaguar

  • Father Figures

    Father Figures

  • Four Good Days

    Four Good Days

  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

    Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

  • 5 to 7

    5 to 7

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • The Wife

    The Wife

  • Jagged Edge

    Jagged Edge

  • Show of Titles

    Show of Titles

  • Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

  • The Summer Book

    The Summer Book

  • Mary Reilly

    Mary Reilly

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • The World According to Garp

    The World According to Garp

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • The Great Gilly Hopkins

    The Great Gilly Hopkins

  • Cookie's Fortune

    Cookie's Fortune

  • Immediate Family

    Immediate Family

  • Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

    The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

  • Sea Oak

    Sea Oak

  • Heights

    Heights

  • Hollywood's Greatest Villains

    Hollywood's Greatest Villains

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

  • SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

    SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

  • Low Down

    Low Down

  • Standing By

    Standing By

  • Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn

  • Strip Search

    Strip Search

  • The Safety of Objects

    The Safety of Objects

  • Maud

    Maud

  • The Lion in Winter

    The Lion in Winter

  • 537 Votes

    537 Votes

  • Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

    Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

  • In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

    In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

  • Something About Amelia

    Something About Amelia

  • Not My Life

    Not My Life

  • The Lavender Scare

    The Lavender Scare

  • The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

  • Tom Hanks: The Nomad

    Tom Hanks: The Nomad

  • A Look Through His Lens

    A Look Through His Lens

  • The Lady with the Torch

    The Lady with the Torch

  • The Black Ball

    The Black Ball

  • Sarah, Plain and Tall

    Sarah, Plain and Tall

  • Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

    Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

  • Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

    Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

  • South Pacific

    South Pacific

  • Gabon The Last Eden

    Gabon The Last Eden

  • Brush with Fate

    Brush with Fate

  • Orphan Train

    Orphan Train

  • An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated

    An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated

  • Too Far to Go

    Too Far to Go

  • The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man

  • The Divine Garbo

    The Divine Garbo

  • The Rules of the Game

    The Rules of the Game

  • Stones for Ibarra

    Stones for Ibarra

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • Gates of the Arctic

    Gates of the Arctic

  • Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

    Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

  • The Plague Monkeys

    The Plague Monkeys

  • Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

    Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

    Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

  • Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale

    Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale

  • Glenn Close: A Feminist Force

    Glenn Close: A Feminist Force

  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

  • Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back

    Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back

  • The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

    The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

  • Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

    Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar

    Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar

  • Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation

    Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation

  • What I Want My Words to Do to You

    What I Want My Words to Do to You

  • Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'

    Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'

  • Electric Blue 29

    Electric Blue 29

  • The Big Chill: A Reunion

    The Big Chill: A Reunion

  • Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries

    Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries

  • My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

    My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

  • Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?

    Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?