Glenn Close

Acting · Born 1947-03-19 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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…

Filmography

• Mars Attacks! as Marsha Dale
• Dangerous Liaisons as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
• Hook as Gutless
• The House of the Spirits as Ferula Trueba
• Hamlet as Gertrude
• 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")
• Hoodwinked! as Granny (voice)
• Fatal Attraction as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
• The Natural as Iris Gaines