Glenn Close

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades of 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 and three Grammy Awards. She is one of the few performers to be nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. In 2009, she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

After her professional debut in the 1974 play Love for Love, she received her first Tony Award nomination for her role in Barnum (1980), and won three for her roles in the plays The Real Thing (1983) and Death and the Maiden (1992), and the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). Her first three major film roles, in the comedy-dramas The World According to Garp (1982) and The Big Chill (1983) and the sports film The Natural (1984), earned Close three consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She established herself as a leading lady in ensuing years, with roles in the thriller Fatal Attraction (1987) and the historical film Dangerous Liaisons (1988), which earned her two consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Transitioning to television, Close received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role in the television film Something About Amelia (1984) and later won three—Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Margarethe Cammermeyer in the television film Serving in Silence (1995) and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice consecutively for playing Patty Hewes in Damages (2007–2012). She returned to the Broadway stage in a 2014 revival of A Delicate Balance.

Close portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its 2000 sequel, and voiced Kala in Tarzan (1999). She received three additional Oscar nominations for her roles in the dramas Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2017), and Hillbilly Elegy (2020). The Wife won her another Golden Globe for Best Actress.

Close is the president of Trillium Productions and co-founder of the website FetchDog. She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians and 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.