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Glenn Close

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Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Both of her parents were from upper-class families.

Glenn was a noted Broadway performer when she was cast in her award-winning role as Jenny Fields in The World According to Garp (1982) alongside Robin Williams. For this role, a breakthrough in film for Close, she later went on to receive an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The following year she was cast in the hit comedy The Big Chill (1983) for which she received a second Oscar Nomination, once again for Supporting Actress in the role of Sarah Cooper. In her third film, Close portrayed Iris Gaines a former lover of baseball player Roy Hobbs portrayed by Robert Redford, in one of the greatest sports films of all time, The Natural (1984). For a third time, Close was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Close went on to star in films like The Stone Boy (1984), Maxie (1985) and Jagged Edge (1985). In 1987 Close was cast in the box office hit Fatal Attraction (1987) for which she portrayed deranged stalker Alex Forrest alongside costars Michael Douglas and Anne Archer. For this role she was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress. The following year Close starred in the Oscar Winning Drama Dangerous Liaisons (1988) for which she portrayed one of the most classic roles of all time as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, starring alongside John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. For this role she was nominated once again for the Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress. Close was favorite to win the coveted statue but lost to Jodie Foster for The Accused (1988). Close had her claim to fame in the 1980s. Close starred on the hit Drama series Damages (2007) for which she has won a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. In her career Close has been Oscar nominated eight times, won three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
BornMarch 19, 1947
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  • Nominated for 8 Oscars

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Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Glenn Close in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close and Shila Ommi in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close, Shervin Alenabi, and Niv Sultan in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close and Niv Sultan in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close, Shervin Alenabi, and Niv Sultan in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close and Bijan Daneshmand in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close and Niv Sultan in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close in Tehran (2020)
Glenn Close in The House of the Spirits (1993)
Glenn Close, The Kid Mero, and Desus Nice in Future Hats (2021)

Known for

Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987)
Fatal Attraction
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  • Alex Forrest
  • 1987
Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce in The Wife (2017)
The Wife
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  • Joan Castleman
  • 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy
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  • Nova Prime
  • 2014
Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, and John Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Dangerous Liaisons
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  • Marquise de Merteuil
  • 1988

Credits

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Actress

  • Back in Action
    • In Production
  • Standing By
    • (voice)
    • Pre-production
  • The Deliverance
    • Post-production
  • Brothers
    • Post-production
  • Tehran (2020)
    Tehran
  • Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and Dave Bautista in Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (2022)
    Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
  • Kristen Bell in The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022)
    The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
    • (uncredited)
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    • (voice)
  • Mahershala Ali in Swan Song (2021)
    Swan Song
  • Glenn Close and Amy Adams in Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
    Hillbilly Elegy
  • The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
    The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America
  • Baba Yaga (2020)
    Baba Yaga
    • (voice)
  • Glenn Close and Mila Kunis in Four Good Days (2020)
    Four Good Days
  • 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (2018)
    3Below: Tales of Arcadia
    • (voice)
  • John Cameron Mitchell in Anthem: Homunculus (2019)
    Anthem: Homunculus
  • Let's Dance (2018)
    Let's Dance
  • Glenn Close, Ving Rhames, Christopher Walken, Owen Wilson, Terry Bradshaw, J.K. Simmons, Katt Williams, and Ed Helms in Father Figures (2017)
    Father Figures
  • Sea Oak (2017)
    Sea Oak
  • Gillian Anderson, Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, Amanda Abbington, Christina Hendricks, Max Irons, Honor Kneafsey, and Stefanie Martini in Crooked House (2017)
    Crooked House

Producer

  • Emma Stone in Cruella (2021)
    Cruella
  • Sea Oak (2017)
    Sea Oak
  • Glenn Close, Minnie Driver, John Malkovich, Patrick Stewart, and Grace Van Patten in The Wilde Wedding (2017)
    The Wilde Wedding
  • Glenn Close, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Mia Wasikowska in Albert Nobbs (2011)
    Albert Nobbs
  • Pax
  • Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr., Natalie Mendoza, and Rade Serbedzija in South Pacific (2001)
    South Pacific
  • The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
    The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
  • Farrah Fawcett and Alison Pill in Baby (2000)
    Baby
  • Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End (1999)
    Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End
  • Journey (1995)
    Journey
  • Glenn Close and Judy Davis in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
    Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
  • Skylark (1993)
    Skylark
  • Broken Hearts, Broken Homes
  • Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
    Sarah, Plain and Tall
  • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1987)
    American Experience

Director

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Best Moments From the 2021 Oscars Telecast
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What TV Shows Are Sundance Stars Binge-Watching?
How 'Four Good Days' Tackles Addiction and the Mother-Daughter Dynamic
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How 'Four Good Days' Tackles Addiction and the Mother-Daughter Dynamic
Mila Kunis Is Absolutely 'Obsessed' With "Cheer"
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Mila Kunis Is Absolutely 'Obsessed' With "Cheer"
Glenn Close Introduces James Earl Jones
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Glenn Close Introduces James Earl Jones
"Dining"
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"Dining"
"Business"
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"Business"
The Girl with All the Gifts
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The Girl with All the Gifts
The Girl with All the Gifts
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The Girl with All the Gifts
'The Wife' Star Glenn Close Feels Loved and Appreciated
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'The Wife' Star Glenn Close Feels Loved and Appreciated
Glenn Close Won a Golden Globe and Tells Us What Made 'The Wife' Possible
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Glenn Close Won a Golden Globe and Tells Us What Made 'The Wife' Possible
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Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Bring Change to Mind - mental health organization co-founded by Close in 2010
    • Instagram
    • March 19, 1947
    • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
    • February 3, 2006 - August 18, 2015 (divorced)
    • Annie Starke
    • William Close
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    Designed necktie for Stonehenge, Ltd's "Christopher Reeve Collection" (exclusive to JCPenney), with four percent of sales benefiting the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 6 Interviews
    • 24 Articles
    • 5 Pictorials
    • 26 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Keeps all her costumes after filming finishes.
  • Quotes
    I've often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night.
    • Immersive acting style
    • Damages
      (2007)
      $200,000 /episode

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