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Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American film and stage actress and singer.

Credits

Filmography and awards

Film
Year Title Role Notes/Awards
1982 The World According to Garp Jenny Fields Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (2nd place)
Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (2nd place)
1983 The Big Chill Sarah Cooper Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1984 The Natural Iris Gaines Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1984 The Stone Boy Ruth Hillerman
1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Jane Porter dubbed Andie MacDowell's voice
1985 Maxie Jan / Maxie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
1985 Jagged Edge Teddy Barnes
1987 Fatal Attraction Alexandra "Alex" Forrest People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1988 Dangerous Liaisons Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
1988 Light Years Queen Ambisextra (voice) French title: Gandahar
1989 Immediate Family Linda Spector
1990 Hamlet Queen Gertrude
1990 Reversal of Fortune Sunny von Bulow
1991 Hook Gutless Cameo
1991 Meeting Venus Karin Anderson Venice Film Festival: Golden Ciak for Best Actress
1993 The House of the Spirits Ferula Trueba
1994 The Paper Alicia Clark
1996 Mars Attacks! First Lady Marsha Dale
1996 101 Dalmatians Cruella de Vil Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor/Actress – Family
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1996 Mary Reilly Mrs. Farraday
1997 In & Out Herself cameo appearance
1997 Air Force One Vice President Kathryn Bennett Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Action/Adventure
1997 Paradise Road Adrienne Pargiter
1999 Cookie's Fortune Camille Dixon
1999 Tarzan Kala voice
2000 102 Dalmatians Cruella de Vil Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Dr. Elaine Keener
2001 South Pacific Nellie Forbush
2001 Template:Sortname Esther Gold
2003 Le Divorce Olivia Pace
2003 Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio The Blue Fairy English voice
2004 Heights Diana
2004 Template:Sortname Claire Wellington
2005 Tarzan II Kala voice
2005 Template:Sortname Carrie Johnson
2005 Nine Lives Maggie Locarno International Film Festival: Bronze Leopard Award for Best Actress (Shared with the film's ensemble of actresses)
Nominated—Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2006 Hoodwinked! Granny voice
2007 Evening Mrs. Wittenborn
2010 Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil Granny voice
2011 Albert Nobbs Albert Nobbs Also producer, screenplay and author of the lyrics of the song "Lay Your Head Down"
AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards for Best Actress
Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Female Icon Award, and Most Egregious Love Interest Age Difference Award Shared with Mia Wasikowska
Irish Film & Television Award for Best International Actress
Satellite Award for Best Original Song
Tokyo International Film Festival for Best Actress
Women Film Critics Circle for Courage in Acting - Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Irish Film & Television Award for Best Film
Nominated—Irish Film & Television Award for Best Script for Film
Nominated—AACTA International Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Song
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Women Film Critics Circle for Women's Work: Best Ensemble
2014 The Grace That Keeps This World Pre-production
2014 Always on My Mind Pre-production
Documentary
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Divine Garbo Herself Greta Garbo documentary
1999 Template:Sortname Herself-host The 75th Anniversary of Columbia Pictures
2001 Welcome to Hollywood Herself
2003 What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison Herself
2003 Template:Sortname Narrator Robert Bilheimer film. AIDS epidemic.
2007 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Herself
2009 Home Narrator Yann Arthus-Bertrand film.
2011 Pax Director and executive producer
Television
Year Title Role Notes/Awards
1975 Template:Sortname Neighbor
1979 Too Far to Go Rebecca Kuehn
1979 Orphan Train Jessica
1982 Template:Sortname Princess Alexandra
1984 Something About Amelia Gail Bennett Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
1988 Stones for Ibarra Sara Everton
1990 She'll Take Romance
1991 Sarah, Plain and Tall Sarah Wheaton Also executive producer
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
1993 Skylark Sarah Witting Also executive producer
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
1995 Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer Also executive producer
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
1995 Template:Sortname (1995–2012) Mona Simpson
1997 In the Gloaming Janet CableACE Awardfor Guest Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
1999 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End Sarah Witting Also executive producer
2000 Baby Adult Sophie (narrator)
2001 Template:Sortname Arvella Whipple Also executive producer
2001 South Pacific Nellie Forbush Also executive producer
2002 Will and Grace Fanny Lieber Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series
2003 Brush with Fate Cornelia Engelbrecht
2004 Template:Sortname Eleanor of Aquitaine Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
2004 Strip Search Karen Moore
2004 Template:Sortname Evelyn Baker Lang
2005 Template:Sortname Captain Monica Rawling Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama
2007–
2012
Damages Patty Hewes Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama (2008)
Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Female Lead in a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series (2008, 2009)
Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2009)
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama (2010, 2013)
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series (2010, 2012)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2007, 2008)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Nominated—Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2008, 2009)




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