Glenn Close

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 exlover 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 threeOutstanding 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 20072012 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 Tonynominated 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 cofounder of the website FetchDog She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians She is vocal on issues such as womens rights samesex marriage and mental health Married three times she has one daughter Annie Starke from her relationship with producer John Starke