---
name: "Glenn Close"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/glenn-close"
fi1m_id: "glenn-close"
imdb_id: "nm0000335"
tmdb_id: 515
wikidata_id: "Q372311"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 March 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 24
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 19
updated: "2026-10-22T04:29:48.646834+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Glenn Close

## Identity

Glenn Close

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/glenn-close
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** glenn-close
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000335
- **TMDB ID:** 515
- **Wikidata ID:** Q372311
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Close, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000335/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/515

Actor. Born 19 March 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 March 1947, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Also known as:** Glenda Veronica Close
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 24: 19 acting, 1 producing, 4 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [Nick Gomez](https://film.one/person/nick-gomez.md), [Tony Goldwyn](https://film.one/person/tony-goldwyn.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 19 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (5), 1990s 69 (6), 2000s 81 (3), 2010s 68 (4), 2020s 68 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 18 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 14 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 10 of 19 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 12, Comedy 4, Science Fiction 4, Action 3, Thriller 3, Adventure 2
- **Screen time:** 33 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,480m across 15 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Close, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000335/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/515

## Coming up

- *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping* (2026-11-18), as Drusilla Sickle — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84), [*Guardians of the Galaxy*](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md) (80), [*Damages*](https://film.one/tv/damages.md) (78), [*Tarzan*](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md) (77)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl with All the Gifts*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md) (75), [*Air Force One*](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md) (72), [*The Natural*](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md) (67)
- **HBO Max:** [*Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story*](https://film.one/film/super-man-the-christopher-reeve-story.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery*](https://film.one/film/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery.md) (77)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hamlet*](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1990.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Swan Song*](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md) (71)
- **Hulu:** [*Fatal Attraction*](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Glenn Close

> Glenn Close makes a bitter line funny without letting us forget the bitterness. We value that precision, and the force she brings to supporting parts, but a film still has to give her enough to do.

In *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Sunny von Bülow narrates from a coma, and Glenn Close makes the arrangement funny enough to be troubling. We laughed and felt uneasy about it, because she keeps the bitterness audible beneath Sunny's wit. She lets the joke work without making the situation comfortable. That is the precision we value in her: the humour gives us no reason to dismiss the unhappiness. It is a difficult assignment, handled without trying to make Sunny easier company.

Her early supporting parts in *The Big Chill* (1983) and *The Natural* (1984) were followed by leading roles in *Fatal Attraction* (1987) and *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988). The latter pair established her screen presence and the association with formidable women. Cruella de Vil in *101 Dalmatians* (1996) and the ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes in *Damages* (2007–2012) continued that association. Her theatrical scale is useful for such characters. The risk is that formidable becomes a casting instruction, with little curiosity about what else she might do.

The problem with Sunny is how little the film lets Close's work change our attention. Barbet Schroeder's detachment keeps the men discussing her more prominent than the woman we can hear. Close supplies wit and bitterness, but narration alone cannot give Sunny the dramatic weight she lacks. We recommend the performance with that reservation: anyone hoping to feel close to her will have a less satisfying evening.

In *Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery* (2025), Rian Johnson gives her Martha Delacroix, a parishioner who has devoted her life to the church and to Wicks. Close gets the strongest material among the less favoured members of the ensemble, and makes it count. Bob Ducsay's patient editing suits the first hour, but the repeated interviews later make the shortage of substantial parts harder to ignore. We rate Close's contribution to a good mystery that has hired more actors than it can properly use. The next ensemble director to hire her might consider giving her less company.

## Biography

Glenn Close is an American actress. She was born on 19 March 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Close began her career on stage before moving into film and television. She received eight Academy Award nominations for roles including in *The World According to Garp* (1982), *Fatal Attraction* (1987), *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988), *Albert Nobbs* (2011) and *The Wife* (2017). She has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

Her other film credits include *101 Dalmatians* (1996), *Air Force One* (1997), *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014) and *Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery* (2025), in which she played Martha Delacroix.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (24)

### Performed in (19) — the average rests on these

- *La bola negra* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Isabelle Durand — [page](https://film.one/film/la-bola-negra.md)
- *Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery* (2025), Fi1m 77, as Martha Delacroix — [page](https://film.one/film/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery.md)
- *Swan Song* (2021), Fi1m 71, as Dr. Eve Scott — [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)
- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), Fi1m 38, as Mamaw — [page](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md)
- *The Wife* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Joan Castleman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wife.md)
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Fi1m 75, as Dr. Caroline Caldwell — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Fi1m 80, as Nova Prime — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *Damages* (2007), Fi1m 78, as Patty Hewes — [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, as Captain Monica Rawling — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Tarzan* (1999), Fi1m 77, as Kala (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md)
- *Air Force One* (1997), Fi1m 72, as Kathryn Bennett — [page](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md)
- *101 Dalmatians* (1996), Fi1m 54, as Cruella de Vil — [page](https://film.one/film/101-dalmatians.md)
- *Mars Attacks!* (1996), Fi1m 66, as Marsha Dale — [page](https://film.one/film/mars-attacks.md)
- *Hamlet* (1990), Fi1m 72, as Gertrude — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1990.md)
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Fi1m 75, as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator — [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)
- *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988), Fi1m 84, as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil — [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-liaisons.md)
- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), Fi1m 70, as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest — [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md)
- *The Natural* (1984), Fi1m 67, as Iris Gaines — [page](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md)
- *The Big Chill* (1983), Fi1m 67, as Sarah Cooper — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Cruella* (2021), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)

### Also credited (4) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/super-man-the-christopher-reeve-story.md)
- *Warcraft* (2016), Fi1m 43, as Alodi (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/warcraft.md)
- *The Graham Norton Show* (2007), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-graham-norton-show.md)
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), Fi1m 65, as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)

## Complete filmography (119)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping* (2026), as Drusilla Sickle — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping.md)
- *La bola negra* (2026), as Isabelle Durand — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/la-bola-negra.md)
- *Animal Farm* (2026), as Frieda Pilkington (voice)
- *Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery* (2025), as Martha Delacroix — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery.md)
- *All's Fair* (2025), series, as Dina Standish · Executive Producer
- *The Summer Book* (2025), as Grandmother · Producer
- *Back in Action* (2025), as Ginny
- *Brothers* (2024), as Cath Munger
- *The Deliverance* (2024), as Alberta Jackson
- *Heart of Stone* (2023), as King of Diamonds
- *The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window* (2022), series, as The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited)
- *Swan Song* (2021), as Dr. Eve Scott — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)
- *Show of Titles* (2021), as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
- *Cruella* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *Four Good Days* (2021), as Deb
- *Baba Yaga* (2021), as Chief (voice)
- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), as Mamaw — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md)
- *In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover* (2020), as Cruella de Vil
- *The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America* (2020), as Roy Cohn
- *Tehran* (2020), series, as Marjan Montazeri
- *The Lavender Scare* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *3Below: Tales of Arcadia* (2018), series, as Mother (voice)
- *Let's Dance* (2018), as Segment: "Night Shift"
- *The Green Fog* (2018), Actor
- *Father Figures* (2017), as Helen Baxter
- *Sea Oak* (2017), series, as Aunt Bernie · Producer
- *The Wilde Wedding* (2017), as Eve Wilde · Executive Producer
- *Crooked House* (2017), as Lady Edith de Haviland
- *What Happened to Monday* (2017), as Nicolette Cayman
- *The Wife* (2017), as Joan Castleman — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wife.md)
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), as Dr. Caroline Caldwell — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)
- *Warcraft* (2016), as Alodi (uncredited) — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/warcraft.md)
- *Anesthesia* (2016), as Marcia Zarrow
- *The Great Gilly Hopkins* (2015), as Nonnie Hopkins
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), as Nova Prime — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *5 to 7* (2014), as Arlene Bloom
- *Low Down* (2014), as Gram
- *Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen* (2012), as (archive footage)
- *Albert Nobbs* (2011), as Albert Nobbs · Screenplay, Producer, Lyricist
- *Discovering Hamlet* (2011), as Gertrude (archive footage)
- *Not My Life* (2011), as Narrator (voice)
- *Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil* (2011), as Granny (voice)
- *Gates of the Arctic* (2008), as Narrator (voice)
- *Damages* (2007), series, as Patty Hewes — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Evening* (2007), as Mrs. Wittenborn
- *Gabon The Last Eden* (2007), as Narrator
- *Hoodwinked!* (2005), as Granny (voice)
- *Nine Lives* (2005), as Maggie
- *Heights* (2005), as Diana
- *Tarzan II* (2005), as Kala (voice)
- *The Chumscrubber* (2005), as Carrie Johnson
- *The Stepford Wives* (2004), as Claire Wellington
- *Strip Search* (2004), as Karen Moore
- *The Lion in Winter* (2003), as Eleanor of Aquitaine
- *In Search of the Jaguar* (2003), as Narrator
- *Le Divorce* (2003), as Olivia Pace
- *Brush with Fate* (2003), as Cornelia Engelbrecht
- *The Safety of Objects* (2002), as Esther Gold
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Captain Monica Rawling — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *South Pacific* (2001), as Nellie Forbush · Executive Producer
- *The Ballad of Lucy Whipple* (2001), as Arvella Whipple · Executive Producer
- *Welcome to Hollywood* (2000), as Glenn Close
- *Baby* (2000), as Adult Sophie (Voice) · Executive Producer
- *102 Dalmatians* (2000), as Cruella de Vil
- *Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her* (2000), as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
- *Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End* (1999), as Sarah Witting
- *SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler* (1999), as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Evelyn Baker Lang — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Tarzan* (1999), as Kala (voice) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md)
- *Cookie's Fortune* (1999), as Camille Dixon
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Glenn Close (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Fannie Lieber
- *In & Out* (1997), as Glenn Close (uncredited)
- *Air Force One* (1997), as Kathryn Bennett — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md)
- *In the Gloaming* (1997), as Janet
- *Paradise Road* (1997), as Adrienne Pargiter
- *Mars Attacks!* (1996), as Marsha Dale — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mars-attacks.md)
- *101 Dalmatians* (1996), as Cruella de Vil — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/101-dalmatians.md)
- *Mary Reilly* (1996), as Mrs. Farraday
- *Journey* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Anne Frank Remembered* (1995), as Diary Readings (voice)
- *Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story* (1995), as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer · Executive Producer
- *Ellen* (1994), series, as Glenn Close
- *The Paper* (1994), as Alicia Clark
- *The House of the Spirits* (1993), as Ferula Trueba
- *Skylark* (1993), as Sarah Witting · Executive Producer
- *Lincoln* (1992), as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
- *Meeting Venus* (1991), as Karin Anderson
- *Hook* (1991), as Gutless — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *Sarah, Plain and Tall* (1991), as Sarah Wheaton · Executive Producer
- *Hamlet* (1990), as Gertrude — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1990.md)
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Mona Simpson (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Immediate Family* (1989), as Linda Spector
- *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988), as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-liaisons.md)
- *The Legend of Sleepy Hollow* (1988), as Narrator (voice)
- *Stones for Ibarra* (1988), as Sara Everton
- *Electric Blue 29* (1988), as (archive footage)
- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md)
- *Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale* (1987), as Narrator (voice)
- *Jagged Edge* (1985), as Teddy Barnes
- *Maxie* (1985), as Jan / Maxie
- *The Natural* (1984), as Iris Gaines — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md)
- *The Stone Boy* (1984), as Ruth Hillerman
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)
- *Something About Amelia* (1984), as Gail Bennett
- *The Big Chill* (1983), as Sarah Cooper — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *The World According to Garp* (1982), as Jenny Fields
- *The Elephant Man* (1982), as Princess Alexandra
- *Orphan Train* (1979), as Jessica
- *Too Far to Go* (1979), as Rebecca Kuehn
- *The Rules of the Game* (1975), as Neighbor
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Neighbor
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Sara Everton, Sarah Wheaton, Sarah, Cornelia Englebrecht
- *Standing By*, series, Actor
- *Encore*, as Marie
- *Maud*, series, as Maud Oldcastle · Executive Producer
- *The Plague Monkeys*, as Narrator
- *Sunset Boulevard*, as Norma Desmond · Producer

## Gallery

- ![Glenn Close as Patty Hewes in Damages (2007)](https://film.one/media/title/8686/still-567961521411.jpg) Glenn Close as Patty Hewes in *Damages* (2007) — Image via TMDB
- ![Glenn Close as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)](https://film.one/media/title/6441/still-4d2b0069b313.jpg) Glenn Close as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil in *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988) — Image via TMDB
- ![Glenn Close as Sunny von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990)](https://film.one/media/title/3971/still-544de09f98e7.jpg) Glenn Close as Sunny von Bülow in *Reversal of Fortune* (1990) — Image via TMDB
- ![Glenn Close](https://film.one/media/person/7575/gallery-0f38673abf0a.jpg) Glenn Close — Max Surprenant, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Glenn_Close_TIFF_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Glenn Close](https://film.one/media/person/7575/gallery-fb10c349003c.jpg) Glenn Close — Image via TMDB
- ![Glenn Close](https://film.one/media/person/7575/gallery-8178159d3bec.jpg) Glenn Close — Image via TMDB
- ![Glenn Close](https://film.one/media/person/7575/gallery-3d307d04c638.jpg) Glenn Close — Image via TMDB
- ![Glenn Close](https://film.one/media/person/7575/gallery-b413ffe58478.jpg) Glenn Close — Image via TMDB
- ![Glenn Close](https://film.one/media/person/7575/gallery-bad715980561.jpg) Glenn Close — Image via TMDB
- ![Glenn Close](https://film.one/media/person/7575/gallery-ea5495a8d9f7.jpg) Glenn Close — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 8 nominated

- 2021: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Hillbilly Elegy*
- 2019: Best Actress (nominated), for *The Wife*
- 2012: Best Actress (nominated), for *Albert Nobbs*
- 1989: Best Actress (nominated), for *Dangerous Liaisons*
- 1988: Best Actress (nominated), for *Fatal Attraction*
- 1985: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Natural*
- 1984: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Big Chill*
- 1983: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The World According to Garp*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2005: Golden Globe Awards (won)

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 3 won

- 2009: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Damages*
- 2008: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Damages*
- 1995: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story*

### Other awards — 9 won

- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2022: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (won)
- Independent Spirit Awards 2018: Independent Spirit Award (won), for *The Wife*
- Medalla Delmira Agustini 2014: Medalla Delmira Agustini (won)
- Donostia Award 2011: Donostia Award (won)
- Crystal Award 2001: Crystal Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1995: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1992: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (won)
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 1990: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1984: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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