Guardians of the Galaxy2014
As Nova Prime
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Glenn Close
Born
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 ex-lover 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 three—Outstanding 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 (2007–2012). 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 Tony-nominated 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 co-founder of the website FetchDog. She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians. She 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.
Filmography (137)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping2026
As Drusilla Sickle
Tarzan1999
As Kala (voice)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Back in Action2025
As Ginny
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025
As Martha Delacroix
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Warcraft2016
As Alodi (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Swan Song2021
As Dr. Eve Scott
TMDb 7.1 / 10
101 Dalmatians1996
As Cruella de Vil
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Hook1991
As Gutless
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Air Force One1997
As Kathryn Bennett
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mars Attacks!1996
As Marsha Dale
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Hoodwinked!2005
As Granny (voice)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
What Happened to Monday2017
As Nicolette Cayman
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Fatal Attraction1987
As Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
TMDb 6.8 / 10
102 Dalmatians2000
As Cruella de Vil
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Deliverance2024
As Alberta Jackson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Heart of Stone2023
As King of Diamonds
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Crooked House2017
As Lady Edith de Haviland
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Animal Farm2026
As Frieda Pilkington (voice)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tarzan II2005
As Kala (voice)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
La bola negra2026
As Isabelle Durand
The Stepford Wives2004
As Claire Wellington
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Natural1984
As Iris Gaines
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Father Figures2017
As Helen Baxter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The House of the Spirits1993
As Ferula Trueba
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Paper1994
As Alicia Clark
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Girl with All the Gifts2016
As Dr. Caroline Caldwell
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Four Good Days2021
As Deb
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dangerous Liaisons1988
As Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Wilde Wedding2017
As Eve Wilde
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Wife2017
As Joan Castleman
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil2011
As Granny (voice)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story2024
As Self
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Jagged Edge1985
As Teddy Barnes
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Safety of Objects2002
As Esther Gold
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Big Chill1983
As Sarah Cooper
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Brothers2024
As Cath Munger
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes1984
As Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Albert Nobbs2011
As Albert Nobbs
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hillbilly Elegy2020
As Mamaw
TMDb 6.7 / 10
In & Out1997
As Glenn Close (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Le Divorce2003
As Olivia Pace
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Reversal of Fortune1990
As Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The World According to Garp1982
As Jenny Fields
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Nine Lives2005
As Maggie
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Anesthesia2016
As Marcia Zarrow
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Great Gilly Hopkins2015
As Nonnie Hopkins
TMDb 6.6 / 10
5 to 72014
As Arlene Bloom
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Summer Book2025
As Grandmother
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Hamlet1990
As Gertrude
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mary Reilly1996
As Mrs. Farraday
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cookie's Fortune1999
As Camille Dixon
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration1993
As Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her2000
As Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Love, Marilyn2013
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Evening2007
As Mrs. Wittenborn
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary1989
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Chumscrubber2005
As Carrie Johnson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story1995
As Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Paradise Road1997
As Adrienne Pargiter
TMDb 6.3 / 10
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler1999
As Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Welcome to Hollywood2000
As Glenn Close
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Lion in Winter2003
As Eleanor of Aquitaine
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021
As Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music1990
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Six by Sondheim2013
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Fabulous Allan Carr2017
As Self (archive)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Heights2005
As Diana
TMDb 6.3 / 10
In the Gloaming1997
As Janet
TMDb 6.0 / 10
537 Votes2020
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
South Pacific2001
As Nellie Forbush
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Stone Boy1984
As Ruth Hillerman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Meeting Venus1991
As Karin Anderson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Tom Hanks: The Nomad2023
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Baba Yaga2021
As Chief (voice)
Immediate Family1989
As Linda Spector
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story2021
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Casting By2012
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Show of Titles2021
As "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful1996
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hollywood's Greatest Villains2005
As Self
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Low Down2014
As Gram
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Anne Frank Remembered1995
As Diary Readings (voice)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Baby2000
As Adult Sophie (Voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Look Through His Lens
A Look Through His Lens2024
As Self
Not My Life2011
As Narrator (voice)
Brush with Fate2003
As Cornelia Engelbrecht
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America2020
As Roy Cohn
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Strip Search2004
As Karen Moore
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Something About Amelia1984
As Gail Bennett
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Skylark1993
As Sarah Witting
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration1998
As Self - Performer
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Let's Dance2018
As Segment: "Night Shift"
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Too Far to Go1979
As Rebecca Kuehn
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End1999
As Sarah Witting
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Sarah, Plain and Tall1991
As Sarah Wheaton
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall1992
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Blast 'Em1992
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Elephant Man1982
As Princess Alexandra
TMDb 5.9 / 10
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story2009
As Self
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Green Fog2018
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Diamonds on the Silver ScreenRelease date TBA
As Self
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins1999
As Self
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back2002
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Maxie1985
As Jan / Maxie
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Discovering Hamlet2011
As Gertrude (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover2020
As Cruella de Vil
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Big Chill: A Reunion1999
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
What I Want My Words to Do to You2003
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Gabon The Last Eden2007
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Sunset BoulevardRelease date TBA
As Norma Desmond
Encore
EncoreRelease date TBA
As Marie
The Plague Monkeys
The Plague MonkeysRelease date TBA
As Narrator
The Rules of the Game1975
As Neighbor
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force2025
As Self - (archive footage)
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple2001
As Arvella Whipple
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Lincoln
Lincoln1992
As Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Lavender Scare2019
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow1988
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Stones for Ibarra1988
As Sara Everton
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation2025
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar2018
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated1989
As Self
Orphan Train1979
As Jessica
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Divine Garbo1990
As Self - Host / Narrator
Gates of the Arctic2008
As Narrator (voice)
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries2009
As Self - Hostess
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'2004
As Self
Electric Blue 291988
As (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale1987
As Narrator (voice)
The Lady with the Torch1999
As Self - Host
TMDb 10.0 / 10
An Amazin' Era1986
As Self
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?1987
As Self - Narrator
In Search of the Jaguar
In Search of the Jaguar2003
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
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