Glenn Close

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Honorary Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

Close gained early recognition for her work on the stage, with her Broadway debut in the play Love for Love (1974), before going on to win 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, the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995).

She received her first Academy Award nomination for her film debut in The World According to Garp (1982), and her first Emmy nomination in 1984 for the television film Something About Amelia. Close's career further progressed throughout the 1980s and 1990s with a number of acclaimed film performances, including The Big Chill (1983), The Natural (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Paper (1994), Mars Attacks!