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Glenn Close 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 Tim…
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Born 19 March 1947 · Q372311
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I remember being astounded that I met some people who were really kind of almost hyper-ventilating as to whether they were going to win or not, and I have never understood that. Because if you just do the simple math, the amount of people who are in our two unions, the amount of people who in our profession are out of work at any given time, the amount of movies that are made every year, and then you
Fatal Attraction was really the first part that took me away from the Jenny Fields, Sarah Coopers—good, nurturing women roles. I did more preparation for that film than I
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“I remember being astounded that I met some people who were really kind of almost hyper-ventilating as to whether they were going to win or not, and I have never understood that. Because if you just do the simple math, the amount of people who are in our two unions, the amount of people who in our profession are out of work at any given time, the amount of movies that are made every year, and then you”
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“Fatal Attraction was really the first part that took me away from the Jenny Fields, Sarah Coopers—good, nurturing women roles. I did more preparation for that film than I”
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The Guardian: The Summer Book review – Glenn Close powers sweet-natured take on Tove Jansson’s grief classic
The Guardian: Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
The Guardian: ‘Kim Kardashian had no pretensions that she was a great actress’: Glenn Close hits back at zero-star All’s Fair reviews
The Guardian: ‘I’m not as fierce as I seem’: Glenn Close on growing up in a cult, marching against Trump – and being unlucky in love
Returned to the college to serve as the grand marshal of their annual homecoming event
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Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022).
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It was announced that Close would star alongside Andra Day and Mo'Nique in the exorcism drama The Deliverance directed by Lee Daniels for Netflix
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Starred in season two of the Apple TV+ thriller series Tehran
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Released album “Transformation: Personal Stories of Change, Acceptance, and Evolution”.
Close served as an executive producer alongside Emma Stone for Cruella, a Disney live-action spin-off/prequel of One Hundred and One Dalmatians, directed by Craig Gillespie
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Received generally negative critical reviews, Close received acclaim for her performance
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Close starred in Netflix's film adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy, reuniting with Ron Howard and starring alongside Amy Adams
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Close co-starred with Mila Kunis in the drama Four Good Days, directed by Rodrigo García and presented at the Sundance Film Festival
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Awarded Independent Spirit Award for The Wife (2018).
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Close made a return to the stage, where, from September to December, she featured in the Off-Broadway play, Mother of the Maid, at the Public Theater in New York City
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In a limited run, selling tickets through June 25, 2017
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Was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Theatre World Awards
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Close appeared alongside Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe in What Happened to Monday, a science fiction thriller produced by Netflix
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Appeared in The Great Gilly Hopkins and starred in the British horror drama The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) as Dr
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Close made a cameo on Louis C
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Won Medalla Delmira Agustini (2014).
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Starred in a production of the Pirates of Penzance for the Public Theater in New York, playing the role of Ruth
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In which she played Irani Rael / Nova Prime in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn
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Awarded Donostia Award (2011).
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“The questions hanging over Murdoch, USA”
“s history of mental illness. During the month of July 2013, Close put over 380 designer items up for auction on eBay from the wardrobe of her Damages character Patty Hewes. All proceeds were raised to go to her charity Bring Change to Mind. Close had director and friend Ron Howard direct the foundation”
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Damages (2009).
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Close was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the Roosevelt Hotel
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Damages (2008).
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Close performed at Carnegie Hall, narrating the violin concerto The Runaway Bunny, a concerto for reader, violin and orchestra, composed and conducted by Glen Roven
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Close began a five-season run playing the ruthless and brilliant lawyer Patty Hewes on Damages
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Appeared in the same film as her previous co-star Meryl Streep in the ensemble drama Evening
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Won Golden Globe Awards (2005).
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Reunited with director Rodrigo Garcia to do Nine Lives; he would later direct Close in the film Albert Nobbs (2011)
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Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played Monica Rawling, a no-nonsense precinct captain, which became her first TV role in a series
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Played Claire Wellington, an uptight socialite in the comedy The Stepford Wives opposite Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken
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Close played Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Showtime-produced film The Lion in Winter
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Portraying a satirical version of Annie Leibovitz, which earned her an Emmy nomination for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
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Awarded Crystal Award (2001).
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A movie about four suburban families dealing with maladies
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Starred in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific as Nellie Forbush on ABC
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Close provided the voice of Kala in Disney's animated film Tarzan
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Acted alongside the cast of Tim Burton's alien invasion satire Mars Attacks
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (1995).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995).
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For which she won her first Primetime Emmy Award
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Released album “Repeat the Sounding Joy”.
Released album “Sunset Boulevard: American Premiere Recording”.
That "Glenn is giving one of those legendary performances people will be talking about years from now
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1992).
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Won her second Tony Award for Death and the Maiden
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Close starred in Meeting Venus for which she received critical acclaim and won Best Actress (Golden Ciak) at the Venice Film Festival
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Starred in the highly rated Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie Sarah, Plain and Tall, as well as its two sequels
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Awarded Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (1990).
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Close went on to play the role of Sunny von Bülow opposite Jeremy Irons in Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim
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Close was the commencement speaker at William & Mary and received an honorary doctor of arts degree
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Appeared alongside Keith Carradine in Stones for Ibarra, a television film adapted from the book written by Harriet Doerr and produced by the Hallmark Channel
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Released album “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.
Close played the disturbed book editor Alex Forrest in the psychological thriller Fatal Attraction
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“Se pudesse inventar um tipo de uniforme para usar todos os dias, certamente o faria. O processo de escolher uma roupa é doloroso para mim. Nunca sei o que vestir”
Close starred in the legal thriller Jagged Edge, opposite Jeff Bridges
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1984).
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Close was given a part in Robert Redford's baseball drama The Natural, and although it was a small supporting role, she earned a third consecutive Oscar nomination
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For her performance as Annie in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols
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Starred in the critically acclaimed drama Something About Amelia, a television film about a family destroyed by sexual abuse
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For the television film Something About Amelia
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Received her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in the musical Barnum)
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Director George Roy Hill discovered Close on Broadway and asked her to audition with Robin Williams for a role in The World According to Garp, which would become her first film role, as well as her first Academy Award no
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Filmed the television movies Orphan Train and Too Far to Go
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Played Mary I in the short-lived Broadway musical Rex, with a score by Richard Rodgers and Sheldon Harnick
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Close also appeared as Cordelia in King Lear at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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In a stage production of King Lear in Milwaukee)
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With a small role in the anthology series Great Performances
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Born 1947-03-19.
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In Greenwich, Connecticut, to socialite Elizabeth Mary Hester "Bettine" (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close, a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to Congolese dictat
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