Glenn Close biography
Glenn Close is an American actress (born 1947), born on 19 March 1947 in Greenwich.
Glenn Close's screen career began in 1975 with Great Performances, playing Neighbor.
Glenn Close has appeared in 85 films and 35 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are La bola negra (2026), Wake Up Dead Man (2025), Back in Action (2025).
Glenn Close is best known for 101 Dalmatians, 102 Dalmatians, Tarzan, Hoodwinked!.
Honours include Donostia Award, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (2 times) and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Coming up next: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026), Up to No Good (2026), Standing By.
- Born
- 19 March 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Greenwich
- Work
- Film actor, Voice actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Stage actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1974 to present
- Known for
- 101 Dalmatians, 102 Dalmatians, Tarzan, Hoodwinked!, The World According to Garp, The Wife
- Awards
- Donostia Award
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (2 times)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- Golden Globes
- Crystal Award
Glenn Close filmography
86 films and 37 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | La bola negra | Isabelle Durand | ||
| 2026 | The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Drusilla Sickle | Post-production | |
| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man | Martha Delacroix | ||
| 2025 | Back in Action | Ginny Curtis | ||
| 2025 | Animal Farm | Freida Pilkington | Voice | |
| 2024 | The Summer Book | Grandmother | ||
| 2024 | Brothers | Cath Munger | ||
| 2024 | Tina Fey Books Whoever She Wants to Be | |||
| 2024 | The Deliverance | Alberta Jackson | ||
| 2023 | Heart of Stone | King of Diamonds | Cameo | |
| 2022 | Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind | Nova Prime Irani Rael | ||
| 2021 | Swan Song | Dr. Scott | ||
| 2021 | Cruella | , N/a | Executive producer | |
| 2020 | Hillbilly Elegy | Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance | ||
| 2020 | Four Good Days | Deb Wheeler | ||
| 2017 | The Lavender Scare | |||
| 2017 | The Wilde Wedding | Eve Wilde | Also executive producer | |
| 2017 | What Happened to Monday | Nicolette Cayman | ||
| 2017 | The Wife | Joan Castleman | ||
| 2017 | Father Figures | Helen Baxter | ||
| 2017 | Crooked House | Lady Edith | ||
| 2016 | The Girl with All the Gifts | Dr. Caroline Caldwell | ||
| 2016 | Warcraft | Alodi | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Nonnie Hopkins | ||
| 2015 | Anesthesia | Marcia Zarrow |
Show all 86 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 to 7 | Arlene | ||
| 2015 | Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw | Narrator | ||
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Nova Prime Irani Rael | ||
| 2014 | Low Down | Gram | ||
| 2012 | Casting By | English | ||
| 2012 | Love, Marilyn | Narrator | ||
| 2011 | Touch of Evil | The Vamp | Short from A Video Gallery of Cinematic Villainy | |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | Also writer and producer | |
| 2011 | Not My Life | Narrator | ||
| 2011 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | Granny Puckett | Voice | |
| 2010 | Pax | Executive producer and director | ||
| 2009 | Home | Narrator | ||
| 2007 | Evening | Mrs. Wittenborn | ||
| 2007 | Gabon: The Last Eden | Narrator | ||
| 2006 | Hoodwinked! | Granny Puckett | Voice | |
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Carrie Johnson | ||
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Maggie | ||
| 2005 | Heights | Diana | ||
| 2005 | Tarzan II | Kala | Voice, direct-to-DVD | |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Claire Wellington | ||
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Olivia Pace | ||
| 2003 | Pinocchio | The Blue Fairy | Voice | |
| 2003 | What I Want My Words to Do to You | Narrator | ||
| 2003 | In Search of the Jaguar | Narrator | ||
| 2003 | A Closer Walk | Narrator | ||
| 2002 | Quest for the Code | Chalktisha | Voice | |
| 2001 | The Safety of Objects | Esther Gold | ||
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | ||
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | English | ||
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Dr. Elaine Keener | ||
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Camille Dixon | ||
| 1999 | The Lady with the Torch | Host | ||
| 1999 | Tarzan | Kala | Voice, Reprised role in 2002 DVD Read-Along | |
| 1997 | Air Force One | Vice President Kathryn Bennett | ||
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Adrienne Pargiter | ||
| 1997 | In & Out | English | ||
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | First Lady Marsha Dale | ||
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | ||
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Mrs. Farraday | ||
| 1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | English | ||
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | English | ||
| 1994 | The Paper | Alicia Clark | ||
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Ferula Trueba | ||
| 1992 | Broken Hearts, Broken Homes | Executive producer | ||
| 1991 | Hook | Gutless | Cameo | |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Karin Anderson | ||
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Sunny von Bülow | ||
| 1990 | Hamlet | Queen Gertrude | ||
| 1990 | Divine Garbo | Host | ||
| 1989 | Immediate Family | Linda Spector | ||
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | ||
| 1988 | Light Years | Queen Ambisextra | Voice, English dub of French film | |
| 1988 | American Experience | Executive producer | ||
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction | Alexandra "Alex" Forrest | ||
| 1985 | Maxie | Jan Cheyney / Maxie Malone | ||
| 1985 | Jagged Edge | Theodosia "Teddy" Barnes | ||
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Jane Porter | Voice, uncredited | |
| 1984 | The Natural | Iris Gaines | ||
| 1984 | The Stone Boy | Ruth Hillerman | ||
| 1983 | The Big Chill | Sarah Cooper | ||
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Jenny Fields |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standing By | TBA | Upcoming | ||
| 2026 | Up to No Good | Maud Oldcastle | Upcoming | |
| 2025 | All's Fair | Dina Standish | Main role; also executive producer | |
| 2024 | The New Look | Carmel Snow | 3 episodes | |
| 2022 | Tehran | Marjan Montazami | Main role (season 2) | |
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Woman in the seat 2A | Episode: "Episode 8"; Cameo | |
| 2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Mothership (voice) | 22 episodes | |
| 2017 | Sea Oak | Aunt Bernie | Pilot; also executive producer | |
| 2015 | Louie | Woman | Episode: "Sleepover" | |
| 2007 | Damages | Patricia "Patty" Hewes | Main role; 59 episodes | |
| 2005 | The Shield | Captain Monica Rawling | Main role; 13 episodes (season 4) | |
| 2004 | The Supremes | English | ||
| 2004 | Strip Search | Karen Moore | Television film | |
| 2004 | The West Wing | Evelyn Baker Lang | Episode: "The Supremes" | |
| 2003 | The Lion in Winter | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Television film | |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of US | Eliza Andrews, Mary Antin | PBS Documentary | |
| 2003 | Brush with Fate | Cornelia Engelbrecht | Television film | |
| 2002 | Will & Grace | Fanny Lieber | Episode: "Hocus Focus" | |
| 2001 | South Pacific | Nellie Forbush | Television film, also executive producer | |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Arvella Whipple | Television film, also executive producer | |
| 2000 | Baby | Adult Sophie (voice) | Television film, narrator, also executive producer | |
| 1999 | Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Sarah Witting | Television film, also executive producer | |
| 1997 | In the Gloaming | Janet | Television film | |
| 1996 | The Little Lulu Show | Mrs. Van Snobbe / Mrs. Hoggenswallow | Voice; 9 episodes | |
| 1995 | The Simpsons | Mona Simpson (voice) | 12 episodes |
Show all 37 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Serving in Silence | Margarethe Cammermeyer | Television film | |
| 1993 | Skylark | Sarah Witting | Television film, also executive producer | |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) | Television film | |
| 1991 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Sarah Wheaton | Television film, also executive producer | |
| 1990 | The Tracey Ullman Show | Virginia | Episode: "Creative Differences" | |
| 1988 | Stones for Ibarra | Sara Everton | Television film | |
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics | Narrator | ||
| 1984 | Something About Amelia | Gail Bennett | Television film | |
| 1982 | The Elephant Man | Princess Alexandra | Television film | |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go | Rebecca Kuehn | Television film | |
| 1979 | Orphan Train | Jessica | Television film | |
| 1975 | Great Performances | Neighbor | Episode: "The Rules of the Game" |