Birth Place: Greenwich, CT, USA
Throughout her long and varied career, Close has been consistently acclaimed for her versatility and is widely regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. She has won three Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and received six Academy Award nominations. Close began her professional stage career in 1974 in Love for Love, and was mostly a New York stage actress through the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in both plays and musicals, including the Broadway productions of Barnum in 1980 and The Real Thing in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her first film role was in The World According to Garp (1982), which she followed up with supporting roles in The Big Chill (1983), and The Natural (1984); all three earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She would later receive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and Albert Nobbs (2011). In the 1990s, she won two more Tony Awards, for Death and the Maiden in 1992 and Sunset Boulevard in 1995, while she won her first Emmy Award for the 1995 TV film Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story. She starred as Eleanor of Aquitaine in the 2003 TV film The Lion in Winter, winning a Golden Globe Award. In 2005, she starred in the drama series “The Shield.” Then from 2007 to 2012, she starred as Patty Hewes in the FX drama series “Damages,” a role that won her a Golden Globe and two Emmys. She has voiced the character of Mona Simpson in the animated sitcom “The Simpsons” since 1995. She returned to Broadway in November 2014, in a revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance. Her other films include Jagged Edge (1985), Hamlet (1990), Reversal of Fortune (1990), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Paradise Road (1997), Air Force One (1997), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Nine Lives (2005) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Close is a six-time Academy Award nominee, tying the record for being the actress with the most nominations never to have won (along with Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter). In addition, she has been nominated for four Tony Awards (three wins), fourteen Emmys (three wins), thirteen Golden Globes (two wins), two Drama Desk Awards (one win), and eight Screen Actors Guild Awards (one win). She has also won an Obie award and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and a BAFTA.
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Glenn Close has appeared on Broadway in 14 shows.
Glenn Close has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Glenn Close's first West End show was Sunset Boulevard which opened in 2016
Glenn Close has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout her career. These nominations include Outstanding Actress in a Play by the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Mother of the Maid," Best Actress in a Musical by the Olivier Awards for "Sunset Boulevard," and the John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater by the Theatre World Awards for her role in "Sunset Boulevard." She has also received nominations for Outstanding Actress - Musical by the Drama Desk Awards, Best Actress - Musical by the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards, all for her performance in "Sunset Boulevard." Additionally, Glenn Close received nominations for Outstanding Actress - Play by the Drama Desk Awards and Distinguished Performance Award by the Drama League Awards for "Death and the Maiden." She was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for both "Death and the Maiden" and "The Real Thing." Furthermore, she received a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for her role in "Barnum."
Glenn Close has won the John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater (Theatre World Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," Outstanding Actress - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," Best Actress - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "Death and the Maiden," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for "Death and the Maiden," and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for "The Real Thing."
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