Biography
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 fem...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
as Drusilla Sickle
Return to the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games for the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Martha Delacroix
World-renowned detective Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.

Animal Farm
2025
as Frieda Pilkington (voice)
A group of animals rebel against their human owners and take over the farm. Their uprising over, they are presented with a fresh set of challenges und...

Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
2025
as Self
Actress Glenn Close can transform herself into different roles like a chameleon. Behind this versatility lies an artist who had to get over a lot in h...

The Summer Book
2025
as Grandmother
The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. ...

Back in Action
2025
as Ginny
Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blo...

Brothers
2024
as Cath Munger
A reformed criminal's attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother on a road trip for the score of a li...

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
as Self
Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, ...

The Deliverance
2024
as Alberta Jackson
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrenc...

A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful examples from his work on Diva, Hope and Glory...

Heart of Stone
2023
as King of Diamonds
An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.

Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
as Self (archive footage)
From humble beginnings to an aspiring thespian to acting as some of the world's most iconic and notable characters. He has picked up a reputation as '...

Swan Song
2021
as Dr. Eve Scott
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief...

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires...

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...

Show of Titles
2021
as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.

Cruella
2021
Producer
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriend...

Four Good Days
2021
as Deb
A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.

Baba Yaga
2021
as Chief (voice)
Baba Yaga is a witch in the enchanted Forest. When the viewer's mother, the Chief, falls ill, it is up to them and their sister Magda to enter the for...

Hillbilly Elegy
2020
as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
as Cruella de Vil
Follow Elvira as she searches for the Sanderson Sisters, interviewing various figures who claim to have encountered or been influenced by them, includ...

537 Votes
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary chronicling the political machinations that led to the unprecedented, contested outcome of the 2000 presidential election, including the c...

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Roy Cohn
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.

The Lavender Scare
2019
as Narrator (voice)
At the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be security risks. A vicious witch hunt ensues, ruining thousands of American...

Let's Dance
2018
as Segment: "Night Shift"
Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday charact...

The Wife
2018
as Joan Castleman
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
2018
as Self
To celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70th birthday, NBC presents Andrew Lloyd Webber Tribute to a Superstar March 28 at 10 PM ET. The evening includes ...

Father Figures
2017
as Helen Baxter
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in or...

The Wilde Wedding
2017
as Eve Wilde
After a whirlwind courtship, retired movie star Eve Wilde prepares to marry her fourth husband, the renowned English writer Harold Alcott. Sparks soon...

The Wilde Wedding
2017
Executive Producer
After a whirlwind courtship, retired movie star Eve Wilde prepares to marry her fourth husband, the renowned English writer Harold Alcott. Sparks soon...

Crooked House
2017
as Lady Edith de Haviland
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncrat...

What Happened to Monday
2017
as Nicolette Cayman
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the go...

The Girl with All the Gifts
2016
as Dr. Caroline Caldwell
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who se...

Warcraft
2016
as Alodi (uncredited)
The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home ...

Anesthesia
2016
as Marcia Zarrow
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
as Nonnie Hopkins
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
as Nova Prime
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Rona...

5 to 7
2014
as Arlene Bloom
A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours o...

Low Down
2014
as Gram
The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.

Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote ...

Casting By
2012
as Self
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the mo...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

Albert Nobbs
2011
as Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a...

Albert Nobbs
2011
Screenplay, Producer
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a...

Touch of Evil
2011
as The Vamp
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.

Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Gertrude (archive footage)
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great trag...

Not My Life
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Not My Life comprehensively depicts the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. Filmed on five con...

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
as Granny (voice)
Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel an...

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
2009
as Self
Famous New Yorkers and the pooches they love are the focus of this refreshingly honest and endearing series of interviews that celebrates the meaningf...
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
2009
as Self - Hostess
In this intimate glimpse at celebrated writer, activist and Buddhist priest Peter Matthiessen (The Snow Leopard), filmmaker Jeff Sewald explores the i...

Gates of the Arctic
2008
as Narrator (voice)
Glenn Close narrates this National Park Service movie about the many varied aspects of Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve. Shown at Morris T...

Evening
2007
as Mrs. Wittenborn
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first ti...

Gabon The Last Eden
2007
as Narrator
Surrounded by war-torn nations, the wilds of Gabon may be the last best hope for many of Africa's species.

Hoodwinked!
2005
as Granny (voice)
Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip t...

Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
as Self
Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Nine Lives
2005
as Maggie
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

Heights
2005
as Diana
Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.

Tarzan II
2005
as Kala (voice)
When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan decides they would be better off without him.

The Chumscrubber
2005
as Carrie Johnson
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his fr...

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self

The Stepford Wives
2004
as Claire Wellington
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying littl...

Strip Search
2004
as Karen Moore
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an...
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
2004
as Self

The Lion in Winter
2003
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
King Henry II keeps his wife Eleanor locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can h...

What I Want My Words to Do to You
2003
as Self
An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder. Through...
In Search of the Jaguar
2003
as Narrator
In the face of his own threatening illness, the greatest protector of jaguars is battling time and adversity to save these endangered cats. Venture de...

Le Divorce
2003
as Olivia Pace
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

Brush with Fate
2003
as Cornelia Engelbrecht
A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.

The Safety of Objects
2002
as Esther Gold
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring ...

Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
2002
as Self
Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious stories on the acclaimed Billy Wilder's masterpiece ...

South Pacific
2001
as Nellie Forbush
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. Th...

South Pacific
2001
Executive Producer
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. Th...

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
as Arvella Whipple
The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
Executive Producer
The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.

Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Glenn Close
A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

Baby
2000
as Adult Sophie (voice)
A couple finds a baby on their doorstep with a note asking them to temporarily keep it. They take the baby in and care for it as if it were their own....

Baby
2000
Executive Producer
A couple finds a baby on their doorstep with a note asking them to temporarily keep it. They take the baby in and care for it as if it were their own....

102 Dalmatians
2000
as Cruella de Vil
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely allia...

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000
as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker fo...

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
1999
as Sarah Witting
The third installment of the Sarah trilogy provides a glorious and touching story of a family drawn together by adversity. On a cold winter day a stra...

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Before he was Happy Gilmore, Little Nicky, The Waterboy, or Billy Madison, Adam Sandler was doing Saturday Night Live playing hilarious characters and...

Tarzan
1999
as Kala (voice)
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Po...

Cookie's Fortune
1999
as Camille Dixon
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

The Big Chill: A Reunion
1999
as Self
A look back at the making of the film "The Big Chill" (1983) with cast and crew.

The Lady with the Torch
1999
as Self - Host
A short history of Columbia Pictures.

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
1998
as Self - Performer
British superstar composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is feted in this 50th birthday benefit gala produced by Lloyd Webber's own theatrical company at London...

In & Out
1997
as Glenn Close
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Air Force One
1997
as Kathryn Bennett
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossibl...

In the Gloaming
1997
as Janet
Danny, dying of AIDS, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's fathe...

Paradise Road
1997
as Adrienne Pargiter
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during Wor...

Mars Attacks!
1996
as Marsha Dale
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim...

101 Dalmatians
1996
as Cruella de Vil
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.

Mary Reilly
1996
as Mrs. Farraday
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

Journey
1995
Executive Producer
Deserted by their mother, a young boy and his sister discover the true meaning of family while living with their grandfather.

Anne Frank Remembered
1995
as Diary Readings (voice)
Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this Academy Award-winning documentary tells the story of the Fr...

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995
as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen h...

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995
Executive Producer
After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen h...

The Paper
1994
as Alicia Clark
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, p...

The House of the Spirits
1993
as Ferula Trueba
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

Skylark
1993
as Sarah Witting
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the chil...

Skylark
1993
Executive Producer
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the chil...
Lincoln
1992
as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992
as Self
This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carnegie Hall. An American Musical Theatre writer for o...

Meeting Venus
1991
as Karin Anderson
Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the no...

Hook
1991
as Gutless
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and ki...

Sarah, Plain and Tall
1991
as Sarah Wheaton
Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone...

Sarah, Plain and Tall
1991
Executive Producer
Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone...

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
1991
as Gertrude (archive footage)
Mel Gibson teaches Hamlet to a group of high school drama students.

Hamlet
1990
as Gertrude
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

The Divine Garbo
1990
as Self - Host / Narrator
Profile of actress Greta Garbo, narrated by Glenn Close

Reversal of Fortune
1990
as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
as Self
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.

An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
1989
as Self
From Casey Stengel to Doc Gooden, An Amazin' Era captures all the magic and mystique surrounding 25 years of New York Mets baseball.

Immediate Family
1989
as Linda Spector
Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecti...

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...

Dangerous Liaisons
1988
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Washington Irving's eerie tale of romantic rivalry along the Hudson pits the new schoolmaster Ichabod Crane against the local hero and bully, Brom Bon...

Stones for Ibarra
1988
as Sara Everton
A couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings new life to the town and the local ways help the two of...

Electric Blue 29
1988
as (archive footage)
In addition to the usual erotic vignettes and nude photo sessions, this features steamy footage from the then-huge Fatal Attraction (1987) and a wrapa...

Fatal Attraction
1987
as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
1987
as Narrator (voice)
When the Emperor of China finds out about the beautiful music of the nightingale, he wishes to have the nightingale by his side. That is, until a new ...

An Amazin' Era
1986
as Self
From Casey Stengel to Dwight Gooden, An Amazin' Era captures all the magic and mystique surrounding 25 years of New York Mets baseball. Relive the tea...

Jagged Edge
1985
as Teddy Barnes
After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a crimina...

Maxie
1985
as Jan / Maxie
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20...

The Natural
1984
as Iris Gaines
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the lea...

The Stone Boy
1984
as Ruth Hillerman
12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in Montana. In an accident, Eugene is killed by Arnol...

Something About Amelia
1984
as Gail Bennett
Counseling helps family deal with the discovery that their child was sexually abused by the closest relative.

The Big Chill
1983
as Sarah Cooper
Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.

The World According to Garp
1982
as Jenny Fields
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns...

The Elephant Man
1982
as Princess Alexandra
A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.

Orphan Train
1979
as Jessica
A dedicated social worker organizes a train trip for a group of slum orphans in 1894, taking them from New York City to the Midwest in search of new f...

Too Far to Go
1979
as Rebecca Kuehn
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For ...

The Rules of the Game
1975
as Neighbor
Dramatist Luigi Pirandello's mordant comedy of manners tells the tale of upper-crust Italians Silia Gala and her sneering spouse, Leone, who finds his...
Encore
N/A
as Marie
A best-agers comedy about former Broadway stars at a retirement home who decide to put on a show.