Glenn Close

Movie Actress

Glenn Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States on March 19th, 1947 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 77, Glenn Close biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Glenda Veronica Close, Glennie
Date of Birth
March 19, 1947
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Age
77 years old
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Networth
$50 Million
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Television Actor, Voice Actor
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Glenn Close Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 77 years old, Glenn Close has this physical status:

Height
165cm
Weight
58kg
Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
Green
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Glenn Close Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
She is irreligious.
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
St. George’s School, Rosemary Hall, College of William & Mary
Glenn Close Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Cabot Wade ​ ​(m. 1969; div. 1971)​, James Marlas ​ ​(m. 1984; div. 1987)​, David Evans Shaw ​ ​(m. 2006; div. 2015)​
Children
Annie Starke
Dating / Affair
Mark Metcalf, William Hurt, Cabot Wade, Kevin Kline (1970), Len Cariou (1979-1983), James Marlas, John Starke (1987, Woody Harrelson (1991), Cam Neely (1992), Steve Beers (1995-1999), David Evans Shaw
Parents
William Taliaferro Close, Bettine Moore Close
Siblings
Tina Close (Sister), Jessie Close (Sister), Alexander Close (Brother)
Other Family
Tambu Misoki (Adopted brother from Africa), Brooke Shields (Second Cousin) (Actress), Edward Bennett Close (Paternal Grandfather), Elizabeth Taliaferro (Paternal Grandmother), Charles Arthur Moore, Jr. (Maternal Grandfather ), Elizabeth Hyde (Maternal Grandmother), Catherine Parr (Half First Cousin) (She was the Queen of England and Ireland (1543-1547) as the last and 6th wife of King Henry VIII)
Glenn Close Life

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actor, singer, and producer.

She is known as one of the best actresses of her generation, three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

She is a seven-time Academy Award winner and holds the record for the actress with the most nominations without a win.

Close was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2016, and Time magazine named her one of the country's top 100 individuals in 2019. At the College of William & Mary, a close major in theater and anthropology majored.

She began acting on stage with Love for Love in 1974 and then became mainly a New York stage actress until the 1980s.

Her work included Broadway productions of Barnum and The Real Thing in 1983, for which she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

She received her first film role in The World According to Garp (1982), which was followed by supporting roles in the films The Big Chill (1983) and The Natural (1984); both three actors received her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Close continued to develop herself as a leading lady in Hollywood with appearances in Fatal Attraction (1987) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988), both of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. Close received two more Tony Awards for Death and the Maiden in 1992 and 1995, as well as Sunset Boulevard.

She received her first Primetime Emmy Award in 1995 for the Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, and Reversal of Fortune (1990), 101 Dalmatians (1996), and Air Force One (1997), among other things.

In the 2000s, Close's additional television work culminated in the portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in the 2003 television film The Lion in Winter, which earned her a Golden Globe Award.

Close starred in the drama series Damages, earning her a Golden Globe Award and two other Primetime Emmy Awards from 2007 to 2012.

In a 2014 revival of A Delicate Balance, she returned to Broadway.

During this time, she received two additional Best Actress Academy Award nominations for Albert Nobbs (2011) and The Wife (2017), the latter receiving her third Golden Globe Award nomination. Close has been married three times, and she has a daughter from her time with producer John Starke.

She is the president of Trillium Productions and co-founded the FetchDog website.

She has made political contributions to Democratic politicians and has spoken out in favor of gay rights, women's rights, and mental health.

Early life and education

Glenn Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to socialite Elizabeth Hester "Bettine" and William Taliaferro Close, a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to its tyrant Mobutu Sese Seko. Tina and Jessie have two sisters, as well as two brothers Alexander (nicknamed Sandy) and Tambu Misoki, who were adopted by Close's parents while living in the Congo.

Close lived in a stone cottage on her maternal grandfather's farm in Greenwich during her childhood. Close began honing her acting skills in her youth, "I have no doubt that the days I spent running free in the evocative Connecticut countryside with an unbridled imagination, portraying whatever character our games demanded, was one of the reasons why acting has always seemed so natural to me." Although Close has a wealthy history, she has stated that her family did not wish to enroll in WASP activities. She'd also avoid mentioning her birthplace, the wealthy town Greenwich, whenever asked, because she didn't want people to believe she was a "dilettante" who didn't have to work.

Close was seven years old when her parents joined the Moral Re-Armament (MRA), a movement in which her family was active for fifteen years. Close's family lived in communal centers during this period. MRA has been portrayed as a "cult" that ruled every facet of her life, from the clothes she had to wear to what she was allowed to say. Close spent time in Switzerland while attending St. George's School and attending Rosemary Hall (now Choate Rosemary Hall), graduating in 1965. She performed with Up With People, a folk group that toured from mid-to-late 1960s, for several years. Close formed the Green Glenn Singers, a small singing group made up of herself, Jennie Dorn, and Vee Entwistle during her time in Up With People. According to the group's stated mission, the group's aim was "to write and perform songs that would give people a purpose and inspire them to live the way they were meant to live."

Closer when she was 22 years old, she moved away from MRA. "I have long [ago] excusen my parents for any of this," she said as she left the company after she said that her desire to become an actress caused her to leave the company. They had their reasons for doing what they did, and I know them. It had traumatic consequences on their children, but it was the way it is.

We all try to survive, right?

I believe it was my desire to be an actor that saved me more than anything." She studied at The College of William and Mary, a double majoring in theater and anthropology. Close's senior year of college, she was inspired to pursue a career in acting after seeing an interview with Katharine Hepburn on The Dick Cavett Show. Close began to train as a serious actor under Howard Scammon, William and Mary's long-time theater professor, who was in the college's theater department. She appeared in "The Common Glory," a summer-time outdoor drama written by Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Green during her time in Williamsburg. Phi Beta Kappa's honor society was chosen to her membership. Close has returned to William & Mary to teach and tour the theater department over the years. Close was the commencement speaker at William & Mary in 1989 and was given an honorary doctor of arts degree.

She discovered that she is closely related to Princess Diana through her 7 times grandparents, is also closely related to Clint Eastwood, and that some of her ancestors were slaveholders, as a result of her appearance on the first episode of Finding Your Roots.

Personal life

Close has been married three times, with each marriage ending in divorce. Close's first marriage, which Close has described as "sort of an arranged marriage," ended before she went to college. This marriage (from 1969 to 1971) was to Cabot Wade, a guitarist and songwriter with whom she had appeared at Up with People. She was married to businessman James Marlas from 1984 to 1987. Close began a friendship with producer John Starke, whom she had met on the set of The World According to Garp. Annie Starke's daughter, Annie Starke, was born in 1988 and is an actress. In 1991, Close and Starke were separated. Close was engaged to carpenter Steve Beers, who had worked on Sunset Boulevard in 1995; the two never married, and their friendship ended in 1999. David Evans Shaw, a Maine businessman and venture capitalist, married in February 2006, but they divorced in August 2015.

Close resides primarily in Bedford Hills, New York, and also owns a condo in the West Village as of 2016. She also owns buildings in Wellington, Florida, and Bozeman, Montana. She owned a coffee shop in Bozeman in the early 1990s but sold it in 2006. Close's apartment in The Beresford was sold for $10.2 million in 2011. She also owns a 1,000-acre ranch in Wyoming.

Trillium Productions Inc.'s president is close. Albert Nobbs, Sarah Plain and Tall, and South Pacific have all been produced by her company. Serving in Silence (1995), which was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Television Film with Barbra Streisand, was made by Barbra Streisand.

FetchDog, a dog accessories catalog and Internet portal, was co-founded by Margaret in 2007. Parts of her work were publishing blogs in which she interviewed other celebrities about their relationships with their dogs. In 2012, she sold the company.

Close was born into a Democratic family. Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, John Edwards, Angus King, and Barack Obama have all made their political contributions in favor of Democratic politicians, including Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, John Edwards, Angus King, and Barack Obama. Close also spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. She voted for Obama in the 2008 presidential election and attended his inauguration. Close blasted then-president Donald Trump's campaign "very frightening" in an interview with Andrew Marr for the BBC in 2016. In 2017, she reiterated her reservations about Trump, saying, "he doesn't stand for anything I believe in." In 2018, she ran for Kathleen Williams and Debbie Stabenow in each of their respective elections.

Since completing films and renting them out to exhibits, Close keeps all of her costumes. Madonna lent one of the dresses she wore in Dangerous Liaisons to Madonna for her 1990 VMA debut of "Vogue." In 2017, she donated her entire costume collection to Indiana University Bloomington.

Close is a New York Mets fan who has performed the national anthem at Shea Stadium and Citi Field several times since 1986.

Close has revealed that she is a religious but irreligious person due to her upbringing.

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Glenn Close Career

Career

Close began working on stage in 1974 at the age of 27. She called for a sequence of auditions through the University Resident Theatre Association and TCG in her senior year of college. She was eventually offered a callback and drafted for one season to appear in three plays at the Helen Hayes Theatre, one of Hal Prince's Love for Love directed. She made her television debut in 1975 with a small part in the anthology series Great Performances. Orphan Train and Too Far to Go were two television films directed by actress Karen Orphanage in 1979. In the latter film, Blythe Danner and Michael Moriarty appeared, while Close played Moriarty's lover.

Close's breakthrough in Hollywood in the 1980s was a breakthrough in Hollywood. Director George Roy Hill discovered Close on Broadway in 1980 and invited her to audition with Robin Williams for a part in The World According to Garp, her first film role, as well as her first Academy Award nominated appearance. Despite being just four years older, Robin Williams was Robin Williams' mother. Sarah Cooper appeared in The Big Chill, a character that director Lawrence Kasdan specifically wrote for her. The film received rave reviews and it was a financial success. Close was the third actor to be nominated for Tony, Emmy, and Oscar (Academy Award) in the same calendar year following the debut of The Big Chill. She earned her first Tony Award nomination for her appearance in the musical Barnum in 1980.

Close was cast in Robert Redford's baseball drama The Natural in 1984, and although it was a small supporting role, she received her third Oscar nomination in a row. Those who are closer to this day are Caleb Deschanel, who says, "that hat was made so the sun could come through." The sun had been shining through the back of the stadium at a particular time of day, so we waited for a certain time of day. And he had a lens that muted the people around me. It was an extremely well thought out shot. And I'm sure that's the reason I was nominated.' In the film The Stone Boy (1984), a film about a family's struggle after their youngest child inadvertently killed his older brother in a hunting accident, Close also starred opposite Robert Duvall. She continued to appear in television films in the years after, beginning with The Elephant Man, and in 1984, she appeared in critically acclaimed drama Something About Amelia, a television film about a family's sexual assault victim. In 1984, she received her first Tony Award for her film The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols.

Closer as she did not want to be stereotyped as a motherly figure, she began looking for different roles to play. She appeared in Maxie, a 1985 romantic comedy starring Mandy Patinkin. Close was received high praise and her second Golden Globe Award nomination, but the film was also weak and underperformed at the box office, despite being critically panned and underperforming at the box office. Close appeared in the 1985 film Jagged Edge, opposite Jeff Bridges. Jane Fonda had been attached to the role initially, but she was brought to Close when she requested changes in the script. Because Martin Ransohoff said she was "too ugly" for the role, she did not support Close's casting. Close eventually learned of this and said she didn't want Ransohoff to be on set while filming her scenes. Richard Marquand stayed by her side and sent Ransohoff away. Ransohoff, enraged, went to the studio to remove Close and Marquand from the picture. The studio did not accept their participation in the film, despite being ecstatic about their work in the film. Positive feedback followed Jagged Edge's $40 million spending, which equates to $40 million on a $15 million budget.

In 1988, Close played Alex Forrest, a tumultuous book editor, in Fatal Attraction. The film was a huge box-office hit, and it was the highest-grossing film of the year. Alex Forrest's role and appearance in Close to International Stardom was one of her most well-known roles; the term "bunny boiler" has also appeared in the dictionary, referring to a scene from the film. Close's head was smashed against a mirror during the re-shoot of the film. She discovered she and her daughter were just a few weeks pregnant after being rushed to the hospital. In an interview, Close said that "Fatal Attraction was actually the first segment that pulled me away from the Jenny Fields and Sarah Coopers' good, nurturing women roles." I made more preparations for the film than I've ever done." Close received her fourth Oscar nomination for this role, as well as the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress. In 1988's Dangerous Liaisons, she played a scheming aristocrat, the Marquise de Merteuil. Close's role received rave reviews for his work, and she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition, she received her first BAFTA Award nomination. She appeared in Stones for Ibarra, a television film based on Harriet Doerr's book and produced by the Hallmark company in 1988. Immediate Family (1989), a drama about a married couple struggling to adopt a child, was Close's last film role of the decade. The film was directed by Lawrence Kasdan, who had also directed her in The Big Chill.

Close in 1990, he went on to play Sunny von Bülow opposite Jeremy Irons in Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim. Although the fake Sunny von Bülow's trial involved Claus von Bülow's murder conviction, the film caused some controversy, although the real Sunny von Bülow was still in a vegetative state. Sunny's children have openly sluggish toward the film. Close played Gertrude in Franco Zeffirelli's film adaptation of Hamlet last year. It was the first Shakespeare role that Close had ever attempted on film (she appeared in 1975 in a stage performance of King Lear in Milwaukee). Close will rejoin The House of Spirits later this year, reuniteing her with Jeremy Irons. She made a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as a pirate. Sarah, Plain and Tall, a highly rated Hall of Fame television film, as well as two sequels, appeared in 1991. Close starred in Meeting Venus in 1992, earning critical acclaim and the Best Actress (Golden Ciak) at the Venice Film Festival. Close became a trustee emeritus of The Sundance Institute in the same year. She also portrayed the title of the fact-based made-for-TV film Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story in 1995, for which she received her first Primetime Emmy Award. In addition, she has performed as Mona Simpson, the Simpsons' voice, since 1995. Close was selected one of the best Simpsons guest stars by Entertainment Weekly. Close has appeared on Saturday Night Live twice, in 1989 and 1992. She received her second Tony Award for Death and the Maiden in 1992.

Norma Desmond, one of her most well-known roles on stage, was one of Close's third Tony Award-winning performances on Broadway in 1993–94. Close's role was greeted with critical acclaim. In 1994, David Richards of The New York Times wrote that "Glenn is giving one of those legendary performances that people will be talking about years from now." The actress takes drastic risks, slewinging so far out on a limb at times that you'd be concerned it would snap. It doesn't." She will re-team with Trevor Nunn, the show's director, in London, for his Royal National Theatre revival of A Streetcar Named Desire in 2002.

Close appeared in The Paper (1994), directed by Ron Howard, and in 1996 she appeared in Tim Burton's alien invasion parody Mars Attacks. (1996). In the Disney live-action smash of 101 Dalmatians the sinister Cruella de Vil appeared in the same year. Cruella de Vil's role as a Golden Globe nominee for Best Actress in a Comedy was widely lauded and she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a comedy. The film was also a commercial hit, grossing $320.6 million in theaters against a $75 million budget. She is allowed to keep any costumes from her films as long as Close's employment. The designers attempted to make copies of Close's wardrobe due to the expensive materials used, but they refused to make copies of their wardrobe and kept the originals, much to their dismay. Close appeared in another box office with Air Force One (1997), portraying the trustworthy vice president to Harrison Ford's president. In a televised interview, Ford said that the role of the vice president was already planned for a woman and that he personally selected Close for the position after meeting her at a birthday party for then-president Bill Clinton. Close will appear in the war film Paradise Road (1997) as a choir conductor of the women imprisoned by the Japanese in World War II. In 1999, Close was the voice of Kala in Disney's animated film Tarzan. Camille Dixon in Cookie's Fortune (1999), who went on to receive lauded reviews for her comedic appearance.

In the early 2000s, Close began to appear in television shows rather than doing theatrical films. In 102 Dalmatians (2000), she was named Cruella de Vil. Despite mixed reviews, the film did a good job at the box office, earning a good deal. The Safety of Objects, which premiered in 2001, a film about four suburban families struggling with maladies, was shot by a close later. This was Kristen Stewart's first film role, and Close and Stewart would later reunite in the 2015 film Anesthesia. Close appeared in Things You Can Tell Just by Looking At Her in the same year, and this will be one of many future collaborations with director Rodrigo Garcia. Claire Wellington, an uptight socialite in the comedy The Stepford Wives, opposite Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken, appeared in 2004. In the English version of Pinocchio (2002) and Granny, she played the Blue Fairy in the animated film Hoodwinked (2005). Closer films, including Le Divorce (2003) and The Chumscrubber (2005), were still in existence. In 2005, she reunited with director Rodrigo Garcia to produce Nine Lives; she would later direct Close in the film Albert Nobbs (2011). She appeared in Heights (2005), an independent drama focusing on five New Yorkers, which was released in the same year. Critics lauded Close's success.

On ABC, she appeared in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific in 2001. She appeared on Will and Grace in 2002, playing a satirical version of Annie Leibovitz, which earned her an Emmy Award for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. In the showtime produced film The Lion in Winter, Close played Eleanor of Aquitaine. Close received a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actor Guild Award for her role. Close joined FX crime show The Shield, in which she portrayed Monica Rawling, a no-nonsense precinct captain, for her first TV appearance in a series. Close said she made the correct decision because television was in a "golden era" and that some programs had already met the highest quality of film, according to Close. FX founder John Landgraf said that the network was the "first to bring a female movie star of Glenn Close's stature to television." He also credits her time on television for promoting women in television, as well as influencing other film actors to switch to the small screen.

Meryl Stenap, her previous co-star in Evening's ensemble drama, appeared in the same film in 2007. This will be Close's last theatrical film role of the decade after she first appeared in her own television series, Damages (2007). Close was asked about her contributions to independent films, and she replied, "I love the actors that gather around a good piece of writing - certainly not for the money, but for the pleasure and challenging." I've been in one scene that I thought was brilliant. My presence will also help them get money, so it's a good thing for me to give back." Close was approached by FX executives who pitched a television series for her to star in just short of her stint on The Shield. Close began his five-season career as the ruthless and creative advocate Patty Hewes on Damages. This role was greeted with rave reviews and a slew of award nominations, in addition, she went on to win two consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series. Close's win also made her the first Best Actress winner in a drama series at the Emmy's for a cable show. She rose to become one of the best-paid actresses on television, earning $200,000 per episode throughout the show's run. Patty Hewes, close to her, was the role of her life. Rose Byrne and her co-star Rose Byrne were also in touch with her co-star Rose Byrne, and the two of them have become good friends. Close said after the series ended, she would not return to television in a regular capacity, but that she was excited to do a miniseries or guest appearance. Close performed at Carnegie Hall in 2008, narrating the violin concerto The Runaway Bunny, a reader's violin and orchestra performed by Glen Roven.

Close began filming Albert Nobbs in Dublin in December 2010. She had previously won an Obie in 1982 for her part in the production on stage. She had been working on the project, in which she appeared alongside 101 Dalmatians co-star Mark Williams for nearly two decades, and she co-wrote the script and directed the film. Close said that making the film became more important for her to encourage discussion of transgender issues, "I asked myself, "Am I going to live the remainder of my life having given up on this?" 'No I won't.' And I said, 'I won't.' Any one's opinion will change, and those who are either too old or too blinkered to believe in the beauty of difference will just have to 'die off.' Close played Albert Nobbs, a woman who was living in 19th century Ireland after being sexually assaulted as a young child in the film. Although the film received mixed reviews, Close's performance received critical acclaim for being the most subtle and introverted of her career, as well as a departure from her previous roles.

Close said when asked about the fact that not having an Oscar: "I remember being surprised that I encountered some people who were actually quite hyper-ventilating about whether they were going to win or not." Because if you do the simple math, the number of people in our two unions, the number of people who work in our field, the number of people who work in our field are out of work at any given time, the number of movies that are made every year, and then you are one of five [nominees]. How can you possibly think of yourself as a loser?"

In the summer 2012 revival of the musical Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, she appeared as the "Giant" in the production. Amy Adams appeared as The Baker's Wife and Donna Murphy as The Witch on the program. Ruth played Ruth in a production of the Pirates of Penzance for the Public Theater in New York in 2014. Kevin Kline, Martin Short, and Anika Noni Rose appeared in this film. Close returned to Broadway in October 2014 in Pam MacKinnon's revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance at the John Golden Theatre. Tobias, Martha Plimpton, Julia, and Lindsay Duncan as Claire were among her co-stars. During the week ending October 25, the Golden Theatre's eight preview performances grossed $884,596, setting a new house record. The cast was praised, but mixed critiques were given regarding the performance. Close returned to film in 2014, in which she played Nova Prime Rael in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn, following her television series Damages. She has appeared in independent films 5 to 7 (2014) and Low Down (2014). Close made a cameo on Louis C.K. in 2015. Louie on FX in the season five episode "Sleepover" with John Lithgow, Michael Cera, and Matthew Broderick.

She appeared in The Great Gilly Hopkins and appeared in The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) as Dr. Caldwell, a scientist researching a cure for humanity. Norma Desmond appeared in the musical Sunset Boulevard in London's West End in April 2016. Since returning to this position twenty-three years ago, Close was received with rave reviews. Both The Times and The Daily Telegraph praised her performance and praised her performance. Close was compelled to cancel three shows due to a chest infection during the production. She was hospitalized but recovered and enjoyed the remaining shows. Close received the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance, and she was nominated for her first Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame for her performances on the stage the previous year.

Close's production of Sunset Boulevard in London has been transferred to the Palace Theatre on Broadway, with Close repriseing her role. It opened on February 9, 2017, with limited capacity, selling tickets until June 25, 2017. The 40-piece orchestra was the largest in Broadway history. Critics had lauded her Norma Desmond's new incarnation. It was described by The New York Times as "one of the finest stage performances of the century" in a single sentence. The new production received raves from Variety, Parade, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly. Close performed in Sea Oak, Amazon's half-hour comedy pilot. The pilot premiered online with viewers voting to see if Amazon wanted to produce the series. Although it had received positive feedback, it was not picked up. The Lifetime Achievement Award at the Theatre World Awards was also awarded in 2017. Close appeared in What Happened to Monday, a Netflix science fiction thriller, starring Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe. She was reunited with actor John Malkovich (co-star in The Lion in Winter) and Patrick Stewart (co-star in The Lion in Winter) and co-star in The Wilde Wedding) and co-starred in Crooked House, a film adaptation of Agatha Christie's book version.

Close's debut in the 2018 drama The Wife, which had premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, has received acclaim. The film stars Close as Joan Castleman, who doubts her life choices as she and her husband fly to Stockholm, where he is expected to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Close's mother, Annie Starke, appears in the film as a younger version of Castleman. Close received the Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for her seventh Academy Award nomination, her fourth time in the Best Actress category, which has made her the most nominated actress in the category without a win. She was widely expected to win the Oscar, the first of her career, but she lost to Olivia Colman for The Favourite. Close also received a nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role, her second in total, which she also lost to Colman. Close returned to the stage in 2018, where she appeared in the Off-Broadway play Mother of the Maid at the Public Theater in New York City from September to December.

Close appeared in Netflix's film adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy in 2020, reuniting with Ron Howard and starring Amy Adams. Close, despite the fact that it was released on Netflix on November 24, 2020, received mixed-to-negative critical feedback for her role. Close's Richard Roeper praised Close for her "masterful, screen-commanding, pitch-perfect appearance," while Pete Travers of ABC News said that "Hillbilly Elegy" is never less than alive" and that "as long as Close is being a "simply spectacular storm (her appearance is actually quite elaborate), "simply superb" and Owen Gleiberman at ABC News described her "simply spectacular") is never less than alive." She received the San Francisco International Film Festival Award for Acting and another Academy Award, Golden Globe, and a SAG Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role. Close also received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for Hillbilly Elegy, making her her third performer—after James Coco for Only When I Laugh and Amy Irving for Yentl—both get an Oscar nomination and a Razzie award for the same role.

Close co-starred with Mila Kunis in the drama Four Good Days, directed by Rodrigo Garca and shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020. Close was an executive producer with Emma Stone for Cruella, a Disney live-action spin-off/prequel to One Hundred and One Dalmatians directed by Craig Gillespie in 2021. Stone plays Cruella de Vil, the titular character from Close's 1996 live-action version and its 2000 sequel). Close was on stage with Mahershala Ali in the Apple TV+ drama film Swan Song the same year.

Although the film version of the musical Sunset Boulevard is expected to be backstage, Norma Desmond's stage role is expected to reprise her stage appearance in a film version of the musical Sunset Boulevard. She will be seen in season two of the Apple TV+ drama series Tehran. She will also be seen in the forthcoming film Brothers alongside Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage. Close will star Octavia Spencer and Andra Day in upcoming exorcism drama directed by Lee Daniels in 2022.

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Will the new Bridget Jones film finally drop the fat-shaming? Renee Zellweger 'piled on the pounds' twice to play the character who worried about 'dying fat and alone' despite being a size 12

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 10, 2024
As Bridget Jones 4 has been confirmed FEMAIL looks at the murkier side to the franchise-Bridget's weight.The character was routinely fat-shamed for appearing as an average-sized woman in the first two films in 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary (left) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2004 (centre) before reaching her 'ideal weight' in third film Bridget Jones's Baby in 2016 (right) While Renee Zellweger 'dramatic transformation' to play the part made headlines in the past, despite weighing just over 61 kg. Which led many to have wondered if the new lick will finally drop the fat-shaming?

Patti LuPone REIGNITES feud with 'narcissistic, insecure' Andrew Lloyd Webber - 30 YEARS after he fired her from Sunset Boulevard musical to replace her with Glenn Close

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 4, 2024
Patti LuPone has reignited her feud with Andrew Lloyd Webber, 30 years after he banned her from his musical of Sunset Boulevard. Despite the fact that Patti appeared in the original London run of the show and was slated to reprise her role in New York, she was replaced for Broadway by Glenn Close. Patti argued with Andrew, who regained $1 million, which she used to build what she referred to as the Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool at her country house.

According to the golden ratio, these are the most popular grey-haired celebrities in the world

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 31, 2024
Among the group of actors known for their acting chops but also for their grey hair is George Clooney, Hugh Grant, and Daniel Day-Lewis. They are part of a group of often older men who have aged well and are regarded as silver foxes due to their hair color. Now, using the golden ratio, which is a list of proportions that some people use to determine attractiveness, and analyzing internet searches, Slingo has assembled a list of the most attractive silver vixens. Meryl Street, Glenn Close, Andie McDowell, photograph (andie McDowell).
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