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Glenn Close

  • Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
  • Birthday: March 19, 1947

Seemingly born atop the Hollywood A-list, actress Glenn Close established herself as one of the finest performers of her generation – or any other, for that matter – with her first film, “The World According to Garp” (1982), for which she earned the first of several Oscar nominations. For the rest of the 1980s, Close quickly became a top leading actress who eventually achieved infamy with her portrayal of a psychotic woman avenging a lost affair in one of the decade’s most notorious movies, “Fatal Attraction” (1987). Unlike most f…more

Credits

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Music
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Career Milestones

  • 2009

    Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (January)

  • 2007 to 0000

    Cast as ruthless litigator Patty Hewes in the FX legal drama, "Damages"; earned a 2008 SAG nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series

  • 2005

    Appeared in Rodrigo Garcia's "Nine Lives," an ensemble feature about nine short, loosely intertwining tales

  • 2005

    Joined the cast of FX's "The Shield" in season four, playing the new captain of the Farmington precinct; earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series

  • 2004

    Cast opposite Nicole Kidman and Bette Midler in the remake of ''The Stepford Wives,'' Bryan Forbes' 1975 cult classic about upper-crust women being replaced by robots with sunny dispositions

Awards

  • 2009

    Primetime Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

  • 2008

    Golden Globe Award: Best Actress in a Drama Series

  • 2008

    Primetime Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

  • 2005

    Golden Globe Award: Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

  • 2005

    Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Upcoming Appearances

In Damages

Sunday, Nov 29 at 12:00 am FX

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