Glenn Close Biography

Biography

“Fatal Attraction” (1987) that her name became widely recognized around the globe which automatically boosted her career increasingly. Totally changed her screen persona in this disturbing thriller flick to a menacingly vengeful and psychotic woman named Alex Forrest, she satisfyingly garnered tremendous accolades from both critics and audience.

Once more received an Oscar nomination at its 1988 event through that film, this time for the category of Best Actress, Glenn scored the same attainment a year later for her portrayal as a manipulative aristocrat in “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988) opposite John Malkovich, but again failed to bring home the award. Even so, her star indeed still shone brightly for she managed to be cast in some high-profile movies of various genres throughout the half of 1990s, such as “Hamlet” (1990), “The House of the Spirits” (1993), and “The Paper” (1994). During this period, she kept collecting honors either from her stage appearances or screen performances, obtaining two other Tony Awards for Best Actress category and winning one out of three Emmy Awards nominations while also being the nominee of Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Spent the rest of the 90s to be involved in several smash hit ...

** Glenn Close biography continues below **

** Glenn Close biography continues now**

pictures, like the live action version of “101 Dalmatians” (1996), “Mars Attacks!” (1996), and “Air Force One” (1997), Glenn welcomed the third millennium with her strong enactment in “Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her” (2000) alongside Cameron Diaz plus Calista Flockhart. Reprised her role as Cruella de Vil in “102 Dalmatians” (2000), she crossed to NBC's acclaimed comedy series of “Will & Grace” (1998-2006) to be a guest role there and surprisingly got an Emmy Award nomination in 2002 for the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in A Comedy Series. Her status as a qualified Hollywood actress grew stronger when she was cast to play Eleanor of Aquitaine in “The Lion in Winter” (2003) for she gloriously grabbed two prestigious film credits of Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actor Guild Awards in 2005 after previously being nominated for another Emmy in 2004.

Enthusiastically joined the 2004 remake of “The Stepford Wives” along with Nicole Kidman, Glenn apparently put more of her focus on big screen productions as she later was seen in “Heights” (2004), “Nine Lives” (2005), and “The Chumscrubber” (2005) while only appeared briefly in FX Networks' program, “The Shield” (2002). Fabulously scored one more nomination ...