Glenn Close

Career timeline

1. 1947 · Born

   Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

2. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Simpsons (TV)

4. 2011 · Writing debut

   Albert Nobbs (Movie)

5. 2011 · First production

   Albert Nobbs (Movie)

6. 2026 · Latest release

   LA BOLA NEGRA (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1950s

1 1970s

9 1980s

17 1990s

12 2000s

16 2010s

15 2020s

• Drama37
• Comedy32
• Family10
• Thriller10
• Romance10
• Crime9

Highest-rated title The West Wing 1999 8.3 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

1. 2026 The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Upcoming as Drusilla Sickle Movie
2. 2026 LA BOLA NEGRA as Isabelle Durand 8.0 Movie
3. 2026 Animal Farm as Frieda Pilkington (voice) 6.3 Movie
4. 2025 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Martha Delacroix 7.2 Movie
5. 2025 All's Fair as Dina Standish 5.0 TV
6. 2025 The Summer Book as Grandmother 7.0 Movie
7. 2025 Back in Action as Ginny 6.4 Movie
8. 2024 Brothers as Cath Munger 5.9 Movie
9. 2024 The Deliverance as Alberta Jackson 6.0 Movie
10. 2023 Heart of Stone as King of Diamonds 6.7 Movie
11. 2022 The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window as The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited) 6.5 TV
12. 2021 Swan Song as Dr. Eve Scott 7.1 Movie
13. 2021 Four Good Days as Deb 6.8 Movie
14. 2020 Hillbilly Elegy as Mamaw 6.7 Movie
15. 2020 Tehran as Marjan Montazeri 7.5 TV
16. 2018 3Below: Tales of Arcadia as Mother (voice) 7.5 TV
17. 2017 Father Figures as Helen Baxter 5.8 Movie
18. 2017 The Wilde Wedding as Eve Wilde 5.1 Movie
19. 2017 Crooked House as Lady Edith de Haviland 6.4 Movie
20. 2017 What Happened to Monday as Nicolette Cayman 7.1 Movie
21. 2017 The Wife as Joan Castleman 7.1 Movie
22. 2016 The Girl with All the Gifts as Dr. Caroline Caldwell 6.6 Movie
23. 2016 Warcraft as Alodi (uncredited) 6.4 Movie
24. 2016 Anesthesia as Marcia Zarrow 5.7 Movie
25. 2015 The Great Gilly Hopkins as Nonnie Hopkins 6.6 Movie
26. 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy as Nova Prime 7.9 Movie
27. 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Bonnie Vance 7.8 TV
28. 2014 5 to 7 as Arlene Bloom 7.1 Movie
29. 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage) 7.5 Movie
30. 2011 Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs 6.3 Movie
31. 2011 Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil as Granny (voice) 5.2 Movie
32. 2007 Damages as Patty Hewes 7.5 TV
33. 2007 Evening as Mrs. Wittenborn 5.8 Movie
34. 2005 Hoodwinked! as Granny (voice) 6.3 Movie
35. 2005 Nine Lives as Maggie 6.1 Movie
36. 2005 Tarzan II as Kala (voice) 6.1 Movie
37. 2005 The Chumscrubber as Carrie Johnson 6.5 Movie
38. 2004 The Stepford Wives as Claire Wellington 5.7 Movie
39. 2003 Le Divorce as Olivia Pace 4.9 Movie
40. 2002 The Safety of Objects as Esther Gold 6.5 Movie
41. 2002 The Shield as Captain Monica Rawling 8.2 TV
42. 2000 102 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil 5.5 Movie
43. 2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") 5.8 Movie
44. 1999 The West Wing as Evelyn Baker Lang 8.3 TV
45. 1999 Tarzan as Kala (voice) 7.4 Movie
46. 1999 Cookie's Fortune as Camille Dixon 6.4 Movie
47. 1999 Family Guy as Glenn Close (voice) 7.4 TV
48. 1998 Will & Grace as Fannie Lieber 6.9 TV
49. 1997 In & Out as Glenn Close (uncredited) 6.5 Movie
50. 1997 Air Force One as Kathryn Bennett 6.5 Movie
51. 1997 Paradise Road as Adrienne Pargiter 6.3 Movie
52. 1996 Mars Attacks! as Marsha Dale 6.4 Movie
53. 1996 101 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil 5.9 Movie
54. 1996 Mary Reilly as Mrs. Farraday 5.8 Movie
55. 1994 Ellen as Glenn Close 6.2 TV
56. 1994 The Paper as Alicia Clark 6.6 Movie
57. 1993 The House of the Spirits as Ferula Trueba 6.9 Movie
58. 1991 Hook as Gutless 6.8 Movie
59. 1990 Hamlet as Gertrude 6.6 Movie
60. 1990 Reversal of Fortune as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator 6.7 Movie
61. 1989 The Simpsons as Mona Simpson (voice) 8.0 TV
62. 1988 Dangerous Liaisons as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil 7.2 Movie
63. 1988 American Experience as Self - Narrator (voice) 6.5 TV
64. 1987 Fatal Attraction as Alex Forrest 6.8 Movie
65. 1985 Jagged Edge as Teddy Barnes 6.3 Movie
66. 1984 The Natural as Iris Gaines 6.9 Movie
67. 1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited) 6.4 Movie
68. 1983 The Big Chill as Sarah Cooper 6.8 Movie
69. 1982 The World According to Garp as Jenny Fields 6.7 Movie
70. 1971 Great Performances as Neighbor 6.1 TV
71. 1956 Tony Awards as Hillary Clinton TV
72. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sara Everton TV

1. 2025 The Summer Book 7.0 Movie
2. 2021 Cruella 8.0 Movie
3. 2011 Albert Nobbs 6.3 Movie

1. 2025 All's Fair 5.0 TV
2. 2017 The Wilde Wedding 5.1 Movie

1. 2011 Albert Nobbs 6.3 Movie

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