The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Glenn Close.
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Glenn Close is an American actress known for her extensive roles on stage and screen. Over her lengthy prolific career she has received numerous accolades for acting including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards, three Grammy Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. Additionally, she has been nominated eight times for an Academy Award, holding the record for the most Oscar nominations in an acting category without a win (tied with Peter O'Toole).
Close is one of the five most-nominated actresses in Academy history.[1] She has received eight Academy Award nominations for her roles as feminist mother in The World According to Garp (1982), a baby boomer in The Big Chill (1983), the romantic interest in The Natural (1984), a psychotic ex-lover in Fatal Attraction (1987), noblewoman in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), an English butler in Albert Nobbs (2011), the titular wife in The Wife (2018), and a grandmother in Hillbilly Elegy (2020). She won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for The Wife (2018).
For her performances on television she received three Primetime Emmy Awards, her first for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for playing Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer in the NBC film Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995), followed by two consecutive wins for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as a brilliant and ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes in the FX legal drama series Damages (2007–2010). She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for playing Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Showtime film The Lion in Winter (2003).
On stage, Close won three Tony Awards for her roles on Broadway, two for Best Actress in a Play for playing a woman engaging in an affair in the Tom Stoppard play The Real Thing (1984) and a former political prisoner in the Ariel Dorfman play Death and the Maiden (1992) with her latest win for Best Actress in a Musical portraying the fictional former silent-film star Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). She reprised the role on the West End stage earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2017.
Major associations
edit- 0 wins out of 8 nominations
Year | Category | Work | Result | Winner | Ref. |
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1982 | Best Supporting Actress | The World According to Garp | Nominated | Jessica Lange (Tootsie) | [2] |
1983 | The Big Chill | Nominated | Linda Hunt (The Year of Living Dangerously) | [3] | |
1984 | The Natural | Nominated | Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India) | [4] | |
1987 | Best Actress | Fatal Attraction | Nominated | Cher (Moonstruck) | [5] |
1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Nominated | Jodie Foster (The Accused) | [6] | |
2011 | Albert Nobbs | Nominated | Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) | [7] | |
2018 | The Wife | Nominated | Olivia Colman (The Favourite) | [8] | |
2020 | Best Supporting Actress | Hillbilly Elegy | Nominated | Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) | [9] |
- 0 wins out of 2 nominations
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
1990 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Dangerous Liaisons[a] | Nominated | [10] |
2019 | The Wife | Nominated | [11] |
- 3 wins out of 14 nominations
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1984 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Something About Amelia | Nominated | [12] |
1991 | Outstanding Limited Series (as executive producer) | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Nominated | [13] |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated | |||
1993 | Skylark | Nominated | [14] | |
1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Won | [15] | |
Outstanding Television Movie (as executive producer) | Nominated | |||
1997 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | In the Gloaming | Nominated | [16] |
2002 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Will and Grace (episode: "Hocus Focus") | Nominated | [17] |
2004 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | The Lion in Winter | Nominated | [18] |
2005 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | The Shield (episode: "Hurt") | Nominated | [19] |
2008 | Damages (episode: "Get Me a Lawyer") | Won | [20] | |
2009 | Damages (episode: "Trust Me") | Won | [21] | |
2010 | Damages (episode: "Your Secrets Are Safe") | Nominated | [22] | |
2012 | Damages (episode: "I've Done Way Too Much for This Girl") | Nominated | [23] |
- 3 wins out of 16 nominations
- 0 wins out of 3 nominations
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Best Spoken Word Album | The Real Thing (with Jeremy Irons) | Nominated | [25] |
1988 | Best Recording for Children[b] | The Emperor and the Nightingale | Nominated | [26] |
1989 | Best Recording for Children[b] | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Nominated | [27] |
- 2 wins out of 10 nominations
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Nominated | [28] |
1997 | In the Gloaming | Nominated | [29] | |
2004 | The Lion in Winter | Won | [30] | |
2007 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Damages (season one) | Nominated | [31] |
2009 | Damages (season two) | Nominated | [32] | |
2010 | Damages (season three) | Nominated | [33] | |
2011 | Damages (season four) | Nominated | [34] | |
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role | Albert Nobbs | Nominated | ||
2018 | The Wife | Won | [35] | |
2020 | Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role | Hillbilly Elegy | Nominated | [36] |
- 0 wins out of 1 nominations
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Best Actress in a Musical | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated | [37] |
- 3 win out of 4 nominations
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Barnum | Nominated | [38] |
1984 | Best Actress in a Play | The Real Thing | Won | [39] |
1992 | Death and the Maiden | Won | [40] | |
1995 | Best Actress in a Musical | Sunset Boulevard | Won | [41] |
Other theatre awards
editOrganizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Drama Desk Awards | 1992 | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Death and the Maiden | Nominated | |
1995 | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sunset Boulevard | Won | ||
Evening Standard Awards | 2016 | Best Musical Performance | Sunset Boulevard | Won | |
Obie Awards | 1982 | Best Actress in a Play | The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs | Won |
Miscellaneous awards
editYear | Association | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
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1982 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | The World According to Garp | Won | |
National Board of Review | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up | |||
New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up | |||
1985 | Saturn Award | Best Actress | Maxie | Nominated | |
1987 | Goldene Kamera Award | Best Actress | Fatal Attraction | Won | |
David di Donatello – Award | Best Foreign Actress | Nominated | |||
People's Choice Award | Favorite Motion Picture Actress | Won | |||
1988 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Actress | Dangerous Liaisons | Nominated | |
Goldene Kamera Award | Best Actress | Won | |||
1990 | David di Donatello Award | Best Foreign Actress | Hamlet | Nominated | |
1991 | Venice Film Festival | Best Actress | Meeting Venus | Won | |
1996 | BE Award | Favorite Actor/Actress – Family Film | 101 Dalmatians | Won | |
Satellite Award | Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominated | |||
Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
Online Film and Television Award | Best Comedy Musical Actress | Nominated | [42] | ||
1997 | BE Award | Favorite Supporting Actress Action/Adventure Film | Air Force One | Won | |
CableACE Award | Guest Actress in a Dramatic Special/Series | In the Gloaming | Won | ||
Online Film and Television Award | Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries[c] | Won | [43] | ||
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror Actress | Mars Attacks! | Nominated | [42] | ||
1997 | Satellite Award | Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy | 101 Dalmatians | Nominated | |
1998 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | In the Gloaming | Nominated | ||
2000 | Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy | 102 Dalmatians | Nominated | ||
2002 | Online Film and Television Award | Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Will & Grace | Nominated | [44] |
2004 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | The Lion in Winter | Won | [45] | |
Online Film and Television Award | The West Wing | Won | [45] | ||
2005 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | The Shield | Nominated | [46] | |
Locarno IFF | Bronze Leopard Award for Best Actress[c] | Nine Lives | Won | ||
Gotham Independent Film Award | Best Ensemble Cast | Nominated | |||
2008 | Online Film and Television Award | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Damages | Nominated | [47] |
Television Critics Association | Individual Achievement in Drama | Nominated | |||
2009 | Nominated | ||||
Online Film and Television Award | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated | [48][49] | ||
2010 | Nominated | ||||
Gracie Award | Outstanding Female Lead in a Drama Series | Won | |||
2011 | AACTA International Award | Best Actress | Albert Nobbs | Nominated | |
Houston Film Critics Society | Best Original Song | Nominated | |||
Irish Film & Television Award | Best International Actress | Won | |||
Best Film[d] | Nominated | ||||
Best Script for Film[e] | Nominated | ||||
Phoenix Film Society Award | Best Actress | Nominated | |||
Tokyo International Film Festival Award | Best Actress | Won | |||
Women Film Critics Circle Award | Courage in Acting | Won | |||
2011 | Satellite Award | Best Actress | Albert Nobbs | Nominated | |
Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with John Banville) | Nominated | ||||
Best Original Song | "Lay Your Head Down" (from Albert Nobbs) | Won | |||
2013 | Online Film and Television Award | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Damages | Nominated | [50] |
2014 | Phoenix Film Society Award | Best Ensemble Acting | Guardians of the Galaxy | Nominated | |
2018 | AARP Movies for Grownups Award | Best Actress | The Wife | Won | |
Critics' Choice Movie Award | Best Actress [f] | Won | |||
Gotham Independent Film Award | Best Actress | Nominated | |||
Hollywood Film Award | Best Actress | Won | |||
Independent Spirit Award | Best Female Lead | Won | |||
Palm Springs International Film Festival | Icon Award | Won | |||
San Diego Film Critics Society Award | Best Actress | Won | |||
2018 | Satellite Award | Best Actress Motion Picture – Drama | The Wife | Won | |
2020 | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Hillbilly Elegy | Nominated | [51] |
Critics' Choice Movie Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
Hollywood Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [52] | ||
Music City Film Critics' Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [53] | ||
Nevada Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [54] | ||
San Francisco International Film Festival | Acting Award | Won | [55] | ||
Sunset Circle Awards | Best Actress | Runner-up | [56] | ||
Best Ensemble | Runner-up |
Honorary awards
editOrganizations | Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
New York Women in Film & TV | 1989 | Muse Award | Honored | |
Sho/West Convention USA | 1989 | Female Star of the Year | Honored | |
Hasty Pudding Theatricals | 1990 | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year | Honored | |
Women in Film | 2001 | Crystal Award | Honored | |
GLAAD | 2002 | GLAAD Excellence in Media Award | Honored | |
Gotham Award | 2003 | Tribute Award | Honored | |
Common Wealth Award | 2008 | Outstanding Achievement in the Dramatic Arts | Honored | |
Hollywood Walk of Fame | 2009 | Motion Picture Star | Honored | [57] |
Mill Valley Film Festival | 2011 | Tribute Award | Honored | [58] |
San Sebastián IFF | 2011 | Donostia Award | Honored | [59] |
Hollywood Film Awards | 2011 | Career Achievement Award | Honored | |
Chase Community Giving | 2012 | American Giving Award | Honored | |
New York Women in Communications | 2012 | Matrix Award | Honored | |
Palm Springs IFF | 2012 | Career Achievement Award | Honored | [60] |
Sundance Film Festival | 2014 | Vanguard Leadership Award | Honored | [61] |
American Theater Hall of Fame | 2016 | Inductee | Honored | |
Zurich Film Festival | 2017 | Golden Icon Award | Honored | |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2019 | Maltin Modern Master Award | Honored | |
Variety Creative Impact Awards | 2021 | Creative Impact in Acting Award | Honored | [62] |
Academic honors
editOrganizations | Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
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Choate Rosemary Hall | 1982 | Rosemary Hall Alumnae Award | Honored | |
College of William and Mary | 1989 | Honorary Doctor of Arts | Honored | |
Mount Holyoke College | 1989 | Honoary Doctor of Humane Letters | Honored | |
Queen's University | 2013 | Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree | Honored | |
Bates College | 2014 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts | Honored | [63] |
Notes
edit- ^ Dangerous Liaisons was released in the UK in 1989 (1988 in US).
- ^ a b Credited as narrator.
- ^ Credited as producer
- ^ Shared with John Banville
- ^ Tied with Lady Gaga for A Star Is Born
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External links
edit- Official Golden Globes website
- Oscar.org (official Academy Award site)
- The Academy Awards Database (official site)