List of awards and nominations received by Glenn Close

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Glenn Close awards and nominations

Close at the 84th Academy Awards in 2012
Totals Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 0 8 British Academy Film Awards 0 2 Golden Globe Awards 3 16 Grammy Awards 0 3 Primetime Emmy Awards 3 14 Satellite Awards 2 7 Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 10 Tony Awards 3 4 Other awards 34 58
Wins	47
Nominations	118

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

Academy Awards

0 wins out of 8 nominations

Year	Category	Work	Result	Winner	Ref.
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]

BAFTA Awards

0 wins out of 2 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1990	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Dangerous Liaisons[a]	Nominated	[10]
2019		The Wife	Nominated	[11]

Emmy Awards

3 wins out of 14 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
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]

Golden Globe Awards

3 wins out of 16 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1984	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Something About Amelia	Nominated	[24]
1985	Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Maxie	Nominated	[24]
1987	Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama	Fatal Attraction	Nominated	[24]
1991	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Nominated	[24]
1995		Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story	Nominated	[24]
	Best Miniseries or Television Film (executive producer)		Nominated	[24]
1996	Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	101 Dalmatians	Nominated	[24]
2004	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	The Lion in Winter	Won	[24]
2005	Best Actress in a TV Drama Series	The Shield	Nominated	[24]
2007		Damages	Won	[24]
2009			Nominated	[24]
2011	Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama	Albert Nobbs	Nominated	[24]
	Best Original Song	"Lay Your Head Down" (from Albert Nobbs)	Nominated	[24]
2013	Best Actress in a TV Drama Series	Damages	Nominated	[24]
2019	Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama	The Wife	Won	[24]
2021	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Hillbilly Elegy	Nominated	[24]

Grammy Awards

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		The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Nominated	[27]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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]

Laurence Olivier Awards

0 wins out of 1 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Actress in a Musical	Sunset Boulevard	Nominated	[37]

Tony Awards

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

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Drama Desk Awards	1992	Outstanding Actress in a Play	Death and the Maiden	Nominated
	1995	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Sunset Boulevard	Won
Drama League Awards	1992	Distinguished Performance	Death and the Maiden	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

Year	Association	Category	Project	Result	Ref.
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
	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Supporting Actress		Nominated	[57]

Honorary awards

Organizations	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	[58]
Mill Valley Film Festival	2011	Tribute Award	Honored	[59]
San Sebastián IFF	2011	Donostia Award	Honored	[60]
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	[61]
Sundance Film Festival	2014	Vanguard Leadership Award	Honored	[62]
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	[63]

Academic honors

Organizations	Year	Award	Result	Ref.
Choate Rosemary Hall	1982	Rosemary Hall Alumnae Award	Honored
College of William and Mary	1989	Honorary Doctor of Arts	Honored
Mount Holyoke College	1989	Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters	Honored
Queen's University	2013	Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree	Honored
Bates College	2014	Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts	Honored	[64]

Notes

1. Dangerous Liaisons was released in the UK in 1989 (1988 in US).
2. Credited as narrator.
3. Shared
4. Credited as producer
5. Shared with John Banville
6. Tied with Lady Gaga for A Star Is Born