Glenn Closes 10 Best Performances Ranked By Rotten Tomatoes
Glenn Close’s 10 Best Performances, Ranked By Rotten Tomatoes
Glenn Close is one of the best actors on the planet. Here are her 10 greatest performances, ranked by their Rotten Tomatoes scores.
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Glenn Close is one of the greatest performers of our generation. She began her career in theater starring in Broadway and off-Broadway shows, then seamlessly transitioned into film and television. This actress has won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards, Tony Awards, and Golden Globes. Glenn Close has earned seven Academy Award nominations throughout her career, making her the actress with the most nominations without ever winning.
Close seems to have the ability to play anything and she does, giving her resume a lot of variety and exposing her talent to different fanbases around the world. This actor has given some incredible performances in the last forty years, and here are some of her best.
10 The Big Chill (68%)
This dark comedy is about a group of college friends who reunite fifteen years after graduation when one of their friends dies by suicide. In the film, Glenn Close plays Sarah Cooper who is married to Harold, played by Kevin Kline.
They are the first to hear the news about their friend Alex, who took his life in Harold and Sarah’s vacation home he was staying in. The friends reunite in that same home and stay there for the weekend to reminisce, grieve, and sort out some things in their lives.
9 Fatal Attraction (75%)
For her work in this psychological thriller, Glenn Close received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination. Fatal Attraction was adapted from writer and director’s short film, Diversion.
It tells the story of a man named Dan, played by Michael Douglas, who has an affair with a woman, Glenn Close’s character, Alex. Dan tries to end things with Alex feeling guilty and knowing it’s wrong but she becomes obsessed and refuses to let him go quietly.
8 Hamlet (76%)
This 1990 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic play stars Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, and Helena Bonham Carter. Gibson plays the iconic title role and Close plays Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. Hamlet seeks revenge on his uncle for the murder of his father.
What complicates matters is that Gertrude marries Hamlet’s uncle shortly after her first husband is killed. She shows little regret for her actions and hardly any suspicion toward her new husband, which infuriates Hamlet even more and drives him to madness.
7 The World According To Garp (78%)
The World According to Gary is a comedy-drama starring Robin Williams in the title role and Glenn Close as his mother, Jenny Fields. This was Glenn Close’s first film role and it earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a supporting role.
The film tells the story of Jenny’s illegitimate son, Garp. The film has themes of sexuality and feminism, as well as art and the importance of family and is considered a success by most critics.
6 The Natural (81%)
The Natural is a 1984 sports drama based on the novel by the same name. The film stars Robert Redford as the main character Roy Hobbs, who gains popularity thanks to his natural baseball talent. Glenn Close plays Iris, Roy’s teenage girlfriend, who he leaves behind to pursue his baseball career.
This is another film on the list that earned Glenn Close a lot of praise, including another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a supporting role.
5 The Wife (85%)
The Wife is a dramatic feature film based on the novel by the same name. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 and was released in theaters a year later in 2018.
The film garnered a lot of praise and Glenn Close received even more for her portrayal of a woman questioning her life as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, who is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in literature. Many fans and critics believe Glenn Close was snubbed at the 2018 Academy Awards, where she was nominated for Best Actress.
4 The Paper (88%)
This story takes place in a twenty-four hour period and tells the story of a newspaper team frantically searching for clues to a police cover-up when two businessmen are murdered in New York City.
The team consists of Henry Hackett, played by Michael Keaton, Bernie White, played by Robert Duvall, and Alicia Clark, played by Glenn Close. In addition to finding this story, these characters are also going through their own personal dramas, which are interwoven into the story, causing even more chaos.
3 Damages (91%)
This legal thriller television series is one of Glenn Close’s only major television credits as a series regular and star of a show. The series centers around Close’s character, Patty Hewes, a touch and well-respected lawyer.
Hewes and her protege, Ellen Parsons, played by Rose Byrne, work together at the former’s law firm, and each new season focuses on one case these women are working together to solve. It also focuses on the complex relationship between Patty and Ellen.
2 Guardians Of The Galaxy (91%)
This superhero film, based on the Marvel comic books by the same name, was released by Disney in 2014. Guardians of the Galaxy was the highest-grossing superhero movie of 2014 and the third most commercially successful film overall for the year.
Praised by critics and fans, Guardians of the Galaxy boasts an impressive cast, including Glenn Close as Irani Rael, the leader of the Nova Corps whose mission is to keep peace and protect their own.
1 Dangerous Liaisons (93%)
Dangerous Liaisons is a romantic period drama based on the play, Les Liaisons dangereuses, which was adapted from the French novel by the same name. The film stars Glenn Close as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, John Malkovich as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Madame Marie de Tourvel.
Dangerous Liaisons follows these people as they plot against one another while seeking revenge for their broken hearts or some entertainment at another’s expense.
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