Ms. Close’s accomplished artistic career spans almost 35 years. In that time she has been nominated for and won numerous accolades including Academy, Emmy®, Tony®, Golden Globe and SAG Awards.  Just recently, Ms. Close won the 2008 Emmy® Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Damages.  She made her professional theater and Broadway debut with the New Phoenix Repertory Company in Love for Love in 1974.  In 1980 Ms. Close was nominated for her first Tony® Award for her role in Barnum and went on to win Tonys® for her performances in The Real Thing, Death And The Maiden and her role as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Sunset Boulevard. 

Ms. Close’s film debut came in 1982 as Jenny Fields in John Irving’s The World According to Garp, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, followed by Oscar nominations for The Big Chill and The Natural.  Her unforgettable performance as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction and her subtly crafted characterization of the Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons garnered her fourth and fifth Oscar nominations.  Ms. Close has also starred in many television shows and miniseries including FX’s groundbreaking drama The Shield for which she received an Emmy® nomination as well as FX’s original series Damages for which she won the 2007 Golden Globe as well as Emmy® and Screen Actor’s Guild nominations.  Additionally, Ms. Close has also served as executive producer/producer on a number of projects.