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How many Oscars has Glenn Close won?

LEGENDARY actress Glenn Close is one of the many celebrities nominated for an Oscar at this year’s Academy Award.

Close, 74, got glammed up in a Los Angeles hotel room as she got ready for the big award night .

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Actress Glenn Close is nominated for Supporting Actress at the 2021 Academy Awards[/caption]

How many Oscars has Glenn Close won?

The 74-year-old movie legend’s resume stands head and shoulder above other actresses.

Throughout her career, Close has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, however, she has yet to win an Oscar.

Close will be looking to win her first ever Oscar at this years Academy Award.

Close updated her fans on Instagram on her big day, sharing a photo of herself getting glammed up in a Los Angeles hotel room as she cheered to the camera with a glass of some liquid courage.

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The legendary movie star has never won an Oscar in her career[/caption]

Is Close nominated for an Oscar in 2021?

Close is she’s up for Supporting Actress for her performance in Hillbilly Elegy.

This year will be Close’s eighth Academy Award nomination, a record for the most acting nominations without a win.

She’ll look to finally win the award that has escaped her grasps since she was first nominated for an Oscar in 1983.

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Close is up for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Bonnie ‘Mamaw’ Vance on Hillbilly Elegy[/caption]

What was her role in Hillbilly Elegy?

Released in 2020, Hillbilly Elegy is a memoir about J.D. Vance, who grew up in a Rust Belt town in Ohio, in a family from the hills of eastern Kentucky.

The film details the social isolation, poverty and addiction that afflict poor white communities.

The film featured the follow actors:

  • Gabriel Basso as J.D. Vance, Bev’s son and Mamaw’s grandson.
  • Owen Asztalos as young J.D.
  • Amy Adams as Beverly “Bev” Vance, J.D.’s mother and Mamaw’s daughter.
  • Tierney Smith as young Bev
  • Close as Bonnie “Mamaw” Vance, J.D.’s grandmother and Bev’s mother.
  • Sunny Mabrey as young Bonnie
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Close has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards throughout her career[/caption]


  • Haley Bennett as Lindsay Vance, J. D.’s sister, Mamaw’s granddaughter and Bev’s daughter.
  • Freida Pinto as Usha
  • Bo Hopkins as Papaw Vance

Hillbilly Elegy began a limited theatrical release in the US on November 11, 2020, before streaming on Netflix starting November 24.

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