Glenn Close wins best actress Emmy for "Damages"

Name: Glenn Close
Height: 5'7''
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: March 19, 1947
Birth Place: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Profession: Actress, Musician, Producer
Education: Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut
St. George's School, Switzerland

College of William and Mary; B.A. (majored in Drama and Anthropology)
Husband/Wife: David Shaw (biotechnology enterpreneur; married on February 3, 2006 in Maine), James Marlas (business executive; married in 1984; divorced in 1987), Cabot Wade (rock guitarist;
married in 1969; divorced in 1971)
Relationship: Robert Pastorelli (actor; met in 1999), Woody Harrelson (actor; five-month relationship ended in September 1991), Kevin Kline (actor; dated in the 1970s), John Starke (producer, relationship ended 1991), Cam Neely (hockey player), Stephen Beers (carpenter
Father: William T. Close, surgeon; onetime chief doctor for Congolese army
Mother: Bettine Close (née Moore)
Sister: Jessie (author, illustrator), Tina (artist)
Brother: Sandy
Grand Father: Edward Close Sr., physician; was director of the American Hospital
Daughter: Annie Maude Starke (father: John Starke; born 1987)
Claim to fame: Played the role of Alex in Fatal Attraction (1987).


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Five-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close won the Emmy Award as best actress in a television drama on Sunday for playing a ruthless trial lawyer on the FX cable network series "Damages."

Close prevailed over last year's winner, Sally Field of "Brothers & Sisters," as well as three actresses playing cops -- Mariska Hargitay of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Holly Hunter of "Saving Grace" and Kyra Sedgwick of "The Closer."
Close earned an Emmy nomination in 2005 for portraying a tough police captain on the FX crime series "The Shield.