Glenn Close inHillbilly Elegy.Photo: Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX
Glenn Closeis experiencing a rollercoaster of an awards season this year.
On Monday, the actress, 73, landed an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in last year’sHillbilly Elegy. The honor came a week after Close was jokingly included in the Razzie Award’s worst supporting actress race for that same film.
The eight-time Oscar nominee plays Bonnie “Mamaw” Vance in the Netflix movie opposite Amy Adams. The story follows a Yale Law student who is drawn back to his Appalachian hometown, and confronts his strained relationships with his mother and grandmother.
Hillbilly Elegyreceived a total of three Razzie Award nominations, including for worst director for Ron Howard and worst screenplay for Vanessa Taylor.
In January, Close spoke about having been nominated for the Oscar seven times (at the time) in a virtual interview withPete DavidsonforVariety’sActors on Actors.
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When theSaturday Night Livecomedian asked her what “can we do to get you an Oscar?” Close mused, “Is it better to be wheeled out in a wheelchair and get the lifetime achievement award? You don’t have to make a speech.”
She added, “It might be cool to never get one. I wouldn’t mind being wheeled out when I’m old and drooling, and I have a gray wig to cover my bald head.”
In February 2019, Close looked back at each of her seven Oscar-nominated performances withVanity Fair, telling the magazine that when it comes to hoping for an Oscar win, she keeps herself “to zero expectations just for my own mental health.” She added that her first priority is crafting a solid character.
“I don’t know if this [attitude] is for my emotional survival, or it just might be who I am, but when I’ve done a job and played a character that I’ve felt was to the very best of my ability, and I got deep into the character and lost in that character, that is the most important thing,” Close said at the time. “When that character has resonance and connection with people … that, for me, is the award.”
The 93rd Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, April 25 starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
source: people.com
