Glenn Close to receive honorary Oscar, righting her 8 nominations no win record
Glenn Close is Dina Standish, the matriarch of All’s Fair. (Image: Disney+)
Glenn Close will receive an honorary Oscar after eight competitive nominations without a win. The Academy praised the 79-year-old actor, saying: “Throughout her extraordinary body of work, Glenn Close’s unparalleled emotional range has brought to life some of the most complex characters in cinema.”
Close’s first nomination came in 1983 for The World According to Garp, with later nods including Fatal Attraction (1987) and Hillbilly Elegy (2020). Her eight nominations tie her with Peter O’Toole for the most without a competitive win.
Close, who starred as a 19th-century transgender butler in the 2011 release Albert Nobbs, has previously spoken about how producers should ‘go out of their way’ to cast transgender actors. She recently starred alongside unlikely co-star Kim Kardashian in Ryan Murphy’s All’s Fair.
The Academy also announced honorary Academy Awards for Ridley Scott and Floyd Norman. All recipients will be celebrated at a ceremony on 15 November at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.
Queer Cinema Producers to receive special award
Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, the producers behind queer cinema touchstones including Carol and Boys Don’t Cry, will receive the Academy’s Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at this year’s Governors Awards.
Vachon and Koffler co-founded the New York-based independent production hub Killer Films in 1995. The company’s output includes Velvet Goldmine, Boys Don’t Cry and Carol, and their producer credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch, One Hour Photo and May December. The Thalberg Award is presented to “a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production,” the Academy said, adding that the pair “play a central role in American independent cinema, championing bold, ambitious and distinctive storytelling.”
Ridley Scott and Floyd Norman also honoured
Scott, 88, will also receive an honorary Academy Award. The Academy called him “a true visionary whose decades-long legacy has left an immeasurable impact on global cinema and culture.” He has never won a competitive Oscar despite four nominations.
Norman will receive an honorary Academy Award as well, with the Academy describing him as “a legendary animator who has broken barriers and inspired generations of artists,” and noting that his 65-year career began in 1956 when he became the first Black animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios. His credits include Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Robin Hood.
