Glenn Close has had a career spanning more than four decades. Recently celebrating her 76th birthday, the renowned actor proudly displayed her makeup-free face and assertively stated that she still sees the world “through the eyes of a 20-year-old.”

Glenn Close delighted fans by sharing a video update on her Instagram on March 18, the day the multi-award-winning actor celebrated her birthday. In the update, Glenn Close flaunts her bare-faced, natural beauty with her short white hair undone.

The actor who played Cruella de Vil in Disney’s live-action films 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians (1996 and 2000) informed fans of her health and recent activities while pointing out that the portrait behind her was the Elizabeth I painting on the sequel’s set.

In an interview from her New York home, Close said she was relieved to be reunited with her dog after a busy schedule that included time spent in isolation following a Covid diagnosis that prevented her from attending the 2023 Oscars, where she had planned to give an award alongside Harrison Ford.

The Reversal of Fortune actress also said she would soon be starring alongside Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz in the Netflix comedy-action movie Back in Action.

The actor for the stage and movie received praise from admirers who also wished her well and thanked her for being an inspiration.

Your work is astounding, and your posts are so inspiring; your gift and talent in your trade are just mesmerizing, and I look forward to watching you in your upcoming efforts, writes one fan from Scotland.

Another recalls the star’s previous theater stage appearances before transitioning to the cinema. “We so loved having YOUR immense talent in the theater,” the fan adds. Again, many thanks.

The multi-talented performer debuted on Broadway in 1974 as Anjelica in Love for Love. In 1994, she animated the delusional silent film diva Norma Desmond in the Broadway version of Sunset Boulevard, a role she later returned to in 2017.

George Roy Hill, the director of films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), and Slapshot (1977), to mention a few, came upon her while she was performing on Broadway. The World According to Garp (1982) was the movie that Hill was working on when she was chosen to play the mother of Robin Williams, who was only four years her junior. She received her first of eight nominations for the Academy Award, with no wins, for her performance.

After that, Close received back-to-back nominations for his performances in The Natural (1984) and The Big Chill (1983).

Close has received three of each of the Golden Globes, Tony Awards, and Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles as the spiteful wife in Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Liaisons (her fourth and fifth nominations).

Her parts in Albert Noobs (2011) and The Wife (2017), both of which she co-starred in with her daughter-in-law and lookalike, Annie Starke, whose father is John Starke, earned her the sixth and seventh Academy nominations. From 1987 to 1991, Close and Starke were together. Before that, she had been married three times.

In Father Figures, where she portrays a younger version of Close’s role, like in The Wife, 35-year-old Annie co-starred on screen alongside her mother.

Close can’t stop complimenting her daughter’s beauty. She said, “Well, I’m a mother, so I’m most proud of my daughter,” in an interview with Glamour. She’s a terrific human being, and I’m proud of her. “I’m proud that she’s more fierce than I am,” she concluded. She is the one I probably call the most to ask for her opinion on something because I know she will have a perspective I don’t, and I need that perspective.

They love each other.

Annie uploaded a vintage image of Close’s mother with Michael Douglas and Eddie Murphy on her birthday, along with the remark, “Happy birthday, Queen!!! You’re a legend! We adore you.

And in January 2019, before the 91st Academy Awards, Annie posted a picture of the two. She said, “You deserve EVERY goddamn award in existence… but especially THIS ONE.” Close was nominated for The Wife. CONGRATULATIONS”

Olivia Coleman’s performance in The Favourite defeated Close that year.

The actress received her ninth Oscar nomination for the Amy Adams’ mother role in the 2020 film Hillbilly Elegy.

It’s not surprising that Close, who played the enraged bunny boiler in 1987, appears older, given that he has performed on stage or in films for more than 40 years.

She explains, “I’ve always felt that my body is not really who I am,” even if she acknowledges that avoiding falling victim to Hollywood’s beauty game might be challenging. If you will, we have this house that we live in, and it doesn’t reflect who you are. I’ve given it some thought because even though I’m 75 years old, I feel I have the vigor of a person in their twenties when I look out at the world. And I am that way.

But in the morning, in a particular light, I glance at my arm and go, ‘Ah! Are you serious? This is whose arm it is. Are you serious? Okay, I see; it’s occurring, it says. I’m trying to get to the point where I accept my—what do they call it? spooky skin? Every day, she states her resolve to discover beauty in everything, including her aged skin.

“Does it have any beauty to it? I try to imagine that perhaps it resembles the sand when the tide has gone out. About skin, we’ve been so brainwashed, definitely about women’s skin. Your skin’s texture and warm, hard, smooth bodies contrast with others battling to regain a waist. It fascinates me because we should get more excited and passionate as our house ages. You still maintain this façade, though.

Close continues to push herself in addition to playing roles in box office hits. For her role in Tehran, the critically acclaimed Apple+ thriller’s second season, she dons a habib and speaks fluent Farsi, marking a first for her career.

She said, “I studied for about two months. “Each day, I got three classes. I proclaimed, “I want to speak Farsi that will surprise Farsi speakers,” to everyone. So we made a lot of effort.

It’s challenging not to adore and appreciate Glenn Close, even though she terrified a nation of animal lovers in her performance as Cruella de Vil!

She merits at least two Oscars, in our opinion. What do you think of Close’s performances, her natural beauty, and her?