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In the 1990s, she starred in the highly rated presentation of the 1991 Hallmark Hall of Fame drama Sarah, Plain and Tall ( and its two sequels ) and also in the made-for-TV movie Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story ( 1995 ); for the latter role Close won her first Emmy.

In total she has been nominated twelve times for an Emmy ( winning three ) and eleven times at the Golden Globes ( winning two ).

She also appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama The Paper ( 1994 ),( Steven Speilberg's ) Hook, the alien invasion satire Mars Attacks!

( 1996, as The First Lady ), the Disney hit 101 Dalmatians ( 1996, as the sinister Cruella de Vil ) and its sequel 102 Dalmatians ( 2000 ), and the blockbuster Air Force One ( 1997 ), as the trustworthy vice-president to Harrison Ford's president.

In 2001, she starred in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific.

In 2005, Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played a no-nonsense precinct captain.

She starred in a series of her own for 2007, Damages ( also on FX ) instead of continuing her character on The Shield.

Close won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series for her role in Damages.

In an interview after her win, Close admitted her role of Patty Hewes in the series was the role of her life.

Also in 2009, she narrated the environmental film Home.

Glenn Close has hosted Saturday Night Live twice-once in 1989 and in 1992.