Glenn Close Hairstyles & Haircuts – All-Time Favorites

Glenn Close Hairstyles

You may recognize Glenn Close as  Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians or Patty Hewes in Damages, but you may be surprised to know that the actress has been in the spotlight for more than five decades. This feature showcases our favorite hairstyles from a look back at all of the actress’s appearances.

Be sure to check out Glenn Close‘s latest hairstyles, fresh from the red carpet.

Jump Ahead

• Gray/Silver Short Haircuts
• Glenn Close Short Hair
• Pixies
• Bobs
• Medium/Long Hairstyles
• Ponytails/Braids

Click on any link with Glenn Close’s name for insider information about the hairstyle, including the celebrity hairstylist who created the look, the tools and products used, social media buzz, and additional style credits, including the stylist and makeup artist.

Glenn Close’s Hairstylists Present and Past

• Antonio Diaz
• Brant Mayfield
• Curtis William
• Mark Townsend
• Michael Silva

Hairstyle Stats

Haircuts/Hairstyles Change Tolerance: Moderate. Glenn generally sports a short haircut these days, but she always looks fresh on the red carpet.

Hair Color Change Tolerance: Low. We previously recognized the Fatal Attraction actress as a blonde, but she has gracefully grayed these days.

Wigs, Weaves, & Extensions: Uncertain. It seems it’s with her natural hair when Glenn hits the red carpet.

Gray/Silver Short Haircuts

Short Layered Haircut

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Short Layered Haircut – 2023 Bring Change To Mind Gala – New York City, NY]

Spiky Pixie

Celebrity Hairstylist: Curtis William

[Pictured: Glenn Close – 2023 Met Gala – Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York City, NY]

Short Layered Haircut

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Short Layered Haircut – 2nd Annual Academy Museum Gala – Los Angeles, CA]

Curly Layered Short Hairstyle

Hairstylist: Mark Townsend

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Curly Layered Short Hairstyle – Apple TV+’s “Tehran” Season 2 Premiere – The Robin Williams Center – New York City, NY – Hairstylist: Mark Townsend]

Short Layered Haircut

Hairstylist: Antonio Diaz

[Pictured: Glenn Close’s Short Layered Haircut – 9th Annual “Revels & Revelations” In Support Of Teen Mental Health – City Winery – New York City, New York – [Hairstylist: Antonio Diaz]

Gray/Silver Short Haircuts (Cont.)

Silver Short Spiky Bangs Hairstyle

Hairstylist: Mark Townsend

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Silver Short Spiky Bangs Hairstyle – 93rd Annual Academy Awards – Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center – Hollywood, CA – [Hairstylist: Mark Townsend]

Short Gray Textured Hairstyle

Event: 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Short Gray Textured Hairstyle – 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – The Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA]

Short Layered Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Short Layered Hairstyle – 2019 Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala – Arrivals – Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center – New York City, NY]

Short Layered Hairstyle

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – 91st Annual Academy Awards – Hollywood and Highland – Hollywood, CA]

Gray/Silver Short Haircuts (Cont.)

Super Short Cut

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Super Short Cut – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” Opening Night After Party – Arrivals – Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 E. 42nd Street – New York City, NY]

Ultra Short Textured Cut

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Ultra Short Cut – 62nd Annual London Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Arrivals – The Old Vic Theatre – London, UK]

Textured Short Curled Cut

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Textured Short Curled Cut – 70th Annual Tony Awards – Arrivals – The Beacon Theatre – New York City, NY]

Short Brushed Back Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Short Brushed Back Hairstyle – WebMD Hosts 2015 Health Hero Awards – Arrivals – The Times Center – New York City, NY]

Choppy Short Gray Cut

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Choppy Short Cut – 2015 Tribeca Film Festival – “Anesthesia” Premiere Narrative – Arrivals – BMCC – New York City, NY]

Gray/Silver Short Haircuts (Cont.)

Wispy Side Sweeping Haircut

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Wispy Side Sweeping Haircut – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – “Guardians of the Galaxy” Los Angeles Premiere – El Capitan Theatre – Hollywood, CA]

Glenn Close Short Hair

Deep Side Part Short Curled Hairstyle

Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Deep Side Part Short Curled Hairstyle – 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts – Beverly Hills, CA – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield]

Textured Short Layered Haircut

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Textured Short Layered Haircut – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Santa Monica, CA]

Short Brushed Back Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Short Brushed Back Hairstyle – 72nd Annual EE British Academy Film Awards – Arrivals – Royal Albert Hall – London, UK]

Deep Side Part Short Layered Hairstyle

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Deep Side Part Short Layered Haircut – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – AARP 18th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards – Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA]

Brushed Out Short Layered Hairstyle

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Brushed Out Short Layered Haircut – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – 91st Oscars Nominees Luncheon – The Beverly Hilton Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA]

Short Hair (Cont.)

Wavy Short Hairstyle

Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Wavy Short Hairstyle – 34th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Arlington Theater – Santa Barbara, CA – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield]

Short Layered Haircut

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close’s Short Layered Haircut – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – The Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA]

Deep Side Part Short Layered Haircut

Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Deep Side Part Short Layered Haircut – The 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards – Barker Hangar – Santa Monica, CA – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield]]

Short Curled Hairstyle

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close’s Short Curled Hairstyle – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – The BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party – Los Angeles, CA]

Layered Short Hairstyle

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Layered Short Haircut – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Gala – Palm Springs Convention Center – Palm Springs, CA]

Short Hair (Cont.)

Chic Short Layered Haircut

Celebrity Hairstylist: Antonio Diaz

[Pictured: Glenn Close’s Chic Short Layered Haircut – [Hairstylist: Antonio Diaz] – Museum of The Moving Image Salute To Glenn Close – New York City, NY]

Short Layered Curly Hairstyle

Celebrity Hairstylist: Antonio Diaz

[Pictured: Glenn Close’s Short Curly Hairstyle – [Hairstylist: Antonio Diaz] – 28th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards – Cipriani, Wall Street – New York City, NY]

Wispy Short Layered Haircut

Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close -Wispy Short Layered Haircut – 22nd Annual Hollywood Film Awards – Beverly Hills, CA – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield]

Perky Short Curly Hairstyle

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Perky Short Curly Hairstyle – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Wife” Los Angeles Premiere – Los Angeles, CA]

Deep Side Part Short Textured Hairstyle

Celebrity Hairstylist: Rick Caroto

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Deep Side Part Short Textured Hairstyle – [Hairstylist: Rick Caroto] – “The Wife” New York Screening – Paley Center – New York City, NY]

Short Layered Haircut

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Short Layered Hairstyle -Sundance Institute New York City 2014 Benefit – Arrivals – Studio 37 – New York City, NY]

Pixies

Wispy Short Pixie Haircut

Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Wispy Short Pixie Haircut – 2018 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony – The Beverly Hilton Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield]

Gray Pixie

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Gray Pixie – 71st Annual Tony Awards – Arrivals – Radio City Music Hall – New York City, NY]

Bobs

Short Bob/Side Sweeping Bangs

Celebrity Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield

[Pictured: Glenn Close’s Short Bob/Side Sweeping Bangs – [Hairstylist: Brant Mayfield] – 86th Annual Academy Awards – Hollywood & Highland Center – Hollywood, CA]

Medium/Long Hairstyles

Medium Length Layered Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Medium Length Layered Hairstyle – 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards – Arrivals – The Beverly Hilton Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA]

Shoulder Length Layered Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Shoulder Length Layered Hairstyle – 2nd Annual American Giving Awards – Arrivals – Pasadena Civic Auditorium – Pasadena, CA]

Medium Length Layered Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Medium Length Layered Hairstyle – “Casting By” New York City Premiere Afterparty – Arrivals – Empire Hotel – New York City, NY]

Elegant Medium Length Layered Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Elegant Medium Length Layered Hairstyle – 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Arrivals – Nokia Theatre L.A. Live – Los Angeles, CA]

Medium Length Layered Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Medium Length Layered Hairstyle – 2012 Christie’s “Bid to Save the Earth” Green Auction – Arrivals – Christie’s – New York City, NY]

Shoulder Length Layered Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Shoulder Length Layered Hairstyle – 11th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards Gala – Beverly Wilshire Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA]

Medium Layered Curled Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close’s Medium Length Layered Hairstyle – 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Arrivals – Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA]

Flip Curled Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Flip Curled Hairstyle – 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards – Arrivals – The Beverly Hilton Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA]

Layered Medium Length Hairstyle

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Layered Medium Length Hairstyle – 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala – Arrivals – Palm Springs Convention Center – Palm Springs, CA]

Ponytails/Braids

Ponytail/Side Sweeping Bangs

[Pictured: Glenn Close – Ponytail/Side Sweeping Bangs – 2013 Riverkeeper’s Fishermen’s Ball – Arrivals – Chelsea Pier 60 – New York City, NY]