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Coming off her latest roles in the movies Swan Song, Four Good Days and Hillbilly Elegy, Glenn Close, 75, joins the new season of Tehran (May 6 on Apple TV+), the international thriller about a Mossad agent (Niv Sultan) and her secret mission. Close plays Marjan, a British woman living in the Iranian capital. Here are some fun facts about the actress, who began her film career in 1982 with The World According to Garp.

> Close is the late Princess Diana’s eighth cousin. Framed in her kitchen is the prop knife her character, Alex, used to attack Dan (Michael Douglas) in Fatal Attraction.

< A big New York Mets fan, she sang the national anthem for a 2006 game that coincided with the 20th anniversary of the team’s 1986 World Series victory.

As of 2022, she has the most Best Actress Oscar nominations—eight—without a win. However, she has won three Tonys, three Golden Globe Awards and a trio of Emmys.

< Close’s daughter, Annie Starke, played the younger version of Close’s character in the movie The Wife.

In 2010, she helped launch Bring Change to Mind, a nonprofit working to destigmatize mental illness and open frank dialogues about mental health.