--- title: Oscars 2019: Glenn Close Looked Just Like an Oscar description: Glenn Close, nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in The Wife at the Academy Awards, shined in gold on the red carpet. canonical: https://time.com/5536331/2019-oscars-red-carpet-glenn-close/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-25T00:35:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:39.021Z og:title: Glenn Close Is Basically Dressed Like a Real-Life Oscar at the Academy Awards og:description: Glenn Close, nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in The Wife at the Academy Awards, shined in gold on the red carpet. og:url: https://time.com/5536331/2019-oscars-red-carpet-glenn-close/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt044818cc4c047072/698945c9ab6d773c6b6b4e39/glenn-close-oscars-red-carpet-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Annual Academy Awards Glenn Close og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Glenn Close Is Basically Dressed Like a Real-Life Oscar at the Academy Awards twitter:description: Glenn Close, nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in The Wife at the Academy Awards, shined in gold on the red carpet. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt044818cc4c047072/698945c9ab6d773c6b6b4e39/glenn-close-oscars-red-carpet-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Glenn Close Is Basically Dressed Like a Real-Life Oscar at the Academy Awards by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 25, 2019 12:35 AM UTC  Glenn Close attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on Feb. 24, 2019. Glenn Close attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on Feb. 24, 2019.Frazer Harrison—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 25, 2019 12:35 AM UTC Glenn Close wore a dress to the [91st Academy Awards](http://time.com/5517545/everything-to-know-2019-oscars/) that paid homage to the famed gold Oscar statue. Draped in gold, with a train fanning out behind her, Close looked like an Oscar herself on the red carpet at the 2019 Oscars. Her [regal look](https://twitter.com/abc7george/status/1099816939323576320/photo/1), which she said weighed around 40 pounds and was adorned with 4 million beads, stunned viewers. > [](https://twitter.com/geofftype/status/1099825104878325766) > [](https://twitter.com/kn8/status/1099824793166204928) > [](https://twitter.com/cschleichsrun/status/1099819404244721665) > [](https://twitter.com/TrevellAnderson/status/1099817613528424448) > [](https://twitter.com/awards%5Fwatch/status/1099816058553167872) Close, who holds the record as the [most Oscar-nominated actor to never win](http://time.com/3669168/oscar-snubs/) the award, received her seventh nomination this year in the Best Actress category for her role in [_The Wife_](http://time.com/5368855/glenn-close-the-wife/). 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