Returning to film after dabbling in television (her role as a tough-as-nails lawyer in Damages has earned her many  awards), Glenn Close will star alongside Orlando Bloom, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Amanda Seyfried in the forthcoming film Albert Nobbs.

In 19^th Century Ireland, Close plays a woman who, for the last twenty years, has disguised herself and lived as a man in order to take advantages of the luxuries, opportunities and wealth not offered to women. Whilst disguised as the title character, she finds herself involved in an unusual love triangle and realises that she has confined herself to a prison of her own making. Making up the last two sides of the triangle are Seyfried as a maid who becomes involved with Nobbs and Bloom who will play her lover. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Gambon and Janet McTeer are also on board for the film, which is to be directed by Rodrigo Garcia, who has previously worked with Close in Nine Lives and Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her.

After five failed bids at Oscar glory and a plethora of memorable characters, it appears that Close is taking her chances of winning an Academy Award into her own hands. Having previously appeared in the Off-Broadway incarnation The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, it would seem that Close is leaving nothing to chance in her bid for the Little Gold Man, as this time round she is personally involved in the writing and the producing of the adaption. Even if the film itself is mediocre, if Close is able to carry the weight of the film and deliver a powerhouse performance (which I think she will) there is no doubt that she will be rewarded for her efforts.

[Sources: Cinematical, Deadline, IMDB]