Glenn Close as its two sequels. She also impersonated the title subject of the fact-based made-for-TV movie "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story" in 1995, for which she won her first Emmy. Close has also provided the voice of Mona Simpson, from "The Simpsons," since 1995. "Entertainment Weekly" named Close one of the 16 best "Simpsons" guest stars. In 2001 she starred in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical "South Pacific" as Nellie Forbush on ABC. Close guest-starred on "Will and Grace" in 2002, portraying a satirical version of Annie Leibovitz, earning her an Emmy nomination for Guest Actress
Nellie Cournoyea Nellie Cournoyea Nellie Cournoyea, OC (born March 4, 1940 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian politician, who served as the sixth Premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995. She was the first female premier of a Canadian territory and the second female premier in Canadian history after Rita Johnston of British Columbia. Cournoyea is of mixed Norwegian and Inupiaq heritage. Before entering politics, Cournoyea was an announcer and station manager for CBC North in Inuvik, and a land claims worker for the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. She was first elected to the territorial Legislative Assembly in 1979,