Acclaimed American actress Glenn Close has tested positive for coronavirus.
Close, 75, was absent at Sunday's 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, after contracting the virus.
The veteran actress was scheduled to present with Harrison Ford at the Oscars ceremony, during what would've been an Air Force One reunion with the actor, 80.
"Yes, she has coronavirus, and she is of course required to bow out, she was very much looking forward to taking part," a representative for Close said in a statement.
Close and Ford starred opposite one another in the 1997 thriller about the hijacking of the president's (Ford) titular aircraft.
"Air Force One" received two Oscar nominations at the 1998 ceremony, in the Best Sound and Best Film Editing categories.
An eight-time Academy Award nominee, Close has earned critical acclaim throughout her decades-long career in film, television, and on Broadway. In addition to garnering Oscar nods for her roles in movies such as "The Big Chill", "Fatal Attraction", and most recently "Hillbilly Elegy", Close has won multiple Emmys, Tonys, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In 2019, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.
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