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Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

Acting1961Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Biography

Janet McTeer OBE (born 5 August 1961) is an English actress. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, an Olivier Award, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2008, she was appointed as an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services in drama.

McTeer made her professional stage debut in 1984 and was nominated for the 1986 Olivier Award for Best Newcomer for The Grace of Mary Traverse. She received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her A Doll's House performance in 1997. For her roles on Broadway, she received two other nominations for Mary Stuart in 2009 and Bernhardt/Hamlet in 2019.

McTeer has also gained acclaim for her film roles, having received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Actress in Tumbleweeds in 1999 and the other for Best Supporting Actress in Albert Nobbs in 2011. Other roles include Wuthering Heights (1992), Carrington (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Songcatcher (2000), As You Like It (2006), The Divergent Series (2015–2016), and The Menu (2022). 

On television, she starred in the title role of Lynda La Plante's The Governor (1995–1996). She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Clementine Churchill in the HBO film Into the Storm (2009). She is also known for her roles in Damages (2012), The White Queen (2013), The Honourable Woman (2014), Jessica Jones (2018), Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), and Ozark (2018–2020).

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Acting History

2025
MobLand
TVas Kat McAllister4 eps
Gangs of London
TVas Isabel Vaughn1 eps
2024
KAOS
TVas Hera7 eps
The Old Man
TVas Marion4 eps
2022
The Menu
as Lillian
Glimpse
as Lucienne
2020
Disclosure
as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
2018
Ozark
TVas Helen Pierce17 eps
Marvel's Jessica Jones
TVas Alisa Jones13 eps
Sorry For Your Loss
TVas Amy20 eps
2017
The Exception
as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
Angelica
as Anne Montague
2016
Me Before You
as Camilla Traynor
Paint It Black
as Meredith
Allegiant
as Edith Prior
Paint It Black
Executive Producer
2015
Insurgent
as Edith Prior
Battle Creek
TVas Commander Guziewicz13 eps
2014
Maleficent
as Narrator (voice)
The Honourable Woman
TVas Julia Walsh8 eps
2013
The White Queen
TVas Jacquetta of Luxembourg10 eps
2012
The Woman in Black
as Mrs. Daily
Hannah Arendt
as Mary McCarthy
Damages
TVas Kate Franklin9 eps
Parade's End
TVas Mrs. Satterthwaite5 eps
2011
Cat Run
as Helen Bingham
Albert Nobbs
as Hubert Page
Island
as Phyllis
2009
Into the Storm
as Clementine Churchill
2008
Sense and Sensibility
TVas Mrs. Dashwood3 eps
2007
Daphne
as Gertrude Lawrence
Five Days
TVas DS Amy Foster10 eps
2006
2005
Tideland
as Dell
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Anne Protheroe1 eps
2003
2002
The Intended
as Sarah Morris
2001
Songcatcher
as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
2000
Waking the Dead
as Caroline Pierce
The Oscars
TVas Self1 eps
1999
Tumbleweeds
as Mary Jo Walker
1998
Velvet Goldmine
as Female Narrator (voice)
1996
Saint-Ex
as Genevieve de Ville-Franche
1995
Carrington
as Vanessa Bell
1993
Don't Leave Me This Way
as Loretta Lawson
Dead Romantic
as Madeleine Severn
1992
A Masculine Ending
as Loretta Lawson
Wuthering Heights
as Ellen Dean
1991
The Black Velvet Gown
as Riah Millican
Prince
as Adult Claudie
I Dreamt I Woke Up
as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
1990
102 Boulevard Haussmann
as Céleste Albaret
Sweet Nothing
as Caroline
Yellowbacks
as Dr Juliet Horwitz
The Play on One
TVas Dr Juliet Horwitz1 eps
Portrait of a Marriage
TVas Vita Sackville-West4 eps
1989
Precious Bane
as Prue Sarn
1988
Hawks
as Hazel
1987
Miss Julie
as Miss Julie
1986
Half Moon Street
as Van Arkady's Secretary

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/5/1961(64 years old)
Place of Birth
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK