Janet McTeer

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

August 5, 1961 (64 yrs)

place of birth

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

total credits

49 movies

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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Known For

Filmography

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
7.2

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025as Walters
Me Before You
7.9

Me Before You

2016as Camilla Traynor
Maleficent
7.1

Maleficent

2014as Narrator (voice)
The Menu
7.2

The Menu

2022as Lillian
Insurgent
6.4

Insurgent

2015as Edith Prior
Disclosure
7.8

Disclosure

2020as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
Allegiant
6.1

Allegiant

2016as Edith Prior
Wuthering Heights
6.6

Wuthering Heights

1992as Ellen Dean
The Woman in Black
6.1

The Woman in Black

2012as Mrs. Daily
Fathers and Daughters
7.1

Fathers and Daughters

2015as Carolyn
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
7.9

Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic

2026as Self
Velvet Goldmine
6.9

Velvet Goldmine

1998as Female Narrator (voice)
Tideland
6.5

Tideland

2005as Dell
Cat Run
5.2

Cat Run

2011as Helen Bingham
The Exception
6.9

The Exception

2017as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
Albert Nobbs
6.3

Albert Nobbs

2011as Hubert Page
A Farewell to Ozark
6.7

A Farewell to Ozark

2022as Self
Waking the Dead
6.1

Waking the Dead

2000as Caroline Pierce
Half Moon Street
5.1

Half Moon Street

1986as Van Arkady's Secretary
As You Like It
5.8

As You Like It

2006as Audrey
Love, Marilyn
6.6

Love, Marilyn

2013as Self
Hannah Arendt
6.9

Hannah Arendt

2012as Mary McCarthy
Into the Storm
6.4

Into the Storm

2009as Clementine Churchill
The Intended
5.2

The Intended

2002as Sarah Morris
Songcatcher
6.2

Songcatcher

2001as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Paint It Black
5.8

Paint It Black

2016as Meredith
Saint-Ex
4.3

Saint-Ex

1996as Genevieve de Ville-Franche
Angelica
4.8

Angelica

2017as Anne Montague
Carrington
6.2

Carrington

1995as Vanessa Bell
Don't Leave Me This Way
7.3

Don't Leave Me This Way

1993as Loretta Lawson
A Masculine Ending
8.0

A Masculine Ending

1992as Loretta Lawson
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
6.0

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

2016as La Marquise de Merteuil
Daphne
5.8

Daphne

2007as Gertrude Lawrence
Tumbleweeds
6.4

Tumbleweeds

1999as Mary Jo Walker
The Black Velvet Gown
5.8

The Black Velvet Gown

1991as Riah Millican
Hawks
5.7

Hawks

1988as Hazel
Yellowbacks
8.0

Yellowbacks

1990as Dr Juliet Horwitz
The King Is Alive
5.6

The King Is Alive

2000as Liz
Sweet Nothing

Sweet Nothing

1990as Caroline
Precious Bane
7.5

Precious Bane

1989as Prue Sarn
Island
5.2

Island

2011as Phyllis
Miss Julie

Miss Julie

1987as Miss Julie
102 Boulevard Haussmann
7.5

102 Boulevard Haussmann

1990as Céleste Albaret
National Theatre Live: Phaedra

National Theatre Live: Phaedra

2023as Helen
Prince
8.0

Prince

1991as Adult Claudie
I Dreamt I Woke Up
7.3

I Dreamt I Woke Up

1991as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
Glimpse
5.0

Glimpse

2022as Lucienne
Weekends at Bellevue

Weekends at Bellevue

2011as Diane Wallace
Dead Romantic
10.0

Dead Romantic

1993as Madeleine Severn