Janet McTeer
Born: 1961-08-05 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet McTeer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Harry Potter as Minerva McGonagall
- Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic as Self
- Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic as Herself
2025
- MobLand as Kat McAllister
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Walters
- The Artist as Marian Henry
2024
- KAOS as Hera
2023
- Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator as Narrator
- National Theatre Live: Phaedra as Helen
2022
- The Old Man as Marion
- The Menu as Lillian
- A Farewell to Ozark as Self
- Glimpse as Lucienne
2020
- Gangs of London as Isabel Vaughn
- Disclosure as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
2018
- Sorry for Your Loss as Amy
2017
- Ozark as Helen Pierce
- The Exception as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
- Angelica as Anne Montague
2016
- Me Before You as Camilla Traynor
- Allegiant as Edith Prior
- Paint It Black as Meredith
- National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses as La Marquise de Merteuil
2015
- Marvel's Jessica Jones as Alisa Jones
- Insurgent as Edith Prior
- Fathers and Daughters as Carolyn
- Battle Creek as Commander Guziewicz
2014
- Maleficent as Narrator (voice)
- The Honourable Woman as Julia Walsh
2013
- The White Queen as Jacquetta of Luxembourg
- Love, Marilyn as Self
2012
- The Woman in Black as Mrs. Daily
- Parade's End as Mrs. Satterthwaite
- Hannah Arendt as Mary McCarthy
2011
- Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
- Cat Run as Helen Bingham
- Island as Phyllis
- Weekends at Bellevue as Diane Wallace
2009
- Psychoville as Cheryl
- Hunter as DS Amy Foster
- Into the Storm as Clementine Churchill
2008
- Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Dashwood
2007
- Damages as Kate Franklin
- Five Days as DS Amy Foster
- The Making of 'Tideland' as Self
- Daphne as Gertrude Lawrence
2006
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Catherine Walker
- As You Like It as Audrey
2005
- Tideland as Dell
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Anne Protheroe
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002
- The Intended as Sarah Morris
2001
- Songcatcher as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
2000
- Waking the Dead as Caroline Pierce
- The King Is Alive as Liz
1999
- Tumbleweeds as Mary Jo Walker
1998
- Velvet Goldmine as Female Narrator (voice)
1996
- Saint-Ex as Genevieve de Ville-Franche
1995
- The Governor
- Carrington as Vanessa Bell
1993
- Don't Leave Me This Way as Loretta Lawson
- Dead Romantic as Madeleine Severn
1992
- Wuthering Heights as Ellen Dean
- A Masculine Ending as Loretta Lawson
1991
- The Black Velvet Gown as Riah Millican
- I Dreamt I Woke Up as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
- Prince as Adult Claudie
1990
- Portrait of a Marriage as Vita Sackville-West
- Yellowbacks as Dr Juliet Horwitz
- Sweet Nothing as Caroline
- 102 Boulevard Haussmann as Céleste Albaret
1989
- Precious Bane as Prue Sarn
1988
- The Play on One as Dr Juliet Horwitz
- Hawks as Hazel
1987
- Miss Julie as Miss Julie
1986
- Half Moon Street as Van Arkady's Secretary
1953
- The Oscars as Self