Janet McTeer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Newcastle 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet McTeer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
Movie · as Self
Harry Potter
TV · as Minerva McGonagall · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Movie · as Walters
The Artist
TV · as Marian Henry · 6 eps
MobLand
TV · as Dr. Katherine 'Kat' McAllister · 14 eps
KAOS
TV · as Hera · 8 eps
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
Movie · as Helen
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Glimpse
Movie · as Lucienne
A Farewell to Ozark
Movie · as Self
The Menu
Movie · as Lillian
The Old Man
TV · as Marion · 4 eps
Disclosure
Movie · as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
Gangs of London
TV · as Isabel Vaughn · 1 ep
Sorry for Your Loss
TV · as Amy · 20 eps
Angelica
Movie · as Anne Montague
The Exception
Movie · as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
Ozark
TV · as Helen Pierce · 17 eps
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Movie · as La Marquise de Merteuil
Me Before You
Movie · as Camilla Traynor
Paint It Black
Movie · as Meredith
Allegiant
Movie · as Edith Prior
Fathers and Daughters
Movie · as Carolyn
Insurgent
Movie · as Edith Prior
Battle Creek
TV · as Commander Guziewicz · 13 eps
Marvel's Jessica Jones
TV · as Alisa Jones · 13 eps
Maleficent
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Honourable Woman
TV · as Julia Walsh · 8 eps
Love, Marilyn
Movie · as Self
The White Queen
TV · as Jacquetta of Luxembourg · 10 eps
The Woman in Black
Movie · as Mrs. Daily
Hannah Arendt
Movie · as Mary McCarthy
Parade's End
TV · as Mrs. Satterthwaite · 5 eps
Island
Movie · as Phyllis
Cat Run
Movie · as Helen Bingham
Albert Nobbs
Movie · as Hubert Page
Weekends at Bellevue
Movie · as Diane Wallace
Into the Storm
Movie · as Clementine Churchill
Killer in a Small Town
Movie · as Self - Narrator(voice)
Hunter
TV · as DS Amy Foster · 2 eps
Psychoville
TV · as Cheryl · 2 eps
Sense and Sensibility
TV · as Mrs. Dashwood · 3 eps
Daphne
Movie · as Gertrude Lawrence
The Making of 'Tideland'
Movie · as Self
Five Days
TV · as DS Amy Foster · 10 eps
Damages
TV · as Kate Franklin · 9 eps
As You Like It
Movie · as Audrey
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
TV · as Catherine Walker · 6 eps
Tideland
Movie · as Dell
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Anne Protheroe · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Intended
Movie · as Sarah Morris
Songcatcher
Movie · as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
The King Is Alive
Movie · as Liz
Waking the Dead
Movie · as Caroline Pierce
Tumbleweeds
Movie · as Mary Jo Walker
Velvet Goldmine
Movie · as Female Narrator (voice)
Saint-Ex
Movie · as Genevieve de Ville-Franche
Carrington
Movie · as Vanessa Bell
The Governor
TV · as Helen Hewitt · 12 eps
Don't Leave Me This Way
Movie · as Loretta Lawson
Dead Romantic
Movie · as Madeleine Severn
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Ellen Dean
A Masculine Ending
Movie · as Loretta Lawson
The Black Velvet Gown
Movie · as Riah Millican
Prince
Movie · as Adult Claudie
I Dreamt I Woke Up
Movie · as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
Yellowbacks
Movie · as Dr Juliet Horwitz
Sweet Nothing
Movie · as Caroline
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Movie · as Céleste Albaret
Portrait of a Marriage
TV · as Vita Sackville-West · 4 eps
Precious Bane
Movie · as Prue Sarn
Screen One
TV · as Adult Claudie, Caroline · 1 ep
Hawks
Movie · as Hazel
The Play on One
TV · as Dr Juliet Horwitz · 1 ep
Les Girls
TV · as Susan · 7 eps
Miss Julie
Movie · as Miss Julie
Half Moon Street
Movie · as Van Arkady's Secretary
Screen Two
TV · as Céleste Albaret, Madeleine Severn · 1 ep
Theatre Night
TV · as Miss Julie · 1 ep
Gems
TV · as Stephanie Wilde · 2 eps
Juliet Bravo
TV · as Esther Pearson · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep