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  • BIRTH 05/08/1961
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 18
  • MOVIES 30
  • PRODUCTION 1

Janet McTeer

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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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Janet McTeer

Shows (18)

Kaos
Kaos
Hera
Ozark
Ozark
Helen Pierce
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Alisa Jones
The Old Man
The Old Man
Marion
The White Queen
The White Queen
Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
Anne Protheroe
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
Sense & Sensibility (2008)
Sense & Sensibility (2008)
Mrs. Dashwood
The Honourable Woman
The Honourable Woman
Julia Walsh
Five Days
Five Days
DS Amy Foster
Parade's End
Parade's End
Mrs. Satterthwaite
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Battle Creek
Battle Creek
Commander Guziewicz
Sorry For Your Loss
Sorry For Your Loss
Amy
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Catherine Walker
Hunter (2009)
Hunter (2009)
DS Amy Foster
Portrait of a Marriage
Portrait of a Marriage
Vita Sackville-West
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
Narrator

Movies (30)

Maleficent
Maleficent
Narrator (voice)
The Menu
The Menu
Lillian
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Insurgent
Insurgent
Edith Prior
Me Before You
Me Before You
Camilla Traynor
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black
Mrs. Daily
A Farewell to Ozark
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
The Exception
The Exception
Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
Velvet Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine
Female Narrator (voice)
Tideland
Tideland
Dell
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs
Hubert Page
Cat Run
Cat Run
Helen Bingham
Fathers and Daughters
Fathers and Daughters
Carolyn
Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn
Self
Angelica
Angelica
Anne Montague
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
Mary McCarthy
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
Ellen Dean
Songcatcher
Songcatcher
Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
Caroline Pierce
Half Moon Street
Half Moon Street
Van Arkady's Secretary
Paint It Black
Paint It Black
Meredith
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons…
La Marquise de Merteuil
Hawks
Hawks
Hazel
Into the Storm
Into the Storm
Clementine Churchill
Saint-Ex
Saint-Ex
Genevieve de Ville-Franche
As You Like It
As You Like It
Audrey
Carrington
Carrington
Vanessa Bell
Island
Island
Phyllis
The King Is Alive
The King Is Alive
Liz
102 Boulevard Haussmann
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Céleste Albaret

Production

Paint It Black
Paint It Black