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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Character:Walters
Release Date:17/05/2025
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
Character:Helen
Release Date:01/03/2023
The Menu
Character:Lillian
Release Date:17/11/2022
Glimpse
Character:Lucienne
Release Date:05/05/2022
A Farewell to Ozark
Character:Self
Release Date:29/04/2022
Disclosure
Character:Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/06/2020
Angelica
Character:Anne Montague
Release Date:17/11/2017
The Exception
Character:Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
Release Date:02/06/2017
Paint It Black
Character:Meredith
Release Date:03/06/2016
Me Before You
Character:Camilla Traynor
Release Date:01/06/2016
Allegiant
Character:Edith Prior
Release Date:09/03/2016
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Character:La Marquise de Merteuil
Release Date:28/01/2016
Fathers and Daughters
Character:Carolyn
Release Date:01/10/2015
Insurgent
Character:Edith Prior
Release Date:18/03/2015
Maleficent
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/05/2014
Love, Marilyn
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2013
Hannah Arendt
Character:Mary McCarthy
Release Date:11/09/2012
The Woman in Black
Character:Mrs. Daily
Release Date:03/02/2012
Albert Nobbs
Character:Hubert Page
Release Date:21/12/2011
Island
Character:Phyllis
Release Date:22/04/2011
Cat Run
Character:Helen Bingham
Release Date:01/04/2011
Into the Storm
Character:Clementine Churchill
Release Date:31/05/2009
Daphne
Character:Gertrude Lawrence
Release Date:30/06/2007
The Making of 'Tideland'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/02/2007
As You Like It
Character:Audrey
Release Date:01/09/2006
Tideland
Character:Dell
Release Date:13/10/2005
The Intended
Character:Sarah Morris
Release Date:06/06/2002
Songcatcher
Character:Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Release Date:01/03/2001
The King Is Alive
Character:Liz
Release Date:11/05/2000
Waking the Dead
Character:Caroline Pierce
Release Date:24/03/2000
Tumbleweeds
Character:Mary Jo Walker
Release Date:24/11/1999
Velvet Goldmine
Character:Female Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/08/1998
Saint-Ex
Character:Genevieve de Ville-Franche
Release Date:17/11/1996
Carrington
Character:Vanessa Bell
Release Date:25/05/1995
Don't Leave Me This Way
Character:Loretta Lawson
Release Date:30/05/1993
Dead Romantic
Character:Madeleine Severn
Release Date:14/02/1993
Wuthering Heights
Character:Ellen Dean
Release Date:16/10/1992
A Masculine Ending
Character:Loretta Lawson
Release Date:12/04/1992
I Dreamt I Woke Up
Character:Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
Release Date:16/11/1991
Prince
Character:Adult Claudie
Release Date:06/10/1991
The Black Velvet Gown
Character:Riah Millican
Release Date:02/06/1991
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Character:Céleste Albaret
Release Date:09/11/1990
Sweet Nothing
Character:Caroline
Release Date:23/09/1990
Yellowbacks
Character:Dr Juliet Horwitz
Release Date:30/08/1990
Precious Bane
Character:Prue Sarn
Release Date:02/01/1989
Hawks
Character:Hazel
Release Date:05/08/1988
Miss Julie
Character:Miss Julie
Release Date:31/05/1987
Half Moon Street
Character:Van Arkady's Secretary
Release Date:13/08/1986
Television Appearances
The Artist
Character:Marian Henry
MobLand
Character:Kat McAllister
KAOS
Character:Hera
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
Character:Narrator
The Old Man
Character:Marion
Gangs of London
Character:Isabel Vaughn
Sorry For Your Loss
Character:Amy
Ozark
Character:Helen Pierce
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Character:Alisa Jones
Battle Creek
Character:Commander Guziewicz
The Honourable Woman
Character:Julia Walsh
The White Queen
Character:Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Parade's End
Character:Mrs. Satterthwaite
Psychoville
Character:
Hunter
Character:DS Amy Foster
Sense and Sensibility
Character:Mrs. Dashwood
Damages
Character:Kate Franklin
Five Days
Character:DS Amy Foster
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Character:Catherine Walker
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Anne Protheroe
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
The Governor
Character:
Portrait of a Marriage
Character:Vita Sackville-West
The Play on One
Character:Dr Juliet Horwitz
The Oscars
Character:Self
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