Janet McTeer
Born
August 5, 1961 (63 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Walters
2025

National Theatre Live: Phaedra
Helen
2023

Glimpse
Lucienne
2022

A Farewell to Ozark
Self
2022

Disclosure
Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
2020

Angelica
Anne Montague
2017

The Exception
Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
2017

Paint It Black
Meredith
2016

Me Before You
Camilla Traynor
2016

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
La Marquise de Merteuil
2016

Maleficent
Narrator (voice)
2014

Love, Marilyn
Self
2013

Hannah Arendt
Mary McCarthy
2012

The Woman in Black
Mrs. Daily
2012

Albert Nobbs
Hubert Page
2011

Island
Phyllis
2011

Cat Run
Helen Bingham
2011

Into the Storm
Clementine Churchill
2009

Daphne
Gertrude Lawrence
2007

As You Like It
Audrey
2006

Tideland
Dell
2005

Songcatcher
Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
2001

The King Is Alive
Liz
2000

Waking the Dead
Caroline Pierce
2000

Tumbleweeds
Mary Jo Walker
1999

Velvet Goldmine
Female Narrator (voice)
1998

Saint-Ex
Genevieve de Ville-Franche
1996

Carrington
Vanessa Bell
1995

Don't Leave Me This Way
Loretta Lawson
1993

Wuthering Heights
Ellen Dean
1992

Prince
Adult Claudie
1991

The Black Velvet Gown
Riah Millican
1991

Sweet Nothing
Caroline
1990

Yellowbacks
Dr Juliet Horwitz
1990

Hawks
Hazel
1988
Weekends at Bellevue
Diane Wallace

MobLand
Kat McAllister · (4 episodes)
2025

KAOS
Hera · (7 episodes)
2024

Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
Narrator · (3 episodes)
2023

The Menu
Lillian
2022

The Old Man
Marion · (4 episodes)
2022

Gangs of London
Isabel Vaughn · (1 episode)
2020

Sorry For Your Loss
Amy · (20 episodes)
2018

Ozark
Helen Pierce · (17 episodes)
2017

Allegiant
Edith Prior
2016

Marvel's Jessica Jones
Alisa Jones · (13 episodes)
2015

Fathers and Daughters
Carolyn
2015

Insurgent
Edith Prior
2015

Battle Creek
Commander Guziewicz · (13 episodes)
2015

The Honourable Woman
Julia Walsh · (8 episodes)
2014

The White Queen
Jacquetta of Luxembourg · (10 episodes)
2013

Parade's End
Mrs. Satterthwaite · (5 episodes)
2012

Psychoville
(2 episodes)
2009

Hunter
DS Amy Foster · (2 episodes)
2009

Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Dashwood · (3 episodes)
2008
The Making of 'Tideland'
Self
2007

Five Days
DS Amy Foster · (10 episodes)
2007

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Catherine Walker · (6 episodes)
2006

Agatha Christie's Marple
Anne Protheroe · (1 episode)
2004

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003

The Intended
Sarah Morris
2002

The Governor
(12 episodes)
1995

Dead Romantic
Madeleine Severn
1993

A Masculine Ending
Loretta Lawson
1992

I Dreamt I Woke Up
Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
1991

102 Boulevard Haussmann
Céleste Albaret
1990

Portrait of a Marriage
Vita Sackville-West · (4 episodes)
1990

Precious Bane
Prue Sarn
1989

The Play on One
Dr Juliet Horwitz · (1 episode)
1988

Miss Julie
Miss Julie
1987

Half Moon Street
Van Arkady's Secretary
1986

The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
The Artist
Marian Henry · (1 episode)

Harry Potter
Minerva McGonagall · (0 episode)