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Janet McTeer
Born · August 5, 1961 (63 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Bio
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.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
0.0
2025
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
Helen
8.0
2023
Glimpse
Lucienne
5.0
2022
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
6.5
2022
Disclosure
Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
7.9
2020
Angelica
Anne Montague
4.8
2017
The Exception
Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
6.9
2017
Paint It Black
Meredith
6.0
2016
Me Before You
Camilla Traynor
7.9
2016
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
La Marquise de Merteuil
7.0
2016
Maleficent
Narrator (voice)
7.1
2014
Love, Marilyn
Self
6.6
2013
Hannah Arendt
Mary McCarthy
6.9
2012
The Woman in Black
Mrs. Daily
6.1
2012
Albert Nobbs
Hubert Page
6.3
2011
Island
Phyllis
5.5
2011
Cat Run
Helen Bingham
5.3
2011
Into the Storm
Clementine Churchill
6.4
2009
Daphne
Gertrude Lawrence
6.0
2007
As You Like It
Audrey
5.8
2006
Tideland
Dell
6.5
2005
Songcatcher
Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
6.1
2001
The King Is Alive
Liz
6.0
2000
Waking the Dead
Caroline Pierce
6.1
2000
Tumbleweeds
Mary Jo Walker
6.5
1999
Velvet Goldmine
Female Narrator (voice)
6.9
1998
Saint-Ex
Genevieve de Ville-Franche
3.0
1996
Carrington
Vanessa Bell
6.2
1995
Don't Leave Me This Way
Loretta Lawson
7.0
1993
Wuthering Heights
Ellen Dean
6.6
1992
Prince
Adult Claudie
0.0
1991
The Black Velvet Gown
Riah Millican
5.4
1991
Sweet Nothing
Caroline
0.0
1990
Yellowbacks
Dr Juliet Horwitz
0.0
1990
Hawks
Hazel
5.8
1988
Weekends at Bellevue
Diane Wallace
0.0
The Artist
(1 episode)
0.0
2025
KAOS
Hera · (7 episodes)
7.3
2024
KAOS
Héra · (8 episodes)
7.3
2024
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
Narrator · (3 episodes)
6.6
2023
The Menu
Lillian
7.2
2022
The Old Man
Marion · (4 episodes)
7.2
2022
Sorry For Your Loss
Amy · (20 episodes)
7.0
2018
Ozark
Helen Pierce · (17 episodes)
8.2
2017
Allegiant
Edith Prior
6.1
2016
Marvel's Jessica Jones
(0 episode)
7.5
2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Alisa Jones · (13 episodes)
7.5
2015
Fathers and Daughters
Carolyn
7.1
2015
Insurgent
Edith Prior
6.4
2015
Battle Creek
Commander Guziewicz · (13 episodes)
6.9
2015
The Honourable Woman
Julia Walsh · (8 episodes)
7.3
2014
The White Queen
Jacquetta of Luxembourg · (10 episodes)
7.4
2013
Parade's End
Mrs. Satterthwaite · (5 episodes)
6.6
2012
Psychoville
(2 episodes)
6.8
2009
Hunter
DS Amy Foster · (2 episodes)
7.3
2009
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Dashwood · (3 episodes)
7.6
2008
The Making of 'Tideland'
Self
5.3
2007
Five Days
DS Amy Foster · (10 episodes)
5.7
2007
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Catherine Walker · (6 episodes)
6.2
2006
Agatha Christie's Marple
Anne Protheroe · (1 episode)
7.6
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
The Intended
Sarah Morris
5.3
2002
The Governor
(12 episodes)
0.0
1995
Dead Romantic
Madeleine Severn
0.0
1993
A Masculine Ending
Loretta Lawson
0.0
1992
I Dreamt I Woke Up
Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
6.0
1991
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Céleste Albaret
6.0
1990
Portrait of a Marriage
Vita Sackville-West · (4 episodes)
6.1
1990
Precious Bane
Prue Sarn
6.0
1989
The Play on One
Dr Juliet Horwitz · (1 episode)
6.0
1988
Miss Julie
Miss Julie
0.0
1987
Half Moon Street
Van Arkady's Secretary
5.0
1986
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
1953