Janet McTeer
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1961-08-05 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Janet McTeer
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).
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Acting
Weekends at Bellevue
as Diane Wallace
(2025)
(2023)
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
as Helen
(2022)
The Menu
as Lillian
(2022)
A Farewell to Ozark
as Self
(2022)
Glimpse
as Lucienne
(2020)
Disclosure
as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
(2017)
The Exception
as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
(2017)
Angelica
as Anne Montague
(2016)
Me Before You
as Camilla Traynor
(2016)
Allegiant
as Edith Prior
(2016)
Paint It Black
as Meredith
(2016)
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as La Marquise de Merteuil
(2015)
Insurgent
as Edith Prior
(2015)
Fathers and Daughters
as Carolyn
(2014)
Maleficent
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
Love, Marilyn
as Self
(2012)
The Woman in Black
as Mrs. Daily
(2012)
Hannah Arendt
as Mary McCarthy
(2011)
Albert Nobbs
as Hubert Page
(2011)
Cat Run
as Helen Bingham
(2011)
Island
as Phyllis
(2009)
Into the Storm
as Clementine Churchill
(2007)
Daphne
as Gertrude Lawrence
(2007)
The Making of 'Tideland'
as Self
(2006)
As You Like It
as Audrey
(2005)
Tideland
as Dell
(2002)
The Intended
as Sarah Morris
(2001)
Songcatcher
as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
(2000)
Waking the Dead
as Caroline Pierce
(2000)
The King Is Alive
as Liz
(1999)
Tumbleweeds
as Mary Jo Walker
(1998)
Velvet Goldmine
as Female Narrator (voice)
(1996)
Saint-Ex
as Genevieve de Ville-Franche
(1995)
Carrington
as Vanessa Bell
(1993)
Don't Leave Me This Way
as Loretta Lawson
(1993)
Dead Romantic
as Madeleine Severn
(1992)
Wuthering Heights
as Ellen Dean
(1992)
A Masculine Ending
as Loretta Lawson
(1991)
The Black Velvet Gown
as Riah Millican
(1991)
Prince
as Adult Claudie
(1991)
I Dreamt I Woke Up
as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
(1990)
Sweet Nothing
as Caroline
(1990)
102 Boulevard Haussmann
as Céleste Albaret
(1990)
Yellowbacks
as Dr Juliet Horwitz
(1989)
Precious Bane
as Prue Sarn
(1988)
Hawks
as Hazel
(1987)
Miss Julie
as Miss Julie
(1986)
Half Moon Street
as Van Arkady's Secretary
Crew
(2016)
Paint It Black
Executive Producer
(2002)
The Intended
Writer