Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

Born 1961-08-05 (age 64) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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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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Known For

Me Before You
Me Before You

2016

as Camilla Traynor

The Menu
The Menu

2022

as Lillian

Maleficent
Maleficent

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Insurgent
Insurgent

2015

as Edith Prior

Allegiant
Allegiant

2016

as Edith Prior

The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black

2012

as Mrs. Daily

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

1992

as Ellen Dean

Fathers and Daughters
Fathers and Daughters

2015

as Carolyn

The Intended
The Intended

2002

as Sarah Morris

Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs

2011

as Hubert Page

Velvet Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine

1998

as Female Narrator (voice)

The Exception
The Exception

2017

as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz

Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt

2012

as Mary McCarthy

Disclosure
Disclosure

2020

as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead

2000

as Caroline Pierce

Miss Julie
Miss Julie

1987

as Miss Julie

Dead Romantic
Dead Romantic

1993

as Madeleine Severn

Cat Run
Cat Run

2011

as Helen Bingham