Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

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.

Acting

2025

The Artist

Marian Henry

2025

2025

MobLand

Kat McAllister

2024

KAOS

Hera

2023

2022

The Menu

Lillian

2022

2022

2020

Disclosure

Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)

2020

Gangs of London

Isabel Vaughn

2018

2017

Angelica

Anne Montague

2017

Ozark

Helen Pierce

2017

The Exception

Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz

2016

Me Before You

Camilla Traynor

2016

Allegiant

Edith Prior

2016

2015

2015

2015

Insurgent

Edith Prior

2015

Battle Creek

Commander Guziewicz

2014

2014

Maleficent

Narrator (voice)

2013

The White Queen

Jacquetta of Luxembourg

2013

2012

Hannah Arendt

Mary McCarthy

2012

Parade's End

Mrs. Satterthwaite

2012

2011

Albert Nobbs

Hubert Page

2011

Cat Run

Helen Bingham

2009

2009

Into the Storm

Clementine Churchill

2009

Hunter

DS Amy Foster

2008

2007

Damages

Kate Franklin

2007

Daphne

Gertrude Lawrence

2007

Five Days

DS Amy Foster

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

The Intended

Sarah Morris

2001

Songcatcher

Professor Lily Penleric, PhD

2000

2000

Waking the Dead

Caroline Pierce

1999

Tumbleweeds

Mary Jo Walker

1998

Velvet Goldmine

Female Narrator (voice)

1996

Saint-Ex

Genevieve de Ville-Franche

1995

Carrington

Vanessa Bell

1995

1992

1992

A Masculine Ending

Loretta Lawson

1991

I Dreamt I Woke Up

Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist

1991

1990

Portrait of a Marriage

Vita Sackville-West

1989

Precious Bane

Prue Sarn

1988

Hawks

Hazel

1988

The Play on One

Dr Juliet Horwitz

1986

Half Moon Street

Van Arkady's Secretary

1953

Writing

2002

Infos

Full Name
Janet McTeer
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
8/5/1961
Also Known As

珍娜·麥提爾

جنت مک‌تیر

ג'נט מקטיר

재닛 맥티어

Джанет Мактір

珍妮·泰爾