
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.
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Credits
- 2025 ·Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningas
- 2024 ·KAOSas Hera
- 2024 ·KAOSas Héra
- 2022 ·The Menuas Lillian
- 2022 ·The Old Manas Marion
- 2020 ·Disclosureas Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
- 2020 ·Gangs of Londonas Isabel Vaughn
- 2018 ·Sorry For Your Lossas Amy
- 2017 ·Ozarkas Helen Pierce
- 2017 ·The Exceptionas Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
- 2016 ·Me Before Youas Camilla Traynor
- 2016 ·Allegiantas Edith Prior
- 2015 ·Marvel's Jessica Jonesas
- 2015 ·Marvel's Jessica Jonesas Alisa Jones
- 2015 ·Fathers and Daughtersas Carolyn
- 2015 ·Insurgentas Edith Prior
- 2015 ·Battle Creekas Commander Guziewicz
- 2014 ·The Honourable Womanas Julia Walsh
- 2014 ·Maleficentas Narrator (voice)
- 2013 ·The White Queenas Jacquetta of Luxembourg
- 2012 ·Parade's Endas Mrs. Satterthwaite
- 2012 ·The Woman in Blackas Mrs. Daily
- 2011 ·Albert Nobbsas Hubert Page
- 2009 ·Psychovilleas
- 2009 ·Hunteras DS Amy Foster
- 2008 ·Sense and Sensibilityas Mrs. Dashwood
- 2007 ·Five Daysas DS Amy Foster
- 2006 ·The Amazing Mrs Pritchardas Catherine Walker
- 2005 ·Tidelandas Dell
- 2004 ·Agatha Christie's Marpleas Anne Protheroe
- 2003 ·Jimmy Kimmel Live!as Self
- 1998 ·Velvet Goldmineas Female Narrator (voice)
- 1995 ·The Governoras
- 1992 ·Wuthering Heightsas Ellen Dean
- 1988 ·The Play on Oneas Dr Juliet Horwitz
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self
- Future ·The Artistas Marian Henry
- 2023 ·Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictatoras Narrator
- 2023 ·National Theatre Live: Phaedraas Helen
- 2022 ·Glimpseas Lucienne
- 2022 ·A Farewell to Ozarkas Self
- 2017 ·Angelicaas Anne Montague
- 2016 ·Paint It Blackas Meredith
- 2016 ·National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereusesas La Marquise de Merteuil
- 2013 ·Love, Marilynas Self
- 2012 ·Hannah Arendtas Mary McCarthy
- 2011 ·Islandas Phyllis
- 2011 ·Cat Runas Helen Bingham
- 2009 ·Into the Stormas Clementine Churchill
- 2007 ·Daphneas Gertrude Lawrence
- 2007 ·The Making of 'Tideland'as Self
- 2006 ·As You Like Itas Audrey
- 2002 ·The Intendedas Sarah Morris
- 2001 ·Songcatcheras Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
- 2000 ·The King Is Aliveas Liz
- 2000 ·Waking the Deadas Caroline Pierce
- 1999 ·Tumbleweedsas Mary Jo Walker
- 1996 ·Saint-Exas Genevieve de Ville-Franche
- 1995 ·Carringtonas Vanessa Bell
- 1993 ·Don't Leave Me This Wayas Loretta Lawson
- 1993 ·Dead Romanticas Madeleine Severn
- 1992 ·A Masculine Endingas Loretta Lawson
- 1991 ·I Dreamt I Woke Upas Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
- 1991 ·Princeas Adult Claudie
- 1991 ·The Black Velvet Gownas Riah Millican
- 1990 ·102 Boulevard Haussmannas Céleste Albaret
- 1990 ·Sweet Nothingas Caroline
- 1990 ·Portrait of a Marriageas Vita Sackville-West
- 1990 ·Yellowbacksas Dr Juliet Horwitz
- 1989 ·Precious Baneas Prue Sarn
- 1988 ·Hawksas Hazel
- 1987 ·Miss Julieas Miss Julie
- 1986 ·Half Moon Streetas Van Arkady's Secretary
- Future ·Weekends at Bellevueas Diane Wallace