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Janet McTeer

Acting 64 years old Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK ★ 2.1
Born: August 5, 1961

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

Ozark
Ozark Helen Pierce 2017
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Anne Protheroe 2004
MobLand
MobLand Kat McAllister 2025
Damages
Damages Kate Franklin 2007
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Walters 2025

Jimmy's Seen (2)

The Menu
The Menu Lillian 2022
Allegiant
Allegiant Edith Prior 2016

Filmography

Acting Credits (77)

Harry Potter
Harry Potter Minerva McGonagall 2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic Self 2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic Herself 2026
The Artist
The Artist Marian Henry 2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Walters 2025
MobLand
MobLand Kat McAllister 2025
KAOS
KAOS Hera 2024
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator Narrator 2023
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
National Theatre Live: Phaedra Helen 2023
The Menu
The Menu Lillian 2022
The Old Man
The Old Man Marion 2022
Glimpse
Glimpse Lucienne 2022
A Farewell to Ozark
A Farewell to Ozark Self 2022
Disclosure
Disclosure Hubert Page / Self (archive footage) 2020
Gangs of London
Gangs of London Isabel Vaughn 2020
Sorry for Your Loss
Sorry for Your Loss Amy 2018
Angelica
Angelica Anne Montague 2017
Ozark
Ozark Helen Pierce 2017
The Exception
The Exception Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz 2017
Paint It Black
Paint It Black Meredith 2016
Me Before You
Me Before You Camilla Traynor 2016
Allegiant
Allegiant Edith Prior 2016
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses La Marquise de Merteuil 2016
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Marvel's Jessica Jones Alisa Jones 2015
Fathers and Daughters
Fathers and Daughters Carolyn 2015
Insurgent
Insurgent Edith Prior 2015
Battle Creek
Battle Creek Commander Guziewicz 2015
The Honourable Woman
The Honourable Woman Julia Walsh 2014
Maleficent
Maleficent Narrator (voice) 2014
The White Queen
The White Queen Jacquetta of Luxembourg 2013
Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn Self 2013
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt Mary McCarthy 2012
Parade's End
Parade's End Mrs. Satterthwaite 2012
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black Mrs. Daily 2012
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs Hubert Page 2011
Island
Island Phyllis 2011
Cat Run
Cat Run Helen Bingham 2011
Weekends at Bellevue
Weekends at Bellevue Diane Wallace 2011
Psychoville
Psychoville Cheryl 2009
Into the Storm
Into the Storm Clementine Churchill 2009
Hunter
Hunter DS Amy Foster 2009
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility Mrs. Dashwood 2008
Damages
Damages Kate Franklin 2007
Daphne
Daphne Gertrude Lawrence 2007
The Making of 'Tideland'
The Making of 'Tideland' Self 2007
Five Days
Five Days DS Amy Foster 2007
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Catherine Walker 2006
As You Like It
As You Like It Audrey 2006
Tideland
Tideland Dell 2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Anne Protheroe 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
The Intended
The Intended Sarah Morris 2002
Songcatcher
Songcatcher Professor Lily Penleric, PhD 2001
The King Is Alive
The King Is Alive Liz 2000
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead Caroline Pierce 2000
Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweeds Mary Jo Walker 1999
Velvet Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine Female Narrator (voice) 1998
Saint-Ex
Saint-Ex Genevieve de Ville-Franche 1996
Carrington
Carrington Vanessa Bell 1995
The Governor
The Governor 1995
Don't Leave Me This Way
Don't Leave Me This Way Loretta Lawson 1993
Dead Romantic
Dead Romantic Madeleine Severn 1993
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights Ellen Dean 1992
A Masculine Ending
A Masculine Ending Loretta Lawson 1992
I Dreamt I Woke Up
I Dreamt I Woke Up Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist 1991
Prince
Prince Adult Claudie 1991
The Black Velvet Gown
The Black Velvet Gown Riah Millican 1991
102 Boulevard Haussmann
102 Boulevard Haussmann Céleste Albaret 1990
Sweet Nothing
Sweet Nothing Caroline 1990
Portrait of a Marriage
Portrait of a Marriage Vita Sackville-West 1990
Yellowbacks
Yellowbacks Dr Juliet Horwitz 1990
Precious Bane
Precious Bane Prue Sarn 1989
Hawks
Hawks Hazel 1988
The Play on One
The Play on One Dr Juliet Horwitz 1988
Miss Julie
Miss Julie Miss Julie 1987
Half Moon Street
Half Moon Street Van Arkady's Secretary 1986
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953

Writing Credits (1)

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