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Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

Known for ActingBorn 1961-08-05 (age 64)Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dead Romantic10.0
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Dead Romantic

1993 · Movie

MobLand8.3
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MobLand

2025 · Series

Ozark8.2
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Ozark

2017 · Series

Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic7.9
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Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic

2026 · Movie

Me Before You7.9
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Me Before You

2016 · Movie

Gangs of London7.8
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Gangs of London

2020 · Series

Disclosure7.8
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Disclosure

2020 · Movie

A Masculine Ending8.0
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A Masculine Ending

1992 · Movie

Prince8.0
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Prince

1991 · Movie

Yellowbacks8.0
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Yellowbacks

1990 · Movie

Agatha Christie's Marple7.8
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Agatha Christie's Marple

2004 · Series

Marvel's Jessica Jones7.5
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Marvel's Jessica Jones

2015 · Series

Sense and Sensibility7.5
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Sense and Sensibility

2008 · Series

KAOS7.3
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KAOS

2024 · Series

Damages7.5
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Damages

2007 · Series

The Honourable Woman7.3
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The Honourable Woman

2014 · Series

The White Queen7.3
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The White Queen

2013 · Series

The Governor7.5
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The Governor

1995 · Series

The Old Man7.2
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The Old Man

2022 · Series

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning7.2
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025 · Movie

The Menu7.2
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The Menu

2022 · Movie

102 Boulevard Haussmann7.5
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102 Boulevard Haussmann

1990 · Movie

Precious Bane7.5
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Precious Bane

1989 · Movie

Hunter7.3
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Hunter

2009 · Series

Fathers and Daughters7.1
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Fathers and Daughters

2015 · Movie

Don't Leave Me This Way7.3
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Don't Leave Me This Way

1993 · Movie

I Dreamt I Woke Up7.3
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I Dreamt I Woke Up

1991 · Movie

Maleficent7.1
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Maleficent

2014 · Movie

Screen One7.2
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Screen One

1989 · Series

Sorry for Your Loss6.9
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Sorry for Your Loss

2018 · Series

The Exception6.9
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The Exception

2017 · Movie

Battle Creek6.9
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Battle Creek

2015 · Series

Hannah Arendt6.9
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Hannah Arendt

2012 · Movie

Psychoville6.9
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Psychoville

2009 · Series

Screen Two7.1
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Screen Two

1985 · Series

Velvet Goldmine6.9
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Velvet Goldmine

1998 · Movie

A Farewell to Ozark6.6
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A Farewell to Ozark

2022 · Movie

Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator6.5
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Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator

2023 · Series

Love, Marilyn6.6
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Love, Marilyn

2013 · Movie

Tideland6.5
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Tideland

2005 · Movie

Wuthering Heights6.6
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Wuthering Heights

1992 · Movie

The Oscars7.0
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The Oscars

1953 · Series

Parade's End6.4
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Parade's End

2012 · Series

Insurgent6.4
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Insurgent

2015 · Movie

Into the Storm6.4
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Into the Storm

2009 · Movie

Albert Nobbs6.3
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Albert Nobbs

2011 · Movie

Tumbleweeds6.4
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Tumbleweeds

1999 · Movie

The Woman in Black6.1
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The Woman in Black

2012 · Movie