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).
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Films (51)
À la recherche de Harry : L'art derrière la magie
2026 · Self
Mission : Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Walters
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
2023 · Helen
Le Menu
2022 · Lillian
Glimpse
2022 · Lucienne
Ozark : Les adieux de la série
2022 · Self
Identités trans : Au-delà de l'image
2020 · Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
The Daughter
2017 · Anne Montague
Trahisons
2017 · Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
Paint It Black
2016 · Meredith, Executive Producer
Avant toi
2016 · Camilla Traynor
Divergente 3 : Au-delà du mur
2016 · Edith Prior
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2016 · La Marquise de Merteuil
Père & Fille
2015 · Carolyn
Divergente 2 : L'Insurrection
2015 · Edith Prior
Maléfique
2014 · Narrator (voice)
Avec amour, Marilyn
2013 · Self
Hannah Arendt
2012 · Mary McCarthy
La Dame en noir
2012 · Mrs. Daily
Albert Nobbs
2011 · Hubert Page
Island
2011 · Phyllis
Cat Run
2011 · Helen Bingham
Weekends at Bellevue
2011 · Diane Wallace
Au cœur de la tempête
2009 · Clementine Churchill
Killer in a Small Town
2009 · Self - Narrator(voice)
Daphne
2007 · Gertrude Lawrence
The Making of 'Tideland'
2007 · Self
Comme il vous plaira
2006 · Audrey
Tideland
2005 · Dell
The Intended
2002 · Sarah Morris, Writer
Songcatcher
2001 · Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Le roi est vivant
2000 · Liz
Le Fantôme de Sarah Williams
2000 · Caroline Pierce
Libres comme le vent
1999 · Mary Jo Walker
En busca de una estrella
1998 · Female Narrator (voice)
Saint-Ex
1996 · Genevieve de Ville-Franche
Carrington
1995 · Vanessa Bell
Don't Leave Me This Way
1993 · Loretta Lawson
Dead Romantic
1993 · Madeleine Severn
Les Hauts de Hurlevent
1992 · Ellen Dean
A Masculine Ending
1992 · Loretta Lawson
I Dreamt I Woke Up
1991 · Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
Prince
1991 · Adult Claudie
The Black Velvet Gown
1991 · Riah Millican
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990 · Céleste Albaret
Sweet Nothing
1990 · Caroline
Yellowbacks
1990 · Dr Juliet Horwitz
Precious Bane
1989 · Prue Sarn
Hawks
1988 · Hazel
Miss Julie
1987 · Miss Julie
Half Moon Street
1986 · Van Arkady's Secretary
Séries (32)
Harry Potter
2026 · Minerva McGonagall
The Artist
2025 · Marian Henry
MobLand
2025 · Dr. Katherine 'Kat' McAllister
KAOS
2024 · Hera
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
2023 · Narrator
The Old Man
2022 · Marion
Gangs of London
2020 · Isabel Vaughn
Sorry for Your Loss
2018 · Amy
Ozark
2017 · Helen Pierce
Marvel - Jessica Jones
2015 · Alisa Jones
Battle Creek
2015 · Commander Guziewicz
La femme honorable
2014 · Julia Walsh
La Reina Blanca
2013 · Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Parade's End
2012 · Mrs. Satterthwaite
Psychoville
2009 · Cheryl
Hunter
2009 · DS Amy Foster
Raison et Sentiments
2008 · Mrs. Dashwood
Damages
2007 · Kate Franklin
Cinq jours
2007 · DS Amy Foster
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006 · Catherine Walker
Miss Marple
2004 · Anne Protheroe
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
The Governor
1995 · Helen Hewitt
Portrait of a Marriage
1990 · Vita Sackville-West
Screen One
1989 · Adult Claudie, Caroline
Les Girls
1988 · Susan
The Play on One
1988 · Dr Juliet Horwitz
Theatre Night
1985 · Miss Julie
Screen Two
1985 · Céleste Albaret, Madeleine Severn
Gems
1985 · Stephanie Wilde
Juliet Bravo
1980 · Esther Pearson
The Oscars
1953 · Self