Janet McTeer
Biography
Janet McTeer is an English actress born on August 5, 1961, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her professional stage debut in 1984. Known for her work across stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas, she has earned acclaim for playing diverse roles. Her career includes eighty known acting credits. In 2008, she was appointed as an officer of the Order of the British Empire for her services in drama. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Tony Award, an Olivier Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Career overview
Janet McTeer is an English actress born on August 5, 1961, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and later earned acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas.
Throughout her career, 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 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 also received the Laurence Olivier Award. Her extensive work in the industry spans television and film, with her acting credits recorded on the Movie Database totaling 80 known credits.
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- Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic (2026) as Self
- Harry Potter (2026) as Minerva McGonagall
- Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic (2026) as Herself
- MobLand (2025) as Kat McAllister
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) as Walters
- The Artist (2025) as Marian Henry
- KAOS (2024) as Hera
- National Theatre Live: Phaedra (2023) as Helen
- Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator (2023) as Narrator
- The Menu (2022) as Lillian
- The Old Man (2022) as Marion
- A Farewell to Ozark (2022) as Self
- Glimpse (2022) as Lucienne
- Gangs of London (2020) as Isabel Vaughn
- Disclosure (2020) as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
- Sorry for Your Loss (2018) as Amy
- Ozark (2017) as Helen Pierce
- The Exception (2017) as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
- Angelica (2017) as Anne Montague
- Me Before You (2016) as Camilla Traynor
- Allegiant (2016) as Edith Prior
- Paint It Black (2016) as Meredith
- Paint It Black (2016) Executive Producer
- National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016) as La Marquise de Merteuil
- Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015) as Alisa Jones
- Insurgent (2015) as Edith Prior
- Battle Creek (2015) as Commander Guziewicz
- Fathers and Daughters (2015) as Carolyn
- Maleficent (2014) as Narrator (voice)
- The Honourable Woman (2014) as Julia Walsh
- The White Queen (2013) as Jacquetta of Luxembourg
- Love, Marilyn (2013) as Self
- The Woman in Black (2012) as Mrs. Daily
- Hannah Arendt (2012) as Mary McCarthy
- Parade's End (2012) as Mrs. Satterthwaite
- Albert Nobbs (2011) as Hubert Page
- Cat Run (2011) as Helen Bingham
- Weekends at Bellevue (2011) as Diane Wallace
- Island (2011) as Phyllis
- Psychoville (2009) as Cheryl
- Into the Storm (2009) as Clementine Churchill
- Hunter (2009) as DS Amy Foster
- Sense and Sensibility (2008) as Mrs. Dashwood
- Damages (2007) as Kate Franklin
- Five Days (2007) as DS Amy Foster
- The Making of 'Tideland' (2007) as Self
- Daphne (2007) as Gertrude Lawrence
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006) as Catherine Walker
- As You Like It (2006) as Audrey
- Tideland (2005) as Dell
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Anne Protheroe
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- The Intended (2002) as Sarah Morris
- The Intended (2002) Writer
- Songcatcher (2001) as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
- Waking the Dead (2000) as Caroline Pierce
- The King Is Alive (2000) as Liz
- Tumbleweeds (1999) as Mary Jo Walker
- Velvet Goldmine (1998) as Female Narrator (voice)
- Saint-Ex (1996) as Genevieve de Ville-Franche
- The Governor (1995) as Helen Hewitt
- Carrington (1995) as Vanessa Bell
- Dead Romantic (1993) as Madeleine Severn
- Don't Leave Me This Way (1993) as Loretta Lawson
- Wuthering Heights (1992) as Ellen Dean
- A Masculine Ending (1992) as Loretta Lawson
- I Dreamt I Woke Up (1991) as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
- The Black Velvet Gown (1991) as Riah Millican
- Prince (1991) as Adult Claudie
- 102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990) as Céleste Albaret
- Portrait of a Marriage (1990) as Vita Sackville-West
- Sweet Nothing (1990) as Caroline
- Yellowbacks (1990) as Dr Juliet Horwitz
- Screen One (1989) as Adult Claudie
- Precious Bane (1989) as Prue Sarn
- The Play on One (1988) as Dr Juliet Horwitz
- Les Girls (1988) as Susan
- Hawks (1988) as Hazel
- Miss Julie (1987) as Miss Julie
- Half Moon Street (1986) as Van Arkady's Secretary
- Screen Two (1985) as Céleste Albaret
- Screen Two (1985) as Madeleine Severn
- The Oscars (1953) as Self