- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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 Bern…
Filmography
tvHarry Potter
2026 · Minerva McGonagall
movieFinding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
2026 · Self
tvFinding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic
2026 · Herself
tvThe Artist
2025 · Marian Henry
movieMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Walters
tvMobLand
2025 · Kat McAllister
tvKAOS
2024 · Hera
tvJulius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
2023 · Narrator
movieNational Theatre Live: Phaedra
2023 · Helen
movieThe Menu
2022 · Lillian
tvThe Old Man
2022 · Marion
movieGlimpse
2022 · Lucienne
movieA Farewell to Ozark
2022 · Self
movieDisclosure
2020 · Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
tvGangs of London
2020 · Isabel Vaughn
tvSorry for Your Loss
2018 · Amy
movieAngelica
2017 · Anne Montague
tvOzark
2017 · Helen Pierce
movieThe Exception
2017 · Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
moviePaint It Black
2016 · Meredith, Executive Producer
movieMe Before You
2016 · Camilla Traynor
movieAllegiant
2016 · Edith Prior
movieNational Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2016 · La Marquise de Merteuil
tvMarvel's Jessica Jones
2015 · Alisa Jones
movieFathers and Daughters
2015 · Carolyn
movieInsurgent
2015 · Edith Prior
tvBattle Creek
2015 · Commander Guziewicz
tvThe Honourable Woman
2014 · Julia Walsh
movieMaleficent
2014 · Narrator (voice)
tvThe White Queen
2013 · Jacquetta of Luxembourg
movieLove, Marilyn
2013 · Self
movieHannah Arendt
2012 · Mary McCarthy
tvParade's End
2012 · Mrs. Satterthwaite
movieThe Woman in Black
2012 · Mrs. Daily
movieAlbert Nobbs
2011 · Hubert Page
movieIsland
2011 · Phyllis
movieCat Run
2011 · Helen Bingham
movieWeekends at Bellevue
2011 · Diane Wallace
tvPsychoville
2009 · Cheryl
movieInto the Storm
2009 · Clementine Churchill
tvHunter
2009 · DS Amy Foster
tvSense and Sensibility
2008 · Mrs. Dashwood
tvDamages
2007 · Kate Franklin
movieDaphne
2007 · Gertrude Lawrence
The Making of 'Tideland'
movieThe Making of 'Tideland'
2007 · Self
tvFive Days
2007 · DS Amy Foster
tvThe Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006 · Catherine Walker
movieAs You Like It
2006 · Audrey
movieTideland
2005 · Dell
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Anne Protheroe
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
movieThe Intended
2002 · Sarah Morris, Writer
movieSongcatcher
2001 · Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
movieThe King Is Alive
2000 · Liz
movieWaking the Dead
2000 · Caroline Pierce
movieTumbleweeds
1999 · Mary Jo Walker
movieVelvet Goldmine
1998 · Female Narrator (voice)
movieSaint-Ex
1996 · Genevieve de Ville-Franche
movieCarrington
1995 · Vanessa Bell
tvThe Governor
1995 · Helen Hewitt
movieDon't Leave Me This Way
1993 · Loretta Lawson
movieDead Romantic
1993 · Madeleine Severn
movieWuthering Heights
1992 · Ellen Dean
movieA Masculine Ending
1992 · Loretta Lawson
movieI Dreamt I Woke Up
1991 · Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
moviePrince
1991 · Adult Claudie
movieThe Black Velvet Gown
1991 · Riah Millican
movie102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990 · Céleste Albaret
movieSweet Nothing
1990 · Caroline
tvPortrait of a Marriage
1990 · Vita Sackville-West
movieYellowbacks
1990 · Dr Juliet Horwitz
tvScreen One
1989 · Adult Claudie
moviePrecious Bane
1989 · Prue Sarn
movieHawks
1988 · Hazel
Les Girls
tvLes Girls
1988 · Susan
tvThe Play on One
1988 · Dr Juliet Horwitz
movieMiss Julie
1987 · Miss Julie
movieHalf Moon Street
1986 · Van Arkady's Secretary
tvScreen Two
1985 · Céleste Albaret, Madeleine Severn
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self