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Janet McTeer

Acting 65 August 5, 1961

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…

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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.

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2026
Harry Potter
TV show Minerva McGonagall
2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
Movie Self
2025
The Artist
TV show Marian Henry
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Movie Walters
2025
MobLand
TV show Dr. Katherine 'Kat' McAllister
2024
KAOS
TV show Hera
2023
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
TV show Narrator
2023
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
Movie Helen
2022
The Menu
Movie Lillian
2022
The Old Man
TV show Marion
2022
Glimpse
Movie Lucienne
2022
A Farewell to Ozark
Movie Self
2020
Disclosure
Movie Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
2020
Gangs of London
TV show Isabel Vaughn
2018
Sorry for Your Loss
TV show Amy
2017
Angelica
Movie Anne Montague

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2017
Ozark
TV show Helen Pierce
2017
The Exception
Movie Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
2016
Paint It Black
Movie Meredith
2016
Me Before You
Movie Camilla Traynor
2016
Allegiant
Movie Edith Prior
2016
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Movie La Marquise de Merteuil
2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones
TV show Alisa Jones
2015
Fathers and Daughters
Movie Carolyn
2015
Insurgent
Movie Edith Prior
2015
Battle Creek
TV show Commander Guziewicz
2014
The Honourable Woman
TV show Julia Walsh
2014
Maleficent
Movie Narrator (voice)
2013
The White Queen
TV show Jacquetta of Luxembourg
2013
Love, Marilyn
Movie Self
2012
Hannah Arendt
Movie Mary McCarthy
2012
Parade's End
TV show Mrs. Satterthwaite
2012
The Woman in Black
Movie Mrs. Daily
2011
Albert Nobbs
Movie Hubert Page
2011
Island
Movie Phyllis
2011
Cat Run
Movie Helen Bingham
2011
Weekends at Bellevue
Movie Diane Wallace
2009
Psychoville
TV show Cheryl
2009
Into the Storm
Movie Clementine Churchill
2009
Killer in a Small Town
Movie Self - Narrator(voice)