Biography
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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Filmography
all 71
Movies 49
TV Shows 22
self 6
Voice 2
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Writer 1

KAOS (2024)

The Menu (2022)

The Old Man (2022)

Glimpse (2022)

Disclosure (2020)

Angelica (2017)

Ozark (2017)

The Exception (2017)

Paint It Black (2016)

Me Before You (2016)

Allegiant (2016)

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016)

Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015)

Insurgent (2015)

Battle Creek (2015)

The Honourable Woman (2014)

Maleficent (2014)

The White Queen (2013)

Hannah Arendt (2012)

Parade's End (2012)

The Woman in Black (2012)

Albert Nobbs (2011)

Island (2011)

Cat Run (2011)

Into the Storm (2009)

Hunter (2009)

Sense and Sensibility (2008)

Daphne (2007)

Five Days (2007)

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006)

Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)

The Intended (2002)

Songcatcher (2001)

Waking the Dead (2000)

Tumbleweeds (1999)

Velvet Goldmine (1998)

Saint-Ex (1996)

Carrington (1995)

Don't Leave Me This Way (1993)

Dead Romantic (1993)

Wuthering Heights (1992)

A Masculine Ending (1992)

I Dreamt I Woke Up (1991)

Prince (1991)

The Black Velvet Gown (1991)

102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990)

Sweet Nothing (1990)

Portrait of a Marriage (1990)

Yellowbacks (1990)

Precious Bane (1989)

Hawks (1988)

The Play on One (1988)

Miss Julie (1987)

Half Moon Street (1986)

Weekends at Bellevue
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1961-08-05 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesNew York City, United States
Also Known As珍娜·麥提爾, جنت مکتیر
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Laurence Olivier Awards
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