Acting · Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Born August 5, 1961
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.
TVHarry Potter
2026
as Minerva McGonagall
MovieFinding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
2026
as Self
TVFinding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic
2026
as Herself
TVThe Artist
2025
as Marian Henry
MovieMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Walters
TVMobLand
2025
as Kat McAllister
TVKAOS
2024
as Hera
TVJulius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
2023
as Narrator
MovieNational Theatre Live: Phaedra
2023
as Helen
MovieThe Menu
2022
as Lillian
TVThe Old Man
2022
as Marion
MovieGlimpse
2022
as Lucienne
MovieA Farewell to Ozark
2022
as Self
MovieDisclosure
2020
as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
TVGangs of London
2020
as Isabel Vaughn
TVSorry for Your Loss
2018
as Amy
MovieAngelica
2017
as Anne Montague
TVOzark
2017
as Helen Pierce
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2017
as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
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2016
as Meredith
MovieMe Before You
2016
as Camilla Traynor
MovieAllegiant
2016
as Edith Prior
MovieNational Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2016
as La Marquise de Merteuil
TVMarvel's Jessica Jones
2015
as Alisa Jones
MovieFathers and Daughters
2015
as Carolyn
MovieInsurgent
2015
as Edith Prior
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2015
as Commander Guziewicz
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2014
as Julia Walsh
MovieMaleficent
2014
as Narrator (voice)
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2013
as Jacquetta of Luxembourg
MovieLove, Marilyn
2013
as Self
MovieHannah Arendt
2012
as Mary McCarthy
TVParade's End
2012
as Mrs. Satterthwaite
MovieThe Woman in Black
2012
as Mrs. Daily
MovieAlbert Nobbs
2011
as Hubert Page
MovieIsland
2011
as Phyllis
MovieCat Run
2011
as Helen Bingham
MovieWeekends at Bellevue
2011
as Diane Wallace
TVPsychoville
2009
as Cheryl
MovieInto the Storm
2009
as Clementine Churchill
TVHunter
2009
as DS Amy Foster
TVSense and Sensibility
2008
as Mrs. Dashwood
TVDamages
2007
as Kate Franklin
MovieDaphne
2007
as Gertrude Lawrence
The Making of 'Tideland'
2007
as Self
TVFive Days
2007
as DS Amy Foster
TVThe Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
as Catherine Walker
MovieAs You Like It
2006
as Audrey
MovieTideland
2005
as Dell
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Anne Protheroe
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Intended
2002
as Sarah Morris
MovieSongcatcher
2001
as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
MovieThe King Is Alive
2000
as Liz
MovieWaking the Dead
2000
as Caroline Pierce
MovieTumbleweeds
1999
as Mary Jo Walker
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1998
as Female Narrator (voice)
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1996
as Genevieve de Ville-Franche
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1995
as Vanessa Bell
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1995
as Helen Hewitt
MovieDon't Leave Me This Way
1993
as Loretta Lawson
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1993
as Madeleine Severn
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1992
as Ellen Dean
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1992
as Loretta Lawson
MovieI Dreamt I Woke Up
1991
as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
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1991
as Adult Claudie
MovieThe Black Velvet Gown
1991
as Riah Millican
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1990
as Céleste Albaret
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1990
as Caroline
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1990
as Vita Sackville-West
MovieYellowbacks
1990
as Dr Juliet Horwitz
TVScreen One
1989
as Adult Claudie
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1989
as Prue Sarn
MovieHawks
1988
as Hazel
Les Girls
1988
as Susan
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Dr Juliet Horwitz
MovieMiss Julie
1987
as Miss Julie
MovieHalf Moon Street
1986
as Van Arkady's Secretary
TVScreen Two
1985
as Céleste Albaret
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
