Janet McTeer
Acting
Born: Aug 05, 1961
From: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Walters | 2025 | 7.162 |
| Glimpse | Lucienne | 2022 | 5.0 |
| A Farewell to Ozark | Self | 2022 | 6.6 |
| Disclosure | Hubert Page / Self (archive … | 2020 | 7.8 |
| Angelica | Anne Montague | 2017 | 4.758 |
| The Exception | Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of … | 2017 | 6.932 |
| National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses | La Marquise de Merteuil | 2016 | 6.0 |
| Maleficent | Narrator (voice) | 2014 | 7.086 |
| Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013 | 6.577 |
| The Woman in Black | Mrs. Daily | 2012 | 6.141 |
| Hannah Arendt | Mary McCarthy | 2012 | 6.9 |
| Island | Phyllis | 2011 | 5.2 |
| Cat Run | Helen Bingham | 2011 | 5.2 |
| Into the Storm | Clementine Churchill | 2009 | 6.386 |
| Daphne | Gertrude Lawrence | 2007 | 5.8 |
| As You Like It | Audrey | 2006 | 5.77 |
| Tideland | Dell | 2005 | 6.515 |
| Songcatcher | Professor Lily Penleric, PhD | 2001 | 6.132 |
| The King Is Alive | Liz | 2000 | 5.614 |
| Waking the Dead | Caroline Pierce | 2000 | 6.083 |
| Tumbleweeds | Mary Jo Walker | 1999 | 6.44 |
| Saint-Ex | Genevieve de Ville-Franche | 1996 | 4.25 |
| Carrington | Vanessa Bell | 1995 | 6.169 |
| Wuthering Heights | Ellen Dean | 1992 | 6.641 |
| The Black Velvet Gown | Riah Millican | 1991 | 5.833 |
| Prince | Adult Claudie | 1991 | 8.0 |
| Yellowbacks | Dr Juliet Horwitz | 1990 | 8.0 |
| Sweet Nothing | Caroline | 1990 | — |
| Hawks | Hazel | 1988 | 5.725 |
| Half Moon Street | Van Arkady's Secretary | 1986 | 5.136 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1961 |
| From | Newcastle upon Tyne, … |