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)
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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Born
Aug 05, 1961
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
51 acting
2 crew
Popularity
5.2
Known For
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Walters
Me Before You
2016
as Camilla Traynor
Insurgent
2015
as Edith Prior
Maleficent
2014
as Narrator (voice)
The Menu
2022
as Lillian
Allegiant
2016
as Edith Prior
Fathers and Daughters
2015
as Carolyn
Wuthering Heights
1992
as Ellen Dean
The Woman in Black
2012
as Mrs. Daily
The Exception
2017
as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
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