
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) 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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56Credits26 TV · 30 films
1985–2026Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedDead Romantic
7.0 Average ratingacross 55 titles
Top TV shows 26best Janet McTeer shows
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MobLandKat McAllister · 4 eps · 2025 - 2
OzarkHelen Pierce · 17 eps · 2017 - 3
Gangs of LondonIsabel Vaughn · 1 ep · 2020 - 4
Agatha Christie's MarpleAnne Protheroe · 1 ep · 2004 - 5
Sense and SensibilityMrs. Dashwood · 3 eps · 2008 - 6
The GovernorHelen Hewitt · 12 eps · 1995 - 7
Marvel's Jessica JonesAlisa Jones · 13 eps · 2015 - 8
DamagesKate Franklin · 9 eps · 2007 - 9
The Honourable WomanJulia Walsh · 8 eps · 2014 - 10
The White QueenJacquetta of Luxembourg · 10 eps · 2013 - 11
KAOSHera · 8 eps · 2024 - 12
HunterDS Amy Foster · 2 eps · 2009 - 13
The Old ManMarion · 4 eps · 2022 - 14
Screen OneAdult Claudie · 1 ep · 1989 - 15
Screen TwoCéleste Albaret · 1 ep · 1985 - 16
PsychovilleCheryl · 2 eps · 2009 - 17
Battle CreekCommander Guziewicz · 13 eps · 2015 - 18
Sorry for Your LossAmy · 20 eps · 2018 - 19
Julius Caesar: The Making of a DictatorNarrator · 3 eps · 2023 - 20
Parade's EndMrs. Satterthwaite · 5 eps · 2012 - 21
The Amazing Mrs PritchardCatherine Walker · 6 eps · 2006 - 22
The ArtistMarian Henry · 6 eps · 2025 - 23
The Play on OneDr Juliet Horwitz · 1 ep · 1988 - 24
Portrait of a MarriageVita Sackville-West · 4 eps · 1990 - 25
Five DaysDS Amy Foster · 10 eps · 2007 - 26
Harry PotterMinerva McGonagall · 1 ep · 2026
Top movies 30best Janet McTeer movies
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Dead RomanticMadeleine Severn · 1993 - 2
A Masculine EndingLoretta Lawson · 1992 - 3
YellowbacksDr Juliet Horwitz · 1990 - 4
PrinceAdult Claudie · 1991 - 5
Me Before YouCamilla Traynor · 2016 · Drama - 6
Precious BanePrue Sarn · 1989 - 7
102 Boulevard HaussmannCéleste Albaret · 1990 - 8
Don't Leave Me This WayLoretta Lawson · 1993 - 9
I Dreamt I Woke UpMysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist · 1991 - 10
Mission: Impossible - The Final ReckoningWalters · 2025 · Action - 11
The MenuLillian · 2022 · Comedy - 12
Fathers and DaughtersCarolyn · 2015 - 13
MaleficentNarrator (voice) · 2014 - 14
Velvet GoldmineFemale Narrator (voice) · 1998 - 15
The ExceptionPrincess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz · 2017 - 16
Hannah ArendtMary McCarthy · 2012 - 17
Wuthering HeightsEllen Dean · 1992 - 18
TidelandDell · 2005 - 19
Into the StormClementine Churchill · 2009 - 20
TumbleweedsMary Jo Walker · 1999 - 21
InsurgentEdith Prior · 2015 - 22
Albert NobbsHubert Page · 2011 - 23
SongcatcherProfessor Lily Penleric, PhD · 2001 - 24
CarringtonVanessa Bell · 1995 - 25
The Woman in BlackMrs. Daily · 2012 · Drama - 26
AllegiantEdith Prior · 2016 - 27
Waking the DeadCaroline Pierce · 2000 - 28
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons DangereusesLa Marquise de Merteuil · 2016 - 29
The Black Velvet GownRiah Millican · 1991 - 30
DaphneGertrude Lawrence · 2007