Janet McTeer
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Ozark
Helen Pierce
2017
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Anne Protheroe
2004
Series
Damages
Kate Franklin
2007
Series
MobLand
Kat McAllister
2025
Film
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Walters
2025
Series
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Alisa Jones
2015
Series
Screen Two
Céleste Albaret
1985
Series
Screen Two
Madeleine Severn
1985
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Gangs of London
Isabel Vaughn
2020
Film
Maleficent
Narrator (voice)
2014
Series
The Old Man
Marion
2022
Film
Me Before You
Camilla Traynor
2016
Film
The Menu
Lillian
2022
Film
Insurgent
Edith Prior
2015
Series
The White Queen
Jacquetta of Luxembourg
2013
Series
KAOS
Hera
2024
Film
Allegiant
Edith Prior
2016
Series
Screen One
Adult Claudie
1989
Series
Harry Potter
Minerva McGonagall
2026
Series
The Artist
Marian Henry
2025
Series
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Dashwood
2008
Series
Five Days
DS Amy Foster
2007
Series
Battle Creek
Commander Guziewicz
2015
Series
Sorry for Your Loss
Amy
2018
Series
Psychoville
Cheryl
2009
Film
Wuthering Heights
Ellen Dean
1992
Film
Disclosure
Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
Parade's End
Mrs. Satterthwaite
2012
Film
The Exception
Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
2017
Series
The Honourable Woman
Julia Walsh
2014
Film
The Woman in Black
Mrs. Daily
2012
Series
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Catherine Walker
2006
Film
Velvet Goldmine
Female Narrator (voice)
1998
Film
Fathers and Daughters
Carolyn
2015
Film
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
Self
2026
Series
The Governor
Helen Hewitt
1995
Film
Albert Nobbs
Hubert Page
2011
Film
Cat Run
Helen Bingham
2011
Film
Tideland
Dell
2005
Film
Half Moon Street
Van Arkady's Secretary
1986
Film
As You Like It
Audrey
2006
Film
Love, Marilyn
Self
2013
Film
Hawks
Hazel
1988
Film
Paint It Black
Meredith
2016
Series
Hunter
DS Amy Foster
2009
Series
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
Narrator
2023
Film
Hannah Arendt
Mary McCarthy
2012
Series
Portrait of a Marriage
Vita Sackville-West
1990
Film
Waking the Dead
Caroline Pierce
2000
Film
Into the Storm
Clementine Churchill
2009
Film
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
2022
Film
Carrington
Vanessa Bell
1995
Film
The King Is Alive
Liz
2000
Film
Angelica
Anne Montague
2017
Film
A Masculine Ending
Loretta Lawson
1992
Film
Tumbleweeds
Mary Jo Walker
1999
Film
The Intended
Sarah Morris
2002
Film
Don't Leave Me This Way
Loretta Lawson
1993
Film
Yellowbacks
Dr Juliet Horwitz
1990
Film
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Céleste Albaret
1990
Film
Songcatcher
Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
2001
Film
The Black Velvet Gown
Riah Millican
1991
Film
Glimpse
Lucienne
2022
The Making of 'Tideland'
Self
2007
Film
Daphne
Gertrude Lawrence
2007
Film
Saint-Ex
Genevieve de Ville-Franche
1996
Film
Miss Julie
Miss Julie
1987
Film
Precious Bane
Prue Sarn
1989
Film
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
La Marquise de Merteuil
2016
Series
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic
Herself
2026
Film
Island
Phyllis
2011
Film
Prince
Adult Claudie
1991
Film
Weekends at Bellevue
Diane Wallace
2011
Film
Sweet Nothing
Caroline
1990
Film
I Dreamt I Woke Up
Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
1991
Film
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
Helen
2023
Film
Dead Romantic
Madeleine Severn
1993