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Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
as Self
2026
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Janet McTeer
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 (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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Personal details
Full filmography
2026
2025
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Walters
2025
2023
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National Theatre Live: Phaedra
as Helen
2023
2022
2020
D
Disclosure
as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
2020
2017
A
Angelica
as Anne Montague
2017
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The Exception
as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
2017
2016
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National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as La Marquise de Merteuil
2016
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Me Before You
as Camilla Traynor
2016
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Paint It Black
2016
A
Allegiant
as Edith Prior
2016
2015
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Fathers and Daughters
as Carolyn
2015
I
Insurgent
as Edith Prior
2015
2014
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Maleficent
as Narrator (voice)
2014
2013
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Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
2012
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The Woman in Black
as Mrs. Daily
2012
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Hannah Arendt
as Mary McCarthy
2012
2011
I
Island
as Phyllis
2011
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Cat Run
as Helen Bingham
2011
A
Albert Nobbs
as Hubert Page
2011
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Weekends at Bellevue
as Diane Wallace
2011
2009
I
Into the Storm
as Clementine Churchill
2009
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Killer in a Small Town
as Self - Narrator(voice)
2009
2007
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Daphne
as Gertrude Lawrence
2007
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The Making of 'Tideland'
as Self
2007
2006
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As You Like It
as Audrey
2006
2005
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Tideland
as Dell
2005
2002
T
The Intended
2002
2001
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Songcatcher
as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
2001
2000
T
The King Is Alive
as Liz
2000
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Waking the Dead
as Caroline Pierce
2000
1999
T
Tumbleweeds
as Mary Jo Walker
1999
1998
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Velvet Goldmine
as Female Narrator (voice)
1998
1996
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Saint-Ex
as Genevieve de Ville-Franche
1996
1995
C
Carrington
as Vanessa Bell
1995
1993
D
Don't Leave Me This Way
as Loretta Lawson
1993
D
Dead Romantic
as Madeleine Severn
1993
1992
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Wuthering Heights
as Ellen Dean
1992
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A Masculine Ending
as Loretta Lawson
1992
1991
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The Black Velvet Gown
as Riah Millican
1991
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Prince
as Adult Claudie
1991
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I Dreamt I Woke Up
as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
1991
1990
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Yellowbacks
as Dr Juliet Horwitz
1990
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Sweet Nothing
as Caroline
1990
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102 Boulevard Haussmann
as Céleste Albaret
1990
1989
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Precious Bane
as Prue Sarn
1989
1988
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Hawks
as Hazel
1988
1987
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Miss Julie
as Miss Julie
1987
1986
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Half Moon Street
as Van Arkady's Secretary
1986