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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Most waited movies 2023 and after | Walters | 7.5 | |
| 2 | The Menu (2022) Most waited movies 2022 | Lillian | 7.5 | |
| 3 | A Farewell to Ozark (2022) | Self | 7 | |
| 4 | Disclosure (2020) | Hubert Page / Self (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
| 5 | The Exception (2017) | Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz | 8.5 | |
| 6 | Angelica (2017) | Anne Montague | - | - |
| 7 | Paint It Black (2016) | Meredith | 7.5 | |
| 8 | Me Before You (2016) | Camilla Traynor | 7.8 | |
| 9 | Allegiant (2016) | Edith Prior | 5.9 | |
| 10 | National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016) | La Marquise de Merteuil | - | - |
| 11 | Fathers and Daughters (2015) | Carolyn | 7 | |
| 12 | Insurgent (2015) | Edith Prior | 6.3 | |
| 13 | Maleficent (2014) Oscars 2015 | Narrator (voice) | 7 | |
| 14 | Love, Marilyn (2013) | Self | 9 | |
| 15 | Hannah Arendt (2012) | Mary McCarthy | 7.3 | |
| 16 | The Woman in Black (2012) | Mrs. Daily | 6.6 | |
| 17 | Cat Run (2011) | Helen Bingham | 5.5 | |
| 18 | Island (2011) | Phyllis | 5 | |
| 19 | Albert Nobbs (2011) Oscars 2012 | Hubert Page | 6.1 | |
| 20 | Into the Storm (2009) | Clementine Churchill | - | - |
| 21 | Daphne (2007) | Gertrude Lawrence | 5.5 | |
| 22 | As You Like It (2006) | Audrey | - | - |
| 23 | Tideland (2005) | Dell | 5.6 | |
| 24 | Waking the Dead (2000) | Caroline Pierce | - | - |
| 25 | Tumbleweeds (1999) Oscars 2000 | Mary Jo Walker | - | - |
| 26 | Velvet Goldmine (1998) Oscars 1999 | Female Narrator (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 27 | Carrington (1995) | Vanessa Bell | 5 | |
| 28 | Dead Romantic (1993) | Madeleine Severn | - | - |
| 29 | Don't Leave Me This Way (1993) | Loretta Lawson | - | - |
| 30 | Wuthering Heights (1992) | Ellen Dean | 10 | |
| 31 | The Black Velvet Gown (1991) | Riah Millican | - | - |
| 32 | Half Moon Street (1986) | Van Arkady's Secretary | - | - |
