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Aliases: 珍娜·麥提爾 , جنت مک‌تیر

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 20


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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet McTeer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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7
MobLand
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9

MobLand

(2025) Kat McAllister
Ozark
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8

Ozark

(2017) Helen Pierce
Marvel's Jessica Jones
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8

Marvel's Jessica Jones

(2015) Alisa Jones
Agatha Christie's Marple
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8

Agatha Christie's Marple

(2004) Anne Protheroe
Gangs of London
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8

Gangs of London

(2020) Isabel Vaughn
Me Before You
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8

Me Before You

(2016) Camilla Traynor
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Walters
Kat McAllister
2024 Hera
2023 Narrator
Helen
2022 Lillian
Marion
Lucienne
Self
2020 Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
Isabel Vaughn
2018 Amy
2017 Anne Montague
Helen Pierce
Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz
2016 Meredith
Camilla Traynor
Edith Prior
La Marquise de Merteuil
2015 N/A
Alisa Jones
Carolyn
Edith Prior
Commander Guziewicz
2014 Julia Walsh
Narrator (voice)
2013 Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Self
2012 Mary McCarthy
Mrs. Satterthwaite
Mrs. Daily
2011 Hubert Page
Phyllis
Helen Bingham
2009 N/A
Clementine Churchill
DS Amy Foster
2008 Mrs. Dashwood
2007 Gertrude Lawrence
Self
DS Amy Foster
2006 Catherine Walker
Audrey
2005 Dell
2004 Anne Protheroe
2003 Self
2002 Sarah Morris
2001 Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
2000 Liz
Caroline Pierce
1999 Mary Jo Walker
1998 Female Narrator (voice)
1996 Genevieve de Ville-Franche
1995 Vanessa Bell
N/A
1993 Loretta Lawson
Madeleine Severn
1992 Ellen Dean
Loretta Lawson
1991 Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist
Adult Claudie
Riah Millican
1990 Céleste Albaret
Caroline
Vita Sackville-West
Dr Juliet Horwitz
1989 Prue Sarn
1988 Hazel
Dr Juliet Horwitz
1987 Miss Julie
1986 Van Arkady's Secretary
1953 Self
Marian Henry
Diane Wallace
Minerva McGonagall
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Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2016 Executive Producer
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Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2002 Writer
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