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Janet McTeer is an English actress. In 1997, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, the Olivier Award for Best Actress, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her role as Nora in A Doll's House (1996–1997). She also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Mary Jo Walker in the 1999 film Tumbleweeds, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Hubert Page in the 2011 film Albert Nobbs. She was made an OBE in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Born
Saturday, 05 August 1961
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mission: Impossible 8 | 2025 | |
| Kaos | Hera | 2024 |
| The Menu | Lillian | 2022 |
| Glimpse | Lucienne | 2022 |
| The President Is Missing | Carolyn Brock | 2022 |
| Disclosure | Hubert Page / Self / Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Sorry for Your Loss | Amy | 2018 |
| Angelica | Anne Montague | 2017 |
| Ozark | Helen Pierce | 2017 |
| The Exception | Princess Hermine / Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz | 2017 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mission: Impossible 8 | 2025 | |
| Kaos | Hera | 2024 |
| The Menu | Lillian | 2022 |
| Glimpse | Lucienne | 2022 |
| The President Is Missing | Carolyn Brock | 2022 |
| Disclosure | Hubert Page / Self / Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Sorry for Your Loss | Amy | 2018 |
| Angelica | Anne Montague | 2017 |
| Ozark | Helen Pierce | 2017 |
| The Exception | Princess Hermine / Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz | 2017 |
| Paint It Black | Meredith | 2017 |
| Me Before You | Camilla Traynor | 2016 |
| Allegiant | Edith Prior | 2016 |
| Jessica Jones | Alisa Jones | 2015 |
| Fathers & Daughters | Carolyn | 2015 |
| The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Edith Prior | 2015 |
| Battle Creek | Commander Guziewicz / Commander Kim Guziewicz | 2015 |
| The Honourable Woman | Julia Walsh / Dame Julia Walsh | 2014 |
| Maleficent | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2014 |
| 71st Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2014 |
| The White Queen | Jacquetta of Luxembourg / Jacquetta Woodville | 2013 |
| Love, Marilyn | Self - Reader / Self | 2013 |
| Hannah Arendt | Mary McCarthy | 2012 |
| Parade's End | Mrs. Satterthwaite | 2012 |
| The 84th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2012 |
| The Woman in Black | Mrs. Daily | 2012 |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2012 |
| Albert Nobbs | Hubert Page | 2011 |
| Island | Phyllis | 2011 |
| Cat Run | Helen Bingham | 2011 |
| Show People with Paul Wontorek | Self | 2010 |
| The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2010 |
| Psychoville | Cheryl | 2009 |
| Into the Storm | Clementine Churchill | 2009 |
| Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash | Self - Narrator | 2009 |
| Sense & Sensibility | Mrs. Dashwood | 2008 |
| Damages | Kate Franklin | 2007 |
| Daphne | Gertrude Lawrence | 2007 |
| Five Days | DS Amy Foster | 2007 |
| The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Catherine Walker | 2006 |
| As You Like It | Audrey | 2006 |
| Tideland | Dell | 2005 |
| Marple | Anne Protheroe | 2004 |
| The Intended | Sarah Morris | 2002 |
| Songcatcher | Lily Penleric / Professor Lily Penleric, PhD | 2001 |
| The King Is Alive | Liz | 2000 |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2000 |
| Waking the Dead | Caroline Pierce | 2000 |
| Tumbleweeds | Mary Jo Walker | 1999 |
| The Martin Short Show | Self | 1999 |
| Velvet Goldmine | Female Narrator / Female Narrator (voice) | 1998 |
| The 51st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1997 |
| Saint-Ex | Genevieve de Ville-Franche | 1996 |
| The Governor | Helen Hewitt | 1995 |
| Carrington | Vanessa Bell | 1995 |
| Don't Leave Me This Way | Loretta Lawson | 1993 |
| Wuthering Heights | Ellen Dean | 1992 |
| I Dreamt I Woke Up | Mysterious Woman / Lady of Lake / Journalist / Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist | 1991 |
| The Black Velvet Gown | Riah Millican | 1991 |
| Portrait of a Marriage | Vita Sackville-West | 1990 |
| Screen One | Adult Claudie / Caroline | 1989 |
| Hawks | Hazel | 1988 |
| The Play on One | Dr. Juliet Horwitz | 1988 |
| French and Saunders | Self | 1987 |
| Half Moon Street | Van Arkady's Secretary | 1986 |
| Screen Two | Madeleine Severn / Celeste | 1985 |
| Juliet Bravo | Esther Pearson | 1980 |
| Jackanory | Self - Storyteller | 1965 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Paint It Black | 2017 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2014 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2012 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2010 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2009 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Nominated |
| 2000 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2000 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Won |
