Janet McTeer\u00a0OBE\u00a0(born 5 August 1961) is an English actress. She began her career training at the\u00a0Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\u00a0before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including a\u00a0Tony Award, an\u00a0Olivier Award, a\u00a0Golden Globe Award\u00a0and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award. In 2008, she was appointed as an\u00a0officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)\u00a0for her services in drama.<\/p>\n
McTeer made her professional stage debut in 1984 and was nominated for the 1986\u00a0Olivier Award for Best Newcomer\u00a0for\u00a0The Grace of Mary Traverse. She received the\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and the\u00a0Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play\u00a0for her A Doll’s House\u00a0performance in 1997. For her roles on\u00a0Broadway, she received two other nominations for\u00a0Mary Stuart\u00a0in 2009 and\u00a0Bernhardt\/Hamlet\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n
McTeer has also gained acclaim for her film roles, having received two\u00a0Academy Award nominations, one for\u00a0Best Actress\u00a0in\u00a0Tumbleweeds\u00a0in 1999 and the other for\u00a0Best Supporting Actress\u00a0in\u00a0Albert Nobbs\u00a0in 2011. Other roles include\u00a0Wuthering Heights\u00a0(1992),\u00a0Carrington (1995),\u00a0Velvet Goldmine\u00a0(1998),\u00a0Songcatcher\u00a0(2000),\u00a0As You Like It\u00a0(2006),\u00a0The Divergent Series\u00a0(2015\u20132016), and\u00a0The Menu\u00a0(2022).\u00a0<\/p>\n
On television, she starred in the title role of\u00a0Lynda La Plante’s\u00a0The Governor\u00a0(1995\u20131996). She received a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0nomination for portraying\u00a0Clementine Churchill\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0film\u00a0Into the Storm\u00a0(2009). She is also known for her roles in\u00a0Damages\u00a0(2012),\u00a0The White Queen\u00a0(2013),\u00a0The Honourable Woman\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Jessica Jones\u00a0(2018),\u00a0Sorry for Your Loss (2018\u20132019), and\u00a0Ozark\u00a0(2018\u20132020).<\/p>\n
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Janet McTeer\u00a0OBE\u00a0(born 5 August 1961) is an English actress. She began her career training at the\u00a0Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\u00a0before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including a\u00a0Tony Award, an\u00a0Olivier Award, a\u00a0Golden Globe Award\u00a0and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Primetime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8169","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n