Janet McTeer

Acting

Born 1961-08-05 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK 79 credits Tony Awards 1 Laurence Olivier Awards 1 Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1 Theatre World Award 1

Awards

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 nominated

2012 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Albert Nobbs
2000 Best Actress Nominated Tumbleweeds

Tony Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

2009 Best Actress in a Play Nominated
1997 Best Actress in a Play Won

Laurence Olivier Awards 1 won

— Laurence Olivier Awards Won

Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

— Officer of the Order of the British Empire Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1 won

— Outstanding Actress in a Play Won

Theatre World Award 1 won

1997 Theatre World Award Won

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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.