Janet McTeer OBE (born 5 August 1961) 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 (1996â€"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.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. Her other theatre roles include Yelena in Uncle
Vanya (London), Veronique in God of Carnage (London & New York), and
the title role in Mary Stuart (London & New York), which won her a
second Drama Desk Award in 2009. On television, she starred in the
title role of Lynda La Plante's The Governor (1995â€"1996), and
received an Emmy Award nomination for Into the Storm (2009) and a
Golden Globe nomination for The White Queen (2013).She also appeared
opposite Glenn Close in the final season of the drama series Damages
(2012). Her other film roles include Half Moon Street (1986), Hawks
(1988), Wuthering Heights (1992), Carrington (1995), Velvet Goldmine
(1998), Songcatcher (2000), The Intended (2002), As You Like It
(2006), Tideland (2005), Cat Run (2011), The Woman in Black (2012),
Maleficent (2014), The Divergent Series (2015â€"2016), and Me Before
You (2016).
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 (1996â€"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.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. Her other theatre roles include Yelena in Uncle
Vanya (London), Veronique in God of Carnage (London & New York), and
the title role in Mary Stuart (London & New York), which won her a
second Drama Desk Award in 2009. On television, she starred in the
title role of Lynda La Plante's The Governor (1995â€"1996), and
received an Emmy Award nomination for Into the Storm (2009) and a
Golden Globe nomination for The White Queen (2013).She also appeared
opposite Glenn Close in the final season of the drama series Damages
(2012). Her other film roles include Half Moon Street (1986), Hawks
(1988), Wuthering Heights (1992), Carrington (1995), Velvet Goldmine
(1998), Songcatcher (2000), The Intended (2002), As You Like It
(2006), Tideland (2005), Cat Run (2011), The Woman in Black (2012),
Maleficent (2014), The Divergent Series (2015â€"2016), and Me Before
You (2016).
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