Janet McTeer is an English actress known for her varied roles on stage and screen. She has received various accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Actor Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2008 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to drama.
On film, she portrayed a free-spirited single mother in the comedy Tumbleweeds (1999) for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Actor Award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She portrayed a woman disguising herself as a male house painter in the period drama Albert Nobbs (2011) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Actors Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.
On television, she portrayed Clementine Churchill in the HBO television film Into the Storm (2009) for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She played Jacquetta of Luxembourg in the BBC One historical miniseries The White Queen (2013) for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She played the head of MI6 in the BBC Two political spy series The Honourable Woman (2014) earning a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries and Helen Pierce, a ruthless attorney representing the cartel in the Netflix crime drma series Ozark (from 2018 to 2020) for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
On stage, she portrayed Nora Helmer in the Henrik Ibsen play A Doll's House (1997) in both the West End and on Broadway for which she earned the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play respectively. She was Olivier-nominated for her performances in The Grace of Mary Traverse (1986), Uncle Vanya (1992), Mary Stuart (2006), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016), Phaedra (2023). She received further Tony Award nominations for her performances in Mary Stuart (2009) and Bernhardt/Hamlet (2019).
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Best Actress Tumbleweeds 2011 Best Supporting Actress Albert Nobbs
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Tumbleweeds 2011 Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role Albert Nobbs
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Television Awards 2015 Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Limited Series The Honorable Woman 2021 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Ozark
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Into the Storm
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Tumbleweeds 2009 Best Supporting Actress – Television Into the Storm 2011 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Albert Nobbs 2013 Best Supporting Actress - Television The White Queen
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre The Grace of Mary Traverse 1992 Actress of the Year Uncle Vanya 1997 Best Actress A Doll's House 2006 Best Actress Mary Stuart 2016 Best Actress Les Liaisons Dangereuses 2023 Best Actress Phaedra
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1997 Best Actress in a Play A Doll's House 2009 Best Actress in a Play Mary Stuart 2019 Best Actress in a Play Bernhardt/Hamlet
Miscellaneous awards Year Award Work Result1999 Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead Tumbleweeds National Board of Review Award for Best Actress Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress 2000 Sundance Film Festival – Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Performance Songcatcher 2009 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Into the Storm 2011 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Albert Nobbs Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Theater awards Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 1997 Critics Circle Award Best Actress A Doll's House Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Play
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