Janet McTeer

Date of Birth: May 08, 1961
Place of Birth: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

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Janet McTeer mini-bio: Janet McTeer (born May 8, 1961) is an award-winning British actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Janet McTeer began her successful theatrical career with the Royal Exchange Theatre. Her television work includes the BBC production of Nigel Nicolson's book Portrait of a Marriage in which she played Vita Sackville-West and the popular ITV series The Governor written by Lynda La Plante. She made her screen debut in Half Moon Street, a 1986 film based on a novel by Paul Theroux, and appeared in the 1992 film version of Wuthering Heights, with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes, and Carrington (1995) with Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce.

In 1996, McTeer garnered critical acclaim - and both the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for her performance as Nora in a West End production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. The following year, the production transferred to Broadway, and she was honored with a Tony Award, Theatre World Award, and Drama Desk Award as Best Actress in a Play.

During the show's run, McTeer was interviewed by Charlie Rose on his PBS talk show, where she was seen by filmmaker Gavin O'Connor, who was working on a screenplay about a single mother's cross-country wanderings with her pre-teen daughter. Enamoured with the actress, he was determined she should star in the film, and when prospective backers balked at her relative anonymity in the States, he produced the movie himself. Tumbleweeds proved to be a 1999 Sundance Film Festival favourite, and McTeer's performance won her a Golden Globe as Best Actress and Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations in the same category.

McTeer's screen credits include Songcatcher with Aidan Quinn, Waking the Dead with Billy Crudup and Jennifer Connelly, the dogme film The King is Alive with Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Intended with Brenda Fricker and Olympia Dukakis and Tideland written and directed by Terry Gilliam.

She appeared in the British TV series The Amazing Mrs Pritchard and Five Days, and as Mary, Queen of Scots in Mary Stuart in London's West End.

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richard1941

Please note that Janet McTeer WAS NOT BORN ON May 8, 1961. She was born on August 5, 1961. I was with her on her birthday. What Americans forgot was that the English reverse dates, i.e. instead of 5/8 it should be 8/5.

Joan Jansen

posted 109 days ago
richard1941

Janet McTeer is probably the greatest actress in the world. I saw Mary Stuart three times, and all of her performances were magnificent. The third time, was her birthday--which, by the way, is not May 8 but August 5th--and her performance was inspiring. It took me four days for my feet to touch the ground again. She explained that Americans forget that the English reverse dates. Therefore, 5/8 should really be 8/5. Please correct.

I told her that I hope she does not take ten years to come back to Broadway, and she said she would try to not take that long.

She is very gracious. She posed with me for a picture that I shall treasure always.

Joan Jansen

posted 111 days ago
graemii

I think you bring such a deep presence and thoroughness to your characters. I thought you gave wonderful performances in Songcatcher, Sense and Sensibility and Wuthering Heights even if that was a smaller part. I just finished watching Songcatcher and I totally felt Lily's pain in losing all of her work but you could see that she also felt the sadness of her sister's loss and tragic situation. Quite a steamy scene in the woods too! I hope to see more of your work.

posted 207 days ago