Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

Infobox Actor
name = Janet McTeer



birthdate = birth date and age|1961|5|8
location = Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England
goldenglobeawards = Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2000 "Tumbleweeds"
laurenceolivierawards = Best Actress in a Play
1997 "A Doll's House"
tonyawards = Best Leading Actress in a Play
1997 "A Doll's House"

Janet McTeer, OBE (born May 8, 1961) is an award-winning British actress.

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, McTeer attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and began her successful theatrical career with the Royal Exchange Theatre after graduating. 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 and As You Like It directed by Kenneth Branagh. She also starred in the dramatisation of Mary Webb's "Precious Bane".

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. She is currently starring in "God of Carnage" in the West End alongside Tamsin Greig, Ken Stott and Ralph Fiennes, at the Gielgud Theatre.

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours. [LondonGazette |issue=58729 |date=14 June 2008 |startpage=11 |supp=yes |notarchive=yes]

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External links

*imdb name|id=0005216|name=Janet McTeer
* [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Chateau/5968/mcteer.html/ 1999 interview re: "Tumbleweeds"]
* [http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/09/21/mcteer/index.html/ 1999 Salon interview re: "Tumbleweeds"]
* [http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,2002093,00.html 2007 Guardian interview]

succession box
title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
years=1996-1997
for "A Doll's House"
before=Zoe Caldwell
for "Masterclass"
after=Cherry Jones
for "Pride's Crossing"

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NAME= McTeer, Janet
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH= May 8, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH= Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England
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