Janet McTeer Biography (1961-)

Born May 8, 1961, in Newcastle, England; daughter of Alan and Jean McTeer. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 40 West 57th St., Floor 16, New York, NY 10019-4098.

Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress
Birth Details
May 8, 1961
Newcastle, England

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • (Stage debut) A cough, Mother Courage and Her Children, NottinghamPlayhouse, Nottingham, England, 1984
  • (London debut) Mary, Grace of Mary Traverse, Royal Court Theatre,1985
  • Hippolyta and Tatania, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1986
  • Victoria, Worlds Apart, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 1986, then The Pit, London, 1987
  • Katerina, The Storm, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1987
  • Greenland, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1988
  • Nora Helmer, A Doll's House, London, then Belasco Theatre, NewYork City, both 1997
  • Appeared as Elizabeth I, Vivat! Vivat! Regina!, Mermaid Theatre, London; as Cecilia, Simpatico, Royal Court Theatre; as Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, Queen's Theatre, London; as Yelena, Uncle Vanya, Royal National Theatre, London; appeared as Imogen, Cymbeline,as Rosalind, As You Like It, and as Masha, The Three Sisters,all Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England.
  • Film Appearances
  • Van Arkady's Secretary, Half Moon Street (also known as Escort Girl), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
  • Hazel, Hawks, Skouras, 1988
  • Adult Claudie, Prince, 1991
  • Mysterious woman, lady of the lake, and journalist, I Dreamt I Woke Up, 1991
  • Ellen Dean, Wuthering Heights (also known as Emily Bronte'sWuthering Heights), 1992
  • Madeleine Severn, Dead Romantic, 1992
  • Vanessa Bell, Carrington, 1995
  • Genevieve de Ville-Franche, Saint-Ex, Bonneville-Worldwide Entertainment, 1997
  • Female narrator, Velvet Goldmine, Miramax, 1998
  • Mary Jo Walker, Tumbleweeds, Fine Line, 1999
  • Caroline Pierce, Waking the Dead, USA Films, 1999
  • Dr. Lily Penleric, Songcatcher, Trimark, 1999
  • Liz, The King Is Alive (also known as Dogme 4 and Dogme4--The King Is Alive), IFC Releasing, 2000
  • Television Appearances
  • Movies
  • Prue Sarn, Precious Bane, BBC, 1988, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1989
  • Dr. Juliet Horwitz, Yellowbacks, BBC, 1989
  • Caroline, Sweet Nothing, BBC, 1990
  • Celeste, 102 Boulevard Haussmann, 1991
  • Also appeared as Celeste, Proust, BBC.
  • Specials
  • Vita Sackville-West, Portrait of a Marriage, BBC, 1990
  • Riah Millican, The Black Velvet Gown (also known as Catherine Cookson's The Black Velvet Gown), PBS, 1993
  • Episodic
  • Esther Pearson, "Flesh and Blood," Juliet Bravo, 1985
  • "Baywatch," French and Saunders, 1996
  • Other Television Appearances
  • Loretta Lawson, A Masculine Ending, 1992
  • Loretta Lawson, Don't Leave Me This Way, 1993
  • Helen Hewitt, The Governor (series), 1996
  • RECORDINGS
  • Audio Books
  • Pandora, Random Audio, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals:
    • Entertainment Weekly, December 17, 1999, pp. 36-37; March 1, 2000,p. 39.
    • Interview, December 17, 1999, p. 64.
    • Madison, November 17, 1999, pp. 90-95.
    • Movieline, November 17, 1999, p. 18.
    • Premiere, March 17, 2000, p. 57.
    • Variety, January 3, 2000, p. 53.

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