Selected filmography of Janet McTeer

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Janet McTeer is a British actress and MBE. She is known for her roles in such projects as "Family Portrait" (1990), "Carrington" (1995), "The King Lives" (2005), "The Island" (2011), "Me Before You" (2016) and others. Let's take a closer look at the filmography of the actress.

Janet McTeer's personal life

Despite the fact that Janet was born in 1961 in Newcastle (UK), from the age of six she lived in York. She studied at the Queen Anne Gymnasium for Girls, where she mainly studied drama. And having visited the play She stop to conquer at the York Theater, she decided that someday she would also become an actress. In the meantime, she got a job as a waitress.

The decisive moment in her life was her acquaintance with the now famous actor Gary Oldman. It was on his advice that she entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. And when she completed her studies, she began working in the Manchester theater, organized in the building of the Royal Exchange. It was somewhere around 1983. Then she had very little left before the first role on television.

Thunderstorm Streetpass

It all started in 1985, when Janet was offered to star in two series at once. She starred in one episode of the BBC1 British drama Juliet Bravo (1980–1985). Then she appeared in two episodes of Tessa Diamond's television project Gems (1985–1988). And only then did she get a small role in Bob Swam's erotic thriller Crescent Street (1986).

In 1988, Janet McTeer played in the comedy film Hawks by Robert Ellis Miller, which tells about a terminally ill football player and a lawyer. Then she played the role of Vita Sackville-West, the main character of the television drama Family Portrait (1990), based on the biographical novel by Nigel Nicholson. And starred in Norman Stone's drama Black Velvet Dress (1991).

Just a year later, Janet got into the main cast of Peter Kozminsky's feature film Wuthering Heights (1992), the plot of which is based on the novel of the same name by Emily Brontë. She played the main character in the television detective "Don't leave me on this path" (1993). She also starred in Christopher Hampton's biographical drama Carrington (1995).

Land of the Dead

Between 1995 and 1996, Janet played Helen Hewitt, the commandant of a women's prison and the protagonist of the crime drama The Commandant. Then she played the role of Mary Jo Walker in Gavin O'Connor's comedy film Tumbleweed (1999), for which she was awarded the Golden Globe and more. And she played in the drama of Keith Gordon "Waking the Dead" (2000), based on the eponymousnovel by Scott Spencer.

In 2005, another film with Janet McTeer was released, where the actress received one of the main roles. We are talking about the drama of Christian Levring "The King Lives" about a group of tourists left without a vehicle somewhere in the Nimibian desert. She also had a chance to play in Terry Gilliam's fantasy drama "Tideland" (2005).

In Claire Bevan's biographical drama Daphne (2007), Janet played the English singer Gertrude Lawrence. She played the role of Miss Dashwood in the film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (2008). She tried on the image of a brutal killer named Helen Bingum in John Stockwell's action comedy Everybody Needs a Cat (2011). She played Fellis, one of the main characters, in Elizabeth Mitchell's drama The Island (2011). And as Huber Page, she took part in the filming of Rodrigo Garcia's film "The Mysterious Albert Nobbs" (2011).

Divergent Woman

In 2012, Janet McTeer appeared in James Watkins' thriller The Woman in Black. Her work can be seen in Margaret von Trott's biographical drama Hannah Arendt (2012). She starred in Mitchel Lichtenstein's horror film Angelica (2015). In 13 episodes of the CBS comedy drama Battle Creek (2015), he played the role of commander Kim Guzevich. And she received a small role as Edith Pryor in two parts of Robert Schwentke's fantasy action movie "Divergent" (2016).

Also, the main role of the actress was given by Josie Rourke, director of the British melodrama Dangerous Liaisons (2016). And in 2017, together with EmiliaClarke Janet McTeer took a place in the main cast of Thea Sharrock melodrama Me Before You (2017).

Future Rumors

There is no specific information about the future projects of the actress yet. But there are rumors that she will join the cast of the second season of the Netflix superhero series Jessica Jones, which is scheduled to premiere in 2018.