Wallsend-born actress Janet McTeer, 65, appears in the second series of the Paramount+ crime drama MobLand, playing Kat McAllister alongside Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren.
Early Life and Rise to Fame
McTeer was born in Wallsend in 1961 to parents Jean and Allan McTeer. When she was six, the family moved to York, where she grew up. Her path into drama began after a chance encounter at the York Theatre, where she worked as a waitress.
According to IMDb, McTeer once served a coffee to actor and filmmaker Gary Oldman, who suggested she apply to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he had just finished studying. She gained a place at RADA and, after graduation, joined the Royal Exchange Theatre, making her professional stage debut in 1984.
Awards and Notable Roles
McTeer has received a Tony Award, an Olivier Award, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her on-screen film debut came in 1986 in Half Moon Street. In 2000, she received her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Tumbleweeds.
In 2008, she was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. Fans of the Netflix series Ozark will recognise her as cartel attorney Helen Pierce, alongside Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. In 2022, she played food critic Lillian Bloom in The Menu, with Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Current and Upcoming Projects
McTeer has also appeared alongside Daniel Radcliffe in The Woman in Black, and is set to portray Minerva McGonagall in the HBO television adaptation of the Harry Potter series.
Now living primarily on the coast of Maine in the United States, McTeer currently plays Kat McAllister in MobLand, a powerful high-level international power broker well connected in the criminal underworld while also serving as a U.S. diplomat. The Season 2 finale of MobLand arrives on Friday, November 20.
