Why she lives there

Janet McTeer

— Photo by Siebbi

Lookout Point in Harpswell, Maine

“There's a reason I live in the Maine Woods, where nobody knows what I do for a living. I think you can be better if someone who's coming to see you perform has no idea who you really are.”

—Janet McTeer (born 1961) English actress. She’s been married to poet and fashion consultant Joseph Coleman since 2010. Mr. Coleman is also a registered Maine Guide.

When not in New York or elsewhere, Ms. McTeer lives in Harpswell, Maine, not exactly the “Maine Woods,’’ but rather a spiffy place on the coast with plenty of affluent summer people and folks linked to nearby Bowdoin College, in Brunswick. The Maine Coast has long drawn celebrities and rich people. The number has recently been rapidly increasing.