Biography
Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actress.
In 1980, while studying at Juilliard, McGovern was offered a part in her first film, Ordinary People, in which she played the girlfriend of troubled teenager Timothy Hutton.
The following year she completed her education as an actress at the American Conservatory Theatre and at The Juilliard School, and began to appear in plays, first Off-Broadway and later in famous theaters.
In 1981, she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime.
In 1984, she starred in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America as Robert De Niro's romantic interest, Deborah Gelly. In 1989, she played Mickey Rourke's girlfriend in Johnny Handsome, directed by Walter Hill, and the same year she appeared as a rebellious lesbian in Volker SchlΓΆndorff's thriller The Handmaid's Tale.
Filmography (87)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
And Mrs.
2024
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
The Chaperone
2019
Downton Abbey
2019
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
War of the Worlds
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
The Commuter
2018
The Wife
2017
The Queen At 90
2016
Showing Roots
2016
Swung
2015
Unexpected
2015
Woman in Gold
2015
Civil War: The Untold Story
2014
The Kumars
2014
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
Screen Goddesses
2012
Angels Crest
2011
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
2011
Kick-Ass
2010
Clash of the Titans
2010
Downton Abbey
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Modern Family
2009
10 Minute Tales
2009
Inconceivable
2008
Freezing
2008
A Room with a View
2008
Daphne
2007
A Room with a View
2007
The Truth
2006
Three Moons Over Milford
2006
Remembering Ragtime
2004
Big Fat Quiz
2004
Thursday the 12th
2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Hawkins
2001
The Flamingo Rising
2001
The House of Mirth
2000
Manila
2000
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Loose Women
1999
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998
The Misadventures of Margaret
1998
The Wings of the Dove
1997
Clover
1997
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
Broken Glass
1996
Wings of Courage
1995
Broken Trust
1995
If Not for You
1995
The Favor
1994
King of the Hill
1993
The Changeling
1993
Me and Veronica
1993
Tales from Hollywood
1992
Performance
1991
Ashenden
1991
A Shock to the System
1990
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
Johnny Handsome
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
She's Having a Baby
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Bedroom Window
1987
Native Son
1986
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
Racing with the Moon
1984
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984
Lovesick
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Ragtime
1981
ChytilovΓ‘ Versus Forman
1981
Ordinary People
1980
California Fever
1979
Omnibus
1967
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
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