Biography
Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actor.
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 Schlöndorff's thriller The Handmaid's Tale.
Filmography
all 85
Movies 58
TV Shows 27
self 8
Narrator 3
Writer 1
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
War of the Worlds (2019)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
Downton Abbey (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes (2019)
The Chaperone (2019)
A Name Without a Place (2019)
The Wife (2018)
The Commuter (2018)
Showing Roots (2016)
The Queen At 90 (2016)
Unexpected (2015)
Swung (2015)
Woman in Gold (2015)
Million Dollar American Princesses (2015)
Civil War: The Untold Story (2014)
The Kumars (2014)
Screen Goddesses (2012)
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
Angels Crest (2011)
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters (2011)
My Life in Books (2011)
Downton Abbey (2010)
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii (2010)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Kick-Ass (2010)
10 Minute Tales (2009)
Modern Family (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Inconceivable (2008)
Freezing (2008)
A Room with a View (2007)
Daphne (2007)
Three Moons Over Milford (2006)
The Truth (2006)
Big Fat Quiz (2004)
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (2003)
Thursday the 12th (2003)
Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
Hawkins (2001)
The Flamingo Rising (2001)
The House of Mirth (2000)
Manila (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Loose Women (1999)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)
Clover (1997)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
Broken Glass (1996)
If Not for You (1995)
Broken Trust (1995)
Wings of Courage (1995)
The Favor (1994)
The Changeling (1993)
Me and Veronica (1993)
King of the Hill (1993)
Tales from Hollywood (1992)
Ashenden (1991)
Performance (1991)
Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
A Shock to the System (1990)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Johnny Handsome (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Native Son (1986)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Lovesick (1983)
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
Ragtime (1981)
Ordinary People (1980)
California Fever (1979)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1961-07-18 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceEvanston, United States of America
SpouseSimon Curtis
FatherWilliam McGovern
MotherKatharine Wolcott Watts
SiblingsCammie McGovern
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesChiswick, United Kingdom
Also Known AsЭлизабет Макговерн
AwardsTheatre World Award
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