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 89
Movies 61
TV Shows 28
self 11
Narrator 2
Producer 1
Writer 1
Downton Abbey 3 (2025)
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
War of the Worlds (2019)
Downton Abbey (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)
Screen Goddesses (2012)
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
Downton Abbey (2010)
Kick-Ass (2010)
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)
Big Fat Quiz (2004)
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
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)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
Clover (1997)
The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
Broken Glass (1996)
If Not for You (1995)
Broken Trust (1995)
In Search of Oz (1994)
The Favor (1994)
The Changeling (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)
Johnny Handsome (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Native Son (1986)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Lovesick (1983)
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
Ragtime (1981)
Ordinary People (1980)
California Fever (1979)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
A Room with a View
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1961-07-18 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceEvanston, Illinois, USA
SpouseSimon Curtis
FatherWilliam McGovern
MotherKatharine Wolcott Watts
SiblingsCammie McGovern
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesChiswick, United Kingdom
Also Known AsЭлизабет Макговерн, 伊麗莎白·麥高文
AwardsTheatre World Award
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