Elizabeth McGovern
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1961-07-18 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Elizabeth McGovern
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 Schlöndorff's thriller The Handmaid's Tale.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Cora Crawley
(2024)
And Mrs
as Margaret
(2022)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Cora Crawley
(2019)
Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley
(2019)
The Chaperone
as Norma
(2019)
(2018)
The Commuter
as Karen MacCauley
(2018)
The Wife
as Elaine Mozell
(2016)
Showing Roots
as Shirley
(2016)
The Queen At 90
as Narrator
(2015)
Swung
as Dolly Adams
(2015)
Woman in Gold
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
(2015)
Unexpected
as Carolyn
(2012)
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Mrs. Thatcham
(2012)
Screen Goddesses
as Narrator
(2011)
Angels Crest
as Jane
(2011)
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
as Wallis Simpson (Voice)
(2010)
Kick-Ass
as Mrs. Lizewski
(2010)
Clash of the Titans
as Marmara
(2008)
Inconceivable
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
(2007)
Daphne
as Ellen Doubleday
(2007)
A Room with a View
as Mrs Honeychurch
(2006)
The Truth
as Donna
(2004)
Remembering Ragtime
as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
(2003)
Thursday the 12th
as Candice Hopper
(2002)
Buffalo Soldiers
as Mrs. Berman
(2001)
Hawkins
as Susie Hawkins
(2001)
The Flamingo Rising
as Edna Lee
(2000)
The House of Mirth
as Mrs. Carry Fisher
(2000)
Manila
as Elizabeth
(1998)
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Diane
(1998)
The Misadventures of Margaret
as Till Turner
(1997)
The Wings of the Dove
as Susan Stringham
(1997)
Clover
as Sara Kate
(1996)
The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Celia Rayburn
(1996)
Broken Glass
as Margaret Hyman
(1995)
Broken Trust
as Janice Dillon
(1995)
Wings of Courage
as Noëlle Guillaumet
(1994)
The Favor
as Emily
(1993)
King of the Hill
as Lydia
(1993)
The Changeling
as Beatrice-Joanna
(1993)
Me and Veronica
as Fanny
(1992)
Tales from Hollywood
as Helen Schwartz
(1990)
The Handmaid's Tale
as Moira
(1990)
A Shock to the System
as Stella Anderson
(1990)
(1990)
Tune in Tomorrow...
as Elena Quince
(1989)
Johnny Handsome
as Donna McCarty
(1988)
She's Having a Baby
as Kristy Briggs
(1987)
The Bedroom Window
as Denise
(1986)
Native Son
as Mary Dalton
(1984)
Once Upon a Time in America
as Deborah Gelly
(1984)
Racing with the Moon
as Caddie Winger
(1984)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Snow White
(1983)
Lovesick
as Chloe Allen
(1981)
Ragtime
as Evelyn Nesbit
(1980)
Ordinary People
as Jeannine Pratt
Crew
(2019)
The Chaperone
Producer
(2010)