Elizabeth McGovern
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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
Credits
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
as Deborah
Clash of the Titans (2010)
as Marmara
Kick-Ass (2010)
as Mrs. Lizewski
The Commuter (2018)
as Karen MacCauley
Downton Abbey (2019)
as Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as Cora Crawley
Ordinary People (1980)
as Jeannine Pratt
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
as Cora Crawley
Woman in Gold (2015)
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
as Moira
The Wife (2017)
as Elaine Mozell
Johnny Handsome (1989)
as Donna McCarty
Swung (2015)
as Dolly Adams
The Bedroom Window (1987)
as Denise
A Shock to the System (1990)
as Stella Anderson
She's Having a Baby (1988)
as Kristy Briggs
Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
as Mrs. Berman
The House of Mirth (2000)
as Mrs. Carry Fisher
Racing with the Moon (1984)
as Caddie Winger
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
as Susan Stringham
The Favor (1994)
as Emily
And Mrs. (2024)
as Margaret
Ragtime (1981)
as Evelyn Nesbit
King of the Hill (1993)
as Lydia
Wings of Courage (1995)
as Noëlle Guillaumet
The Chaperone (2019)
as Norma
The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998)
as Diane
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
as Vicki (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Native Son (1986)
as Mary Dalton
Seasons (—)
Actor
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
as Mrs. Thatcham
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale (2025)
as Self
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984)
as Snow White
Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
as Elena Quince
The Changeling (1993)
as Beatrice-Joanna
The Flamingo Rising (2001)
as Edna Lee
The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
as Celia Rayburn
Angels Crest (2011)
as Jane
Inconceivable (2008)
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
Lovesick (1983)
as Chloe Allen
Broken Trust (1995)
as Janice Dillon
Clover (1997)
as Sara Kate
Tales from Hollywood (1992)
as Helen Schwartz
Screen Goddesses (2012)
as Narrator
Thursday the 12th (2003)
as Candice Hopper
The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
as Till Turner
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
Daphne (2007)
as Ellen Doubleday
Me and Veronica (1993)
as Fanny
A Room with a View (2007)
as Mrs Honeychurch
Unexpected (2015)
as Carolyn
The Truth (2006)
as Donna
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Showing Roots (2016)
as Shirley
Chytilová Versus Forman (1981)
as Self
Broken Glass (1996)
as Margaret Hyman
Manila (2000)
as Elizabeth
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters (2011)
as Wallis Simpson (Voice)
Hawkins (2001)
as Susie Hawkins
The Queen At 90 (2016)
as Narrator