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