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
Kick-Ass (2010)
as Mrs. Lizewski
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
as Deborah
Clash of the Titans (2010)
as Marmara
The Commuter (2018)
as Karen MacCauley
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
as Cora Crawley
Ordinary People (1980)
as Jeannine Pratt
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey (2019)
as Cora Crawley
Woman in Gold (2015)
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
as Moira
The Changeling (1993)
as Beatrice-Joanna
The House of Mirth (2000)
as Mrs. Carry Fisher
Wings of Courage (1995)
as Noëlle Guillaumet
The Wife (2017)
as Elaine Mozell
Racing with the Moon (1984)
as Caddie Winger
Johnny Handsome (1989)
as Donna McCarty
Swung (2015)
as Dolly Adams
Ragtime (1981)
as Evelyn Nesbit
The Bedroom Window (1987)
as Denise
Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
as Mrs. Berman
Seasons (2027)
Actor
A Shock to the System (1990)
as Stella Anderson
She's Having a Baby (1988)
as Kristy Briggs
The Favor (1994)
as Emily
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
as Susan Stringham
And Mrs. (2024)
as Margaret
King of the Hill (1993)
as Lydia
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
as Mrs. Thatcham
The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998)
as Diane
Thursday the 12th (2003)
as Candice Hopper
The Chaperone (2019)
as Norma
Me and Veronica (1993)
as Fanny
Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
as Elena Quince
A Room with a View (2007)
as Mrs Honeychurch
The Flamingo Rising (2001)
as Edna Lee
The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
as Till Turner
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale (2025)
as Self
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters (2011)
as Wallis Simpson (Voice)
Unexpected (2015)
as Carolyn
Broken Trust (1995)
as Janice Dillon
Angels Crest (2011)
as Jane
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984)
as Snow White
Screen Goddesses (2012)
as Narrator
Native Son (1986)
as Mary Dalton
Showing Roots (2016)
as Shirley
Lovesick (1983)
as Chloe Allen
Daphne (2007)
as Ellen Doubleday
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Inconceivable (2008)
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
The Queen At 90 (2016)
as Narrator
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
as Vicki (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Tales from Hollywood (1992)
as Helen Schwartz
The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
as Celia Rayburn
Chytilová Versus Forman (1981)
as Self
Broken Glass (1996)
as Margaret Hyman
Manila (2000)
as Elizabeth
The Truth (2006)
as Donna
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
Clover (1997)
as Sara Kate
Hawkins (2001)
as Susie Hawkins