Elizabeth McGovern
Acting
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
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movieDownton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Cora Crawley
movieAnd Mrs.
2024
Margaret
movieDownton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Cora Crawley
tvWar of the Worlds
2019
Helen Brown
movieDownton Abbey
2019
Cora Crawley
movieJFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Commuter
2018
Karen MacCauley
movieThe Wife
2017
Elaine Mozell
movieShowing Roots
2016
Shirley
movieThe Queen At 90
2016
Narrator
movieUnexpected
2015
Carolyn
movieSwung
2015
Dolly Adams
movieWoman in Gold
2015
Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
tvCivil War: The Untold Story
2014
Narrator (voice)
movieScreen Goddesses
2012
Narrator
movieCheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
Mrs. Thatcham
movieWallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
2011
Wallis Simpson (Voice)
tvDownton Abbey
2010
Cora Crawley
movieKick-Ass
2010
Mrs. Lizewski
movieClash of the Titans
2010
Marmara
tv10 Minute Tales
2009
Ex-Wife
tvModern Family
2009
California Mom (archive footage)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieInconceivable
2008
Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
A Room with a View
2008
Mrs Honeychurch
movieA Room with a View
2007
Mrs Honeychurch
movieDaphne
2007
Ellen Doubleday
movieThe Truth
2006
Donna
tvBig Fat Quiz
2004
Self - Guest
movieRemembering Ragtime
2004
Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
movieThursday the 12th
2003
Candice Hopper
movieBuffalo Soldiers
2002
Mrs. Berman
movieHawkins
2001
Susie Hawkins
movieThe Flamingo Rising
2001
Edna Lee
movieThe House of Mirth
2000
Mrs. Carry Fisher
movieManila
2000
Elizabeth
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Faith Sutton
tvThe Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
Marguerite Blakeney
movieThe Misadventures of Margaret
1998
Till Turner
movieClover
1997
Sara Kate
movieThe Wings of the Dove
1997
Susan Stringham
movieThe Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
Celia Rayburn
movieBroken Glass
1996
Margaret Hyman
If Not for You
1995
Jessie Kent
movieBroken Trust
1995
Janice Dillon
movieWings of Courage
1995
Noëlle Guillaumet
movieThe Favor
1994
Emily
movieThe Changeling
1993
Beatrice-Joanna
movieTales from Hollywood
1992
Helen Schwartz
Ashenden
1991
Aileen Somerville
tvPerformance
1991
Helen Schwartz / Margaret Hyman / Beatrice-Joanna
movieTune in Tomorrow...
1990
Elena Quince
movieA Shock to the System
1990
Stella Anderson
movieJohnny Handsome
1989
Donna McCarty
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
Laura Kendall
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Dame Celia Westholme
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self / Self - Guest
movieShe's Having a Baby
1988
Kristy Briggs
movieNative Son
1986
Mary Dalton
movieSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984
Snow White
movieRacing with the Moon
1984
Caddie Winger
movieLovesick
1983
Chloe Allen
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
Snow White
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Mary Dalton / Helen Schwartz
movieRagtime
1981
Evelyn Nesbit
movieOrdinary People
1980
Jeannine Pratt
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Celia / Edna Lee
Production1
movieThe Chaperone
2019
Producer