Elizabeth McGovern
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Faith Sutton
Modern Family
California Mom (archive footage)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dame Celia Westholme
Downton Abbey
Cora Crawley
Tales from the Crypt
Laura Kendall
Faerie Tale Theatre
Snow White
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Guest
Performance
Helen Schwartz
Performance
Margaret Hyman
Performance
Beatrice-Joanna
Omnibus
Self
War of the Worlds
Helen Brown
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Celia
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Edna Lee
If Not for You
Jessie Kent
Three Moons Over Milford
Once Upon a Time in America
Deborah Gelly
10 Minute Tales
Clash of the Titans
Marmara
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
Kick-Ass
Mrs. Lizewski
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Marguerite Blakeney
Talamasca: The Secret Order
Helen
Ashenden
Aileen Somerville
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Cora Crawley
The Handmaid's Tale
Moira
Downton Abbey
Cora Crawley
The Commuter
Karen MacCauley
California Fever
Freezing
Swung
Dolly Adams
Civil War: The Untold Story
Narrator (voice)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Cora Crawley
Ordinary People
Jeannine Pratt
Woman in Gold
Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
Johnny Handsome
Donna McCarty
The House of Mirth
Mrs. Carry Fisher
And Mrs.
Margaret
The Bedroom Window
Denise
Racing with the Moon
Caddie Winger
Ragtime
Evelyn Nesbit
Buffalo Soldiers
Mrs. Berman
The Wife
Elaine Mozell
The Wings of the Dove
Susan Stringham
A Shock to the System
Stella Anderson
She's Having a Baby
Kristy Briggs
The Favor
Emily
Lovesick
Chloe Allen
Inconceivable
Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
King of the Hill
Lydia
The Chaperone
Norma
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Angels Crest
Jane
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Diane
Wings of Courage
Noëlle Guillaumet
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Mrs. Thatcham
Daphne
Ellen Doubleday
The Misadventures of Margaret
Till Turner
Tune in Tomorrow...
Elena Quince
Native Son
Mary Dalton
Broken Trust
Janice Dillon
Showing Roots
Shirley
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Vicki
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Celia Rayburn
A Room with a View
Mrs Honeychurch
Me and Veronica
Fanny
The Changeling
Beatrice-Joanna
The Flamingo Rising
Edna Lee
Unexpected
Carolyn
Remembering Ragtime
Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
Switzerland
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Clover
Sara Kate
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
Staring
Tales from Hollywood
Helen Schwartz
Hawkins
Susie Hawkins
Broken Glass
Margaret Hyman
Thursday the 12th
Candice Hopper
Manila
Elizabeth
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Truth
Donna
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
Wallis Simpson (Voice)
Screen Goddesses
Narrator
The Queen At 90
Narrator
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
Loose Women
Self
The Kumars
Self