Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actor. 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.
Movie | And Mrs | 2025 | |
Movie | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Cora Crawley | 2022-04-27 |
Movie | The Chaperone | Norma | 2019-03-29 |
Movie | Downton Abbey | Cora Crawley | 2019-09-12 |
Series | War of the Worlds | Helen Brown | 2019-10-28 |
Movie | The Wife | Elaine Mozell | 2018-08-02 |
Movie | The Commuter | Karen MacCauley | 2018-01-11 |
Movie | The Queen At 90 | Narrator | 2016-04-20 |
Movie | Showing Roots | Shirley | 2016-04-23 |
Movie | Unexpected | Carolyn | 2015-07-24 |
Movie | Swung | Dolly Adams | 2015-06-19 |
Movie | Woman in Gold | Judge Florence-Marie Cooper | 2015-03-20 |
Movie | Screen Goddesses | Narrator | 2012-12-22 |
Movie | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | Mrs. Thatcham | 2012-12-07 |
Movie | Angels Crest | Jane | 2011-12-30 |
Movie | Kick-Ass | Mrs. Lizewski | 2010-03-22 |
Movie | Clash of the Titans | Marmara | 2010-03-26 |
Series | Downton Abbey | Cora Crawley | 2010-09-26 |
Movie | Inconceivable | Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams | 2008-06-18 |
Series | Freezing | 2008-02-20 | |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Daphne | Ellen Doubleday | 2007-06-30 |
Movie | A Room with a View | Mrs Honeychurch | 2007-11-04 |
Movie | The Truth | Donna | 2006-01-13 |
Series | Three Moons Over Milford | 2006-08-06 | |
Series | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | 2003-09-24 | |
Movie | Buffalo Soldiers | Mrs. Berman | 2002-10-31 |
Movie | The Flamingo Rising | Edna Lee | 2001-02-04 |
Movie | Manila | Elizabeth | 2000-06-29 |
Movie | The House of Mirth | Mrs. Carry Fisher | 2000-09-23 |
Series | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Marguerite Blakeney | 1999-01-24 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Twice Upon a Yesterday | Diane | 1998-11-27 |
Movie | The Misadventures of Margaret | Till Turner | 1998-12-23 |
Movie | Clover | Sara Kate | 1997-09-10 |
Movie | The Wings of the Dove | Susan Stringham | 1997-09-04 |
Movie | Broken Glass | Margaret Hyman | 1996-10-19 |
Movie | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Celia Rayburn | 1996-12-15 |
Movie | Wings of Courage | Noƫlle Guillaumet | 1995-06-16 |
Movie | Broken Trust | Janice Dillon | 1995-08-06 |
Series | If Not for You | 1995-09-18 | |
Movie | The Favor | Emily | 1994-04-29 |
Movie | Me and Veronica | Fanny | 1993-09-24 |
Movie | King of the Hill | Lydia | 1993-08-20 |
Movie | The Changeling | Beatrice-Joanna | 1993-12-11 |
Movie | Tales from Hollywood | Helen Schwartz | 1992-10-18 |
Series | Ashenden | Aileen Somerville | 1991-11-17 |
Movie | The Handmaid's Tale | Moira | 1990-02-15 |
Movie | A Shock to the System | Stella Anderson | 1990-03-23 |
Movie | Tune in Tomorrow... | Elena Quince | 1990-10-26 |
Movie | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Vicki | 1990-04-02 |
Movie | Johnny Handsome | Donna McCarty | 1989-09-12 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | She's Having a Baby | Kristy Briggs | 1988-02-05 |
Movie | The Bedroom Window | Denise | 1987-01-16 |
Movie | Native Son | Mary Dalton | 1986-12-24 |
Movie | Racing with the Moon | Caddie Winger | 1984-03-23 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time in America | Deborah Gelly | 1984-05-23 |
Movie | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Snow White | 1984-07-16 |
Movie | Lovesick | Chloe Allen | 1983-02-18 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Snow White | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | Ragtime | Evelyn Nesbit | 1981-11-20 |
Movie | Ordinary People | Jeannine Pratt | 1980-09-19 |
Series | California Fever | Unknown | 1979-09-25 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |