ELIZABETH MCGOVERN
ACTING
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..
- Once Upon a Time in America1984
- Johnny Handsome1989
- The Handmaid's Tale1990
- A Shock to the System1990
- Kick-Ass2010
- The House of Mirth2000
- Ragtime1981
- Buffalo Soldiers2002
- She's Having a Baby1988
- King of the Hill1993
- The Wings of the Dove1997
- Ordinary People1980
- The Bedroom Window1987
- Racing with the Moon1984
- Clash of the Titans2010
- The Favor1994
- Lovesick1983
- Angels Crest2011
- Wings of Courage1995
- Native Son1986
- The Summer of Ben Tyler1996
- Cheerful Weather for the Wedding2012
- Clover1997
- Manila2000
- Broken Trust1995
- Swung2015
- Me and Veronica1993
- Twice Upon a Yesterday1998
- Showing Roots2016
- Woman in Gold2015
- The Flamingo Rising2001
- The Truth2006
- The Commuter2018
- Tune in Tomorrow...1990
- The Chaperone2019
- The Wife2018
- Downton Abbey2019
- JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes2019
- Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
- The Queen At 902016
- Tales from the Crypt1989
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
- Faerie Tale Theatre1982
- Downton Abbey2010
- The Graham Norton Show2007
- War of the Worlds2019
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989
- Modern Family2009