Elizabeth McGovern

Birthday: 1961-07-18
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
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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.

Career Statisics

	Season	Age	Movie	Role	Result	Points
	1982	21	Ragtime (1981)	Supporting Actress	Nom	0
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Transaction History

Date	Location	Team	Receives	Team	Receives	Team	Receives

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2025-09-10	Downton Abbey 3	Cora Crawley
	2024-09-20	And Mrs	Margaret
	2022-04-27	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Cora Crawley
	2019-09-12	Downton Abbey	Cora Crawley
	2019-06-17	JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes	Staring
	2019-03-29	The Chaperone	Norma
	2018-08-02	The Wife	Elaine Mozell
	2018-01-11	The Commuter	Karen MacCauley
	2016-04-23	Showing Roots	Shirley
	2015-07-24	Unexpected	Carolyn
	2015-06-19	Swung	Dolly Adams
	2015-03-20	Woman in Gold	Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
	2012-12-07	Cheerful Weather for the Wedding	Mrs. Thatcham
	2011-12-30	Angels Crest	Jane
	2011-08-24	Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters	Voice
	2010-03-26	Kick-Ass	Mrs. Lizewski
	2010-03-26	Clash of the Titans	Marmara
	2008-06-18	Inconceivable	Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
	2007-11-04	A Room with a View	Mrs Honeychurch
	2007-06-30	Daphne	Ellen Doubleday
	2006-01-13	The Truth	Donna
	2003-04-06	Thursday the 12th	Candice Hopper
	2002-10-31	Buffalo Soldiers	Mrs. Berman
	2001-07-28	Hawkins	Susie Hawkins
	2001-02-04	The Flamingo Rising	Edna Lee
	2000-09-23	The House of Mirth	Mrs. Carry Fisher
	2000-06-29	Manila	Elizabeth
	1998-12-23	The Misadventures of Margaret	Till Turner
	1998-11-27	The Man with Rain in His Shoes	Diane
	1997-09-10	Clover	Sara Kate
	1997-09-04	The Wings of the Dove	Susan Stringham
	1996-12-15	The Summer of Ben Tyler	Celia Rayburn
	1996-10-19	Broken Glass	Margaret Hyman
	1995-08-06	Broken Trust	Janice Dillon
	1995-06-16	Wings of Courage	Noëlle Guillaumet
	1994-04-29	The Favor	Emily
	1993-12-11	The Changeling	Beatrice-Joanna
	1993-09-24	Me and Veronica	Fanny
	1993-08-20	King of the Hill	Lydia
	1992-10-18	Tales from Hollywood	Helen Schwartz
	1990-10-26	Tune in Tomorrow...	Elena Quince
	1990-04-02	Women and Men: Stories of Seduction	Vicki
	1990-03-23	A Shock to the System	Stella Anderson
	1990-02-15	The Handmaid's Tale	Moira
	1989-09-12	Johnny Handsome	Donna McCarty
	1988-02-05	She's Having a Baby	Kristy Briggs
	1987-01-16	The Bedroom Window	Denise
	1986-12-24	Native Son	Mary Dalton
	1984-07-16	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Snow White
	1984-05-23	Once Upon a Time in America	Deborah Gelly
	1984-03-23	Racing with the Moon	Caddie Winger
	1983-02-18	Lovesick	Chloe Allen
	1981-11-20	Ragtime	Evelyn Nesbit
	1980-09-19	Ordinary People	Jeannine Pratt