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Elizabeth McGovern
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn July 18, 1961 (63 years)
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.
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.
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| 2025 | Downton Abbey 3 · as Cora Crawley |
| 2024 | And Mrs · as Margaret |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era · as Cora Crawley |
| 2019 | War of the Worlds (2019) (TV Series) · as Helen Brown |
| 2019 | A Name Without a Place · as Gretchen Lansing |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey · as Cora Crawley |
| 2019 | JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes · as Staring |
| 2018 | The Chaperone · as Norma |
| 2018 | The Commuter · as Karen Maccauley |
| 2017 | The Wife · as Elaine Mozell |
| 2016 | Our Queen at Ninety · as Narrator (us Version) |
| 2016 | Showing Roots · as Shirley |
| 2016 | The Queen at 90 · as Narrator |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Unexpected · as Carolyn |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold · as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper |
| 2014 | Text Santa 2014 · as Cora Crawley, Countess Of Grantham |
| 2014 | Civil War: The Untold Story (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | Downton Abbey Revisited · as Cora Crawley, Countess Of Grantham |
| 2012 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding · as Mrs. Thatcham |
| 2011 | Angels Crest · as Jane |
| 2011 | Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters · as Wallis Simpson (voice) |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Cora Crawley |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans · as Marmara |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass · as Mrs. Lizewski |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Modern Family (TV Series) · as California Mom (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Inconceivable · as Tallulah 'tutu' Williams |
| 2008 | Freezing (TV Series) |
| 2007 | A Room with a View · as Mrs Honeychurch |
| 2007 | Daphne · as Ellen Doubleday |
| 2006 | Three Moons Over Milford (TV Series) |
| 2006 | The Truth · as Donna |
| 2003 | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Thursday the 12th · as Candice Hopper |
| 2001 | Buffalo Soldiers · as Mrs. Berman |
| 2001 | Hawkins · as Susie Hawkins |
| 2001 | The Flamingo Rising · as Edna Lee |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth · as Mrs. Carry Fisher |
| 2000 | Manila · as Elizabeth |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Faith Sutton |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) · as Marguerite Blakeney |
| 1998 | The Misadventures of Margaret · as Till Turner |
| 1998 | Twice Upon a Yesterday · as Diane |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove · as Susan Stringham |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler · as Celia Rayburn |
| 1996 | Broken Glass · as Margaret Hyman |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... (TV Series) · as Judge Loring |
| 1995 | Broken Trust · as Janice Dillon |
| 1995 | Wings of Courage · as Noëlle Guillaumet |
| 1994 | The Favor · as Emily |
| 1993 | The Changeling · as Beatrice-Joanna |
| 1993 | King of the Hill · as Lydia |
| 1992 | Me and Veronica · as Fanny |
| 1991 | Ashenden (TV Series) · as Aileen Somerville |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Margaret Hyman |
| 1990 | Tune in Tomorrow... · as Elena Quince |
| 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction · as Vicki |
| 1990 | A Shock to the System · as Stella Anderson |
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale · as Moira |
| 1989 | Johnny Handsome · as Donna Mccarty |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Laura Kendall |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Dame Celia Westholme |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby · as Kristy Briggs |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | The Bedroom Window · as Denise |
| 1986 | Native Son · as Mary Dalton |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America · as Deborah Gelly |
| 1984 | Racing with the Moon · as Caddie Winger |
| 1983 | Lovesick · as Chloe Allen |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Snow White |
| 1981 | Ragtime · as Evelyn Nesbit |
| 1980 | Ordinary People · as Jeannine Pratt |
| 1979 | California Fever (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Celia |