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 America 1984
- Johnny Handsome 1989
- A Shock to the System 1990
- The Handmaid's Tale 1990
- Kick-Ass 2010
- The House of Mirth 2000
- Ragtime 1981
- Buffalo Soldiers 2002
- King of the Hill 1993
- She's Having a Baby 1988
- The Wings of the Dove 1997
- Ordinary People 1980
- The Bedroom Window 1987
- Racing with the Moon 1984
- Clash of the Titans 2010
- Lovesick 1983
- The Favor 1994
- Wings of Courage 1995
- Angels Crest 2011
- Native Son 1986
- Cheerful Weather for the Wedding 2012
- The Summer of Ben Tyler 1996
- Clover 1997
- The Queen At 90 2016
- Manila 2000
- Broken Trust 1995
- Swung 2015
- Me and Veronica 1993
- Unexpected 2015
- The Man with Rain in His Shoes 1998
- Woman in Gold 2015
- And Mrs 2024
- Showing Roots 2016
- The Misadventures of Margaret 1998
- The Flamingo Rising 2001
- The Truth 2006
- The Commuter 2018
- Tune in Tomorrow... 1990
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1984
- The Chaperone 2019
- The Wife 2018
- Downton Abbey 2019
- JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes 2019
- Downton Abbey: A New Era 2022
- Tales from the Crypt 1989
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
- Faerie Tale Theatre 1982
- Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
- The Graham Norton Show 2007
- War of the Worlds 2019
- Modern Family 2009
- Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989