Elizabeth McGovern
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.
Known For
Credits
- 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 as Helen Brown
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · Downton Abbey as Cora Crawley
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes as Staring
- 2019 · The Chaperone as Norma
- 2018 · The Wife as Elaine Mozell
- 2018 · The Commuter as Karen MacCauley
- 2016 · Showing Roots as Shirley
- 2016 · The Queen At 90 as Narrator
- 2015 · Unexpected as Carolyn
- 2015 · Swung as Dolly Adams
- 2015 · Woman in Gold as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
- 2014 · Civil War: The Untold Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · The Kumars as Self
- 2012 · Screen Goddesses as Narrator
- 2012 · Cheerful Weather for the Wedding as Mrs. Thatcham
- 2011 · Angels Crest as Jane
- 2011 · Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters as Voice
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Cora Crawley
- 2010 · Clash of the Titans as Marmara
- 2010 · Kick-Ass as Mrs. Lizewski
- 2009 · 10 Minute Tales as
- 2009 · Modern Family as California Mom (archive footage)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Inconceivable as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
- 2008 · Freezing as
- 2007 · A Room with a View as Mrs Honeychurch
- 2007 · Daphne as Ellen Doubleday
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Herself
- 2006 · Three Moons Over Milford as
- 2006 · The Truth as Donna
- 2004 · Big Fat Quiz as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Remembering Ragtime as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire as
- 2003 · Thursday the 12th as Candice Hopper
- 2002 · 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 as Faith Sutton
- 1999 · Loose Women as Self
- 1999 · The Scarlet Pimpernel as Marguerite Blakeney
- 1998 · The Misadventures of Margaret as Till Turner
- 1998 · The Man with Rain in His Shoes as Diane
- 1997 · Clover as Sara Kate
- 1997 · The Wings of the Dove as Susan Stringham
- 1996 · The Summer of Ben Tyler as Celia Rayburn
- 1996 · Broken Glass as Margaret Hyman
- 1995 · If Not for You as Jessie Kent
- 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 · Me and Veronica as Fanny
- 1993 · King of the Hill as Lydia
- 1992 · Tales from Hollywood as Helen Schwartz
- 1991 · Ashenden as Aileen Somerville
- 1991 · Performance as Helen Schwartz
- 1991 · Performance as Margaret Hyman
- 1991 · Performance as Beatrice-Joanna
- 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 as Laura Kendall
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dame Celia Westholme
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · She's Having a Baby as Kristy Briggs
- 1987 · The Bedroom Window as Denise
- 1986 · Native Son as Mary Dalton
- 1984 · Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Snow White
- 1984 · Once Upon a Time in America as Deborah Gelly
- 1984 · Racing with the Moon as Caddie Winger
- 1979 · California Fever as
- Future · Anne Rice's The Talamasca as Helen
- 1983 · Lovesick as Chloe Allen
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Snow White
- 1981 · Ragtime as Evelyn Nesbit
- 1980 · Ordinary People as Jeannine Pratt
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Celia
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Edna Lee