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
(Deborah Gelly)
Johnny Handsome
(Donna McCarty)
A Shock to the System
(Stella Anderson)
The Handmaid's Tale
(Moira)
Kick-Ass
(Mrs. Lizewski)
The House of Mirth
(Mrs. Carry Fisher)
Ragtime
(Evelyn Nesbit)
Buffalo Soldiers
(Mrs. Berman)
King of the Hill
(Lydia)
She's Having a Baby
(Kristy Briggs)
The Wings of the Dove
(Susan Stringham)
Ordinary People
(Jeannine Pratt)
The Bedroom Window
(Denise)
Racing with the Moon
(Caddie Winger)
Hawkins
(Susie Hawkins)
Clash of the Titans
(Marmara)
Lovesick
(Chloe Allen)
The Favor
(Emily)
Wings of Courage
(Noëlle Guillaumet)
Angels Crest
(Jane)
Native Son
(Mary Dalton)
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
(Mrs. Thatcham)
The Summer of Ben Tyler
(Celia Rayburn)
Remembering Ragtime
(Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage))
Clover
(Sara Kate)
The Queen At 90
(Narrator)
Daphne
(Ellen Doubleday)
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
(Vicki)
Manila
(Elizabeth)
Broken Glass
(Margaret Hyman)
The Changeling
(Beatrice-Joanna)
Broken Trust
(Janice Dillon)
Swung
(Dolly Adams)
Me and Veronica
(Fanny)
Unexpected
(Carolyn)
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
(Diane)
Woman in Gold
(Judge Florence-Marie Cooper)
And Mrs
(Margaret)
Showing Roots
(Shirley)
The Misadventures of Margaret
(Till Turner)
The Flamingo Rising
(Edna Lee)
A Room with a View
(Mrs Honeychurch)
Downton Abbey 3
(Cora Crawley)
The Truth
(Donna)
The Commuter
(Karen MacCauley)
Tune in Tomorrow...
(Elena Quince)
Tales from Hollywood
(Helen Schwartz)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Snow White)
Inconceivable
(Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams)
The Chaperone
(Norma)
The Wife
(Elaine Mozell)
Screen Goddesses
(Narrator)
Downton Abbey
(Cora Crawley)
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
(Staring)
Thursday the 12th
(Candice Hopper)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
(Cora Crawley)
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
(Voice)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(Marguerite Blakeney)
Tales from the Crypt
(Laura Kendall)
Three Moons Over Milford
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Faith Sutton)
Civil War: The Untold Story
(Narrator (voice))
Faerie Tale Theatre
(Snow White)
California Fever
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Celia)
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
If Not for You
(Jessie Kent)
Freezing
Downton Abbey
(Cora Crawley)
Performance
(Helen Schwartz)
Performance
(Margaret Hyman)
The Kumars
(Self)
Ashenden
(Aileen Somerville)
Big Fat Quiz
(Self - Guest)
The Graham Norton Show
(Herself)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
10 Minute Tales
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Edna Lee)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
War of the Worlds
(Helen Brown)
Modern Family
(California Mom (archive footage))
Loose Women
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
(Self)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
(Dame Celia Westholme)
Performance
(Beatrice-Joanna)
Anne Rice's The Talamasca
(Helen)