Elizabeth McGovern
Acting · Born 1961-07-18 · age 65 · Evanston, Illinois, USA
Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actress. 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.
Titles
Kick-Ass
Clash of the Titans
Once Upon a Time in America
The Commuter
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Modern Family
Woman in Gold
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
The Wife
Tales from the Crypt
War of the Worlds
Ordinary People
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Buffalo Soldiers
Johnny Handsome
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
The Handmaid's Tale
She's Having a Baby
Ragtime
King of the Hill
A Shock to the System
The Bedroom Window
The Wings of the Dove
Talamasca: The Secret Order
Racing with the Moon
Unexpected
The House of Mirth
Swung
The Favor
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Angels Crest
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
The Chaperone
Tune in Tomorrow...
Faerie Tale Theatre
Wings of Courage
Daphne
And Mrs.
A Room with a View
Lovesick
Native Son
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Hallmark Hall of Fame
American Playhouse
Inconceivable
The Misadventures of Margaret
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Broken Trust
Showing Roots
The Flamingo Rising
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Clover
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Manila
California Fever
Freezing
Me and Veronica
Tales from Hollywood