Elizabeth McGovern
Acting
Born 1961-07-18
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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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.
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Acting
56 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Modern Family
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Downton Abbey
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
American Playhouse
Big Fat Quiz
Tales from the Crypt
Loose Women
Omnibus
Once Upon a Time in America
War of the Worlds
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Faerie Tale Theatre
Kick-Ass
Clash of the Titans
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Performance
The Commuter
Talamasca: The Secret Order
Downton Abbey
Ordinary People
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Woman in Gold
The Wife
The Handmaid's Tale
10 Minute Tales
Johnny Handsome
She's Having a Baby
The Bedroom Window
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Swung
Ragtime
Buffalo Soldiers
And Mrs.
If Not for You
Racing with the Moon
The Favor
A Shock to the System
A Room with a View
The House of Mirth
The Kumars
Ashenden
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
The Wings of the Dove
King of the Hill
The Changeling
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Wings of Courage
Me and Veronica
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Tune in Tomorrow...
Lovesick
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