Elizabeth McGovern

Known for ActingBorn 1961-07-18 (age 64)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

Thursday the 12th

Broken Glass

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Downton Abbey

Once Upon a Time in America

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Hawkins

Modern Family

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Changeling

Faerie Tale Theatre

Tales from the Crypt

Chytilová Versus Forman

Big Fat Quiz

The Scarlet Pimpernel

10 Minute Tales

California Fever

War of the Worlds

Woman in Gold

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Ordinary People

The Wife

Kick-Ass

The Truth

Three Moons Over Milford

Talamasca: The Secret Order

Omnibus

Ragtime

King of the Hill

The Summer of Ben Tyler

Wings of Courage

The Wings of the Dove

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Commuter

If Not for You

A Shock to the System

The Chaperone

Buffalo Soldiers

Broken Trust

The House of Mirth

Johnny Handsome

Performance

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Bedroom Window

Racing with the Moon