Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1961-07-18 (Age: 65)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Elizabeth McGovern
Biography
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.
Filmography (58)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
And Mrs.
2024
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Downton Abbey
2019
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
2019
The Chaperone
2019
The Commuter
2018
The Wife
2017
Showing Roots
2016
The Queen At 90
2016
Unexpected
2015
Swung
2015
Woman in Gold
2015
