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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1961-07-18
Place of birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Cast
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
8.41
Johnny Handsome
1989
6.30
A Shock to the System
1990
6.40
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
6.20
Kick-Ass
2010
7.12
The House of Mirth
2000
6.20
Ragtime
1981
7.02
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
6.30
King of the Hill
1993
6.84
She's Having a Baby
1988
5.90
The Wings of the Dove
1997
6.65
Ordinary People
1980
7.47
The Bedroom Window
1987
6.30
Racing with the Moon
1984
6.17
Hawkins
2001
0.00
Clash of the Titans
2010
5.90
Lovesick
1983
5.50
The Favor
1994
4.90
Wings of Courage
1995
6.90
Angels Crest
2011
5.80
Native Son
1986
5.60
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
5.70
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
5.70
Remembering Ragtime
2004
0.00
Clover
1997
4.50
The Queen At 90
2016
0.00
Daphne
2007
6.00
Manila
2000
5.00
Broken Glass
1996
0.00
The Changeling
1993
0.00
Broken Trust
1995
5.20
Swung
2015
5.51
Me and Veronica
1993
1.00
Unexpected
2015
5.70
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998
5.03
Woman in Gold
2015
7.30
And Mrs
2024
5.50
Showing Roots
2016
6.50
The Misadventures of Margaret
1998
5.20
The Flamingo Rising
2001
5.20
A Room with a View
2007
5.70
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
0.00
The Truth
2006
0.00
The Commuter
2018
6.36
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
5.30
Tales from Hollywood
1992
1.00
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984
6.00
Inconceivable
2008
6.60
The Chaperone
2019
6.20
The Wife
2018
7.06
Screen Goddesses
2012
0.00
Downton Abbey
2019
7.14
Thursday the 12th
2003
0.00
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
7.21
Switzerland
0.00