
Elizabeth McGovern
1 FOLLOWER • 30 CREDITS • JUL 18, 1961 • 63
Biography
Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actor.
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.
Known For

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Modern Family

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Agatha Christie's Poirot

The Graham Norton Show

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Tales from the Crypt

Faerie Tale Theatre

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

California Fever

Clash of the Titans

Woman in Gold

Downton Abbey

Kick-Ass

The House of Mirth

Downton Abbey

The Wife

Ordinary People

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

The Commuter

Downton Abbey: A New Era

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

The Handmaid's Tale

War of the Worlds

Racing with the Moon

Ragtime

Anne Rice's The Talamasca

Once Upon a Time in America

She's Having a Baby
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