Elizabeth McGovern
Actor
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
Clash of the Titans
as Marmara 2010
Once Upon a Time in America
as Deborah Gelly 1984
The Commuter
as Karen MacCauley 2018
Woman in Gold
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper 2015
Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley 2019
The Wife
as Elaine Mozell 2018
Ordinary People
as Jeannine Pratt 1980
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Cora Crawley 2022
Buffalo Soldiers
as Mrs. Berman 2002
Johnny Handsome
as Donna McCarty 1989
The Handmaid's Tale
as Moira 1990
She's Having a Baby
as Kristy Briggs 1988
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Cora Crawley 2025
Ragtime
as Evelyn Nesbit 1981
King of the Hill
as Lydia 1993
The Bedroom Window
as Denise 1987