Elizabeth McGovern
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.
Acted in
Downton Abbey 3
2025
as Cora Crawley
And Mrs
2024
as Margaret
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Cora Crawley
War of the Worlds
2019
as Helen Brown
Downton Abbey
2019
as Cora Crawley
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
2019
as Staring
The Chaperone
2019
as Norma
The Wife
2018
as Elaine Mozell
The Commuter
2018
as Karen MacCauley
Showing Roots
2016
as Shirley
The Queen At 90
2016
as Narrator
Unexpected
2015
as Carolyn
Swung
2015
as Dolly Adams
Woman in Gold
2015
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
Civil War: The Untold Story
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Screen Goddesses
2012
as Narrator
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
as Mrs. Thatcham
Angels Crest
2011
as Jane
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
2011
as Voice
Downton Abbey
2010
as Cora Crawley
Kick-Ass
2010
as Mrs. Lizewski
Clash of the Titans
2010
as Marmara
10 Minute Tales
2009
Modern Family
2009
as California Mom (archive footage)
Inconceivable
2008
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
Freezing
2008
A Room with a View
2007
as Mrs Honeychurch
Daphne
2007
as Ellen Doubleday
Three Moons Over Milford
2006
The Truth
2006
as Donna
Big Fat Quiz
2004
as Self - Guest
Remembering Ragtime
2004
as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
Thursday the 12th
2003
as Candice Hopper
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as Mrs. Berman
Hawkins
2001
as Susie Hawkins
The Flamingo Rising
2001
as Edna Lee
The House of Mirth
2000
as Mrs. Carry Fisher
Manila
2000
as Elizabeth
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Faith Sutton
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
as Marguerite Blakeney
The Misadventures of Margaret
1998
as Till Turner
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998
as Diane
Clover
1997
as Sara Kate
The Wings of the Dove
1997
as Susan Stringham
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
as Celia Rayburn
Broken Glass
1996
as Margaret Hyman
If Not for You
1995
as Jessie Kent
Broken Trust
1995
as Janice Dillon
Wings of Courage
1995
as Noëlle Guillaumet
The Favor
1994
as Emily
The Changeling
1993
as Beatrice-Joanna
Me and Veronica
1993
as Fanny
King of the Hill
1993
as Lydia
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Helen Schwartz
Ashenden
1991
as Aileen Somerville
Performance
1991
as Helen Schwartz
Performance
1991
as Margaret Hyman
Performance
1991
as Beatrice-Joanna
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
as Elena Quince
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Vicki
A Shock to the System
1990
as Stella Anderson
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
as Moira
Johnny Handsome
1989
as Donna McCarty
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Laura Kendall
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Dame Celia Westholme
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Kristy Briggs
The Bedroom Window
1987
as Denise
Native Son
1986
as Mary Dalton
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984
as Snow White
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Deborah Gelly
Racing with the Moon
1984
as Caddie Winger
Lovesick
1983
as Chloe Allen
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Snow White
Ragtime
1981
as Evelyn Nesbit
Ordinary People
1980
as Jeannine Pratt
California Fever
1979
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Celia
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Edna Lee
Anne Rice's The Talamasca
as Helen