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.
as Helen(6 eps)
as Cora Crawley
as Margaret
as Cora Crawley
as Helen Brown(9 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Cora Crawley
as Self(1 ep)
as Self (archive footage)
as Norma
as Karen MacCauley
as Elaine Mozell
as Shirley
as Narrator
as Carolyn
as Dolly Adams
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
as Narrator (voice)(5 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Mrs. Thatcham
as Jane
as Wallis Simpson (Voice)
as Cora Crawley(47 eps)
as Mrs. Lizewski
as Marmara
as Ex-Wife(1 ep)
as California Mom (archive footage)(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
as Mrs Honeychurch(2 eps)
as Mrs Honeychurch
as Ellen Doubleday
as Donna
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
as Helen Shaw(8 eps)
as Candice Hopper
as Mrs. Berman
as Susie Hawkins
as Edna Lee
as Mrs. Carry Fisher
as Elizabeth
as Faith Sutton(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Marguerite Blakeney(6 eps)
as Till Turner
as Diane
as Sara Kate
as Susan Stringham
as Celia Rayburn
as Margaret Hyman
as Jessie Kent(7 eps)
as Janice Dillon
as Noëlle Guillaumet
as Emily
as Beatrice-Joanna
as Fanny
as Lydia
as Helen Schwartz
as Aileen Somerville(1 ep)
as Helen Schwartz(1 ep)
as Margaret Hyman(1 ep)
as Beatrice-Joanna(1 ep)
as Elena Quince
as Vicki (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
as Stella Anderson
as Moira
as Donna McCarty
as Laura Kendall(1 ep)
as Dame Celia Westholme(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Kristy Briggs
as Denise
as Mary Dalton
as Snow White
as Deborah
as Caddie Winger
as Chloe Allen
as Snow White(1 ep)
as Mary Dalton(1 ep)
as Helen Schwartz(1 ep)
as Evelyn Nesbit
as Self
as Jeannine Pratt
as Self(1 ep)
as Celia(1 ep)
as Edna Lee(1 ep)