Elizabeth McGovern
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.
Acting
Movie
Kick-Ass
as Mrs. Lizewski
2010
Movie
Clash of the Titans
as Marmara
2010
Movie
Once Upon a Time in America
as Deborah
1984
Movie
The Commuter
as Karen MacCauley
2018
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Faith Sutton
1999
TV
Modern Family
as California Mom (archive footage)
2009
Movie
Woman in Gold
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
2015
Movie
Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley
2019
TV
Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley
2010
Movie
The Wife
as Elaine Mozell
2017
TV
Tales from the Crypt
as Laura Kendall
1989
TV
War of the Worlds
as Helen Brown
2019
Movie
Ordinary People
as Jeannine Pratt
1980
Movie
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Cora Crawley
2022
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dame Celia Westholme
1989
Movie
Buffalo Soldiers
as Mrs. Berman
2002
Movie
Johnny Handsome
as Donna McCarty
1989
Movie
The Handmaid's Tale
as Moira
1990
Movie
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Cora Crawley
2025
Movie
She's Having a Baby
as Kristy Briggs
1988
Movie
Ragtime
as Evelyn Nesbit
1981
Movie
King of the Hill
as Lydia
1993
Movie
A Shock to the System
as Stella Anderson
1990
Movie
The Bedroom Window
as Denise
1987
