Elizabeth McGovern

Explore Elizabeth McGovern's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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

• Seasons (2027)
• Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
• Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale (2025)
• And Mrs. (2024)
• Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
• Downton Abbey (2019)
• JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes (2019)
• The Chaperone (2019)
• The Commuter (2018)
• The Wife (2017)
• Showing Roots (2016)
• The Queen At 90 (2016)
• Unexpected (2015)
• Swung (2015)
• Woman in Gold (2015)
• Screen Goddesses (2012)
• Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
• Angels Crest (2011)
• Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters (2011)
• Nature Amazing Places Hawaii (2010)
• Kick-Ass (2010)
• Clash of the Titans (2010)
• Inconceivable (2008)
• A Room with a View (2007)
• Daphne (2007)
• The Truth (2006)
• Remembering Ragtime (2004)
• Thursday the 12th (2003)
• Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
• Hawkins (2001)
• The Flamingo Rising (2001)
• The House of Mirth (2000)
• Manila (2000)
• The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
• The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998)
• Clover (1997)
• The Wings of the Dove (1997)
• The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
• Broken Glass (1996)
• Broken Trust (1995)
• Wings of Courage (1995)
• The Favor (1994)
• The Changeling (1993)
• Me and Veronica (1993)
• King of the Hill (1993)
• Tales from Hollywood (1992)
• Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
• Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
• A Shock to the System (1990)
• The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
• Johnny Handsome (1989)
• She's Having a Baby (1988)
• The Bedroom Window (1987)
• Native Son (1986)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Racing with the Moon (1984)
• Lovesick (1983)
• Ragtime (1981)
• Chytilová Versus Forman (1981)
• Ordinary People (1980)