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.
59 movies · 29 shows
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025·7.0
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025·2.5
And Mrs.
2024·5.4
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022·7.2
Downton Abbey
2019·7.1
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
2019·0.0
The Chaperone
2019·6.2
The Commuter
2018·6.4
The Wife
2017·7.1
Showing Roots
2016·5.6
The Queen At 90
2016·0.0
Unexpected
2015·5.7
Swung
2015·5.4
Woman in Gold
2015·7.3
Screen Goddesses
2012·0.0
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012·5.4
Angels Crest
2011·5.7
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
2011·0.0
Kick-Ass
2010·7.1
Clash of the Titans
2010·5.9
Inconceivable
2008·5.8
A Room with a View
2007·5.4
Daphne
2007·5.8
The Truth
2006·7.0
Remembering Ragtime
2004·0.0
Thursday the 12th
2003·9.0
Buffalo Soldiers
2002·6.3
Hawkins
2001·8.0
The Flamingo Rising
2001·5.0
The House of Mirth
2000·6.3
Manila
2000·6.0
The Misadventures of Margaret
1998·5.1
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998·4.9
Clover
1997·5.6
The Wings of the Dove
1997·6.6
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996·6.8
Broken Glass
1996·9.0
Broken Trust
1995·6.3
Wings of Courage
1995·6.7
The Favor
1994·4.9
The Changeling
1993·8.0
Me and Veronica
1993·3.3
King of the Hill
1993·6.8
Tales from Hollywood
1992·3.0
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990·5.5
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990·4.4
A Shock to the System
1990·6.5
The Handmaid's Tale
1990·6.1
Johnny Handsome
1989·6.4
She's Having a Baby
1988·5.9
The Bedroom Window
1987·6.3
Native Son
1986·5.3
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984·6.4
Once Upon a Time in America
1984·8.4
Racing with the Moon
1984·6.3
Lovesick
1983·5.7
Ragtime
1981·7.0
Chytilová Versus Forman
1981·8.0
Ordinary People
1980·7.4