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Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actor. In 1980, while studying ...
Once Upon a Time in America
... 1984
Swung
... 2015
Downton Abbey: A New Era
... 2022
Kick-Ass
... 2010
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
... 2012
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.
My Cousin Rachel
... 2017
Friends with Benefits
... 2011
My Best Friend's Girl
... 1983
The Graves
... 2010
The Hours
... 2002
Dragonheart: Vengeance
... 2020
Knocked Up
... 2007
Close
... 2022
Monsters in the Closet
... 2022