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Elizabeth McGovern
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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.
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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.
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Modern Family
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Graham Norton Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tales from the Crypt
Faerie Tale Theatre
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
California Fever
Clash of the Titans
Woman in Gold
Downton Abbey
Kick-Ass
Downton Abbey
The House of Mirth
The Wife
Ordinary People
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Downton Abbey: A New Era
The Commuter
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
War of the Worlds
The Handmaid's Tale
Ragtime
Once Upon a Time in America
Racing with the Moon
Anne Rice's The Talamasca
She's Having a Baby
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