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Elizabeth McGovern

18 Jul, 1961 in Evanston, Illinois, USA

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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Kick-Ass
71% (2010)
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Ragtime
70% (1981)
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Angels Crest
58% (2011)
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Native Son
56% (1986)
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Clover
45% (1997)
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Manila
50% (2000)
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Broken Glass
0% (1996)
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Swung
56% (2015)
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Unexpected
57% (2015)
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Woman in Gold
73% (2015)
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And Mrs
52% (2024)
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The Chaperone
62% (2019)
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The Wife
71% (2018)